Holiday Countdown

By: Anthony Gismondi

All that sparkles...

The Week In Review

The holiday countdown is on but there are still places to go and people to see.

Treve is off to Franciacorta this week to continue her global sparkling wine journey - and speaking of sparkling, we're gearing up for our annual GOW champagne tasting in late November. You can expect a comprehensive look at the market in both the private and government stores just in time for the holidays. I’ll be making a surgical cut, in and out, of Emilia-Romagna this week to close out my 2015 travel schedule while Stuart is in the middle of a big syrah tasting, notes coming soon. In the meantime look for a new “Places” piece on Beaujolais to balance the somewhat dodgy wines of the annual Beaujolais Nouveau release that won’t go away. Beaujolais beyond Nouveau, publishes Monday Nov. 16 and will include a list of new Cru Beaujolais reviews.

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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.