Catena - World's Most Admired Winery

By: Anthony Gismondi

From Bones and Stones to clones and elevation, Laura Catena has it all covered.

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Some wine folks are larger than life.

They come with an incredible capacity to work, and the best are very humble. Laura Catena is one such person whose return to the family business has seen her father's dream to be among the very best producers in the world come true. Late last month, Catena was paid the ultimate wine honour when Drinks International named the family winery The World's Most Admired Wine Brand. The announcement dovetailed perfectly with our search to find a place in the COVID-19 wine world. Hence, we spoke with Laura Catena, as the world is doing, on Zoom, and then worked a little post-production magic to enhance the 11-minute interview and share a bit of the Catena story with the people who admire it the most, you the consumer.

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Anthony Gismondi

Anthony Gismondi is a Canadian wine journalist and one of North America's most influential voices in wine. For over 37 years, he has been the wine columnist for The Vancouver Sun. The twice-weekly column is distributed across Canada through the Postmedia Network to millions of readers. He is also the host of the BC Food & Wine Radio Show, which is broadcast in 25 markets across B.C. and available globally as a podcast on all the major platforms. He launched Gismondionwine.com in 1997, which now attracts more than one million monthly users from 114 countries. It remains a valuable resource, offering tasting notes, insightful wine stories, and videos for the trade and consumers. His extensive collection of videos featuring wine personalities is available on the Gismondi on Wine YouTube Channel.