Week in Review
Here comes Summer
Summer is just around the corner, and with it comes many opportunities to be out of doors. Sign up for our monthly newsletter before you escape to the cabin, lake, or ocean. We have one of the highest open rates of any newsletter on wine. It could be because of the timely content, exciting videos, or monthly wine picks; it could be because our subscribers trust us to send them one email a month and never spam. Coming next is a fascinating video with winemaker Eric Monnin of Domaine Boutinot, where you can hear about the Boutinot story in Cairanne. Allison Spurrell takes us to the French Island of Corsica to taste cheese rolled in the indigenous brush of the French Island. Mark Taylor poses the question many are asking – is it the end of sommeliers?
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Top 10 : Tour de France
France unquestionably is home to some of the greatest wine regions and benchmark wines on earth. Arguably the world's most important wine producing country, it has produced wine in greater quantity, and quality, than any other nation over centuries. Of course, wine is ingrained in near every corner of the country and its culture, at near every level of society. It is the drink of both the elite and the common people, and a key symbol in religion for countless centuries...![HJ Cha](https://gismondionwine.com/dexx/user_images/sysusers/HJ_lighter_4.png)
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SpearHead Winery's Pinnacle Achievement
The 2024 National Wine Awards of Canada, which took place this year between June 21 and 25 in Niagara Falls, Ontario, marked a milestone in its 20-year history. SpearHead Winery in East Kelowna undeniably stole the spotlight, clinching both the Best Performing Small Winery and the Winery of the Year awards. It is the first time a winery has achieved such a feat in the history of the awards. Wine writer Michael Godel, a long-time judge at the awards, noted in his Pinot Noir Report for this year's event, that the winery's performance was an "unprecedented success...![Allison Spurrell](https://gismondionwine.com/dexx/user_images/sysusers/Allison_Spurrell_Headshot_centered_1.png)
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