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Anthony Gismondi on Wine

It is Thanksgiving season in North America, first in mid-October here in Canada and later next month in the United States.

It’s been a year of angst for many in the business of wine. From falling grape and wine prices to vineyards under attack by fire, water, hail and profound freeze events, not to mention the rush to extinguish wine from our diets by the anti-alcohol lobby, It’s a year we won’t forget but one we must learn from. Wine has been around for 6,000 years and has taken a lot of hits along the way, so I’m not worried that it will disappear, but I am curious as to how it will survive the current crises. We could start by reining in the hype and the never-ending demand for growth year over year. Wineries might want to consider subduing the race to release a new product every month to satisfy the needs of every consumer they meet. For our part, we continue one glass at a time because slow and steady wins the race. We have two new videos in our newsletter that will be out later this month. One looks at Okanagan Falls sparkling wine, and the other takes you to Soave to meet Lisa Anselmi and the evolving story of Anselmi wines. Thanks for joining us every day.

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Anthony Gismondi
Anthony Gismondi

Anthony Gismondi is a Canadian wine journalist and one of North America's most influential voices in wine. For over 30 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. In addition, Anthony hosts the BC Food & Wine Radio Show, broadcast in 25 markets across B.C. and available as a podcast on major platforms. He launched Gismondionwine.com in 1997, attracting one million monthly users from 114 countries. It continues to be a valuable resource full of tasting notes, intelligent wine stories and videos for the trade and consumers. Conversations with wine personalities are available on his  YouTube Channel.