Archive for the 'Just For Fun' Category

May 18 2010

Australian Wine Survey for Canadians

Published by Kathryn under Industry News, Just For Fun

The University of Adelaide has posted a survey to gain some insight into Canadian wine consumer behaviour. The survey focuses on how/where/when/why we purchase wine and questions about marketing to name a few.
I found the questions about screw cap wines interesting, since screw caps are something that the Australians have embraced – I’ve purchased quite [...]

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Apr 20 2009

Salute Wine + Food Festival

Published by Kathryn under Industry News, Just For Fun

Torontonians are in for a treat in a couple of weeks – Salute Wine + Food Festival is running May 4-9th.
The festival calls itself “a lifestyle event that offers one-on-one access to an exciting world of wine craftsmen, renowned chefs, fine dining, first-rate shopping and stylish tastings.”
Salute offers everything from fancy sit-down dinners to wine [...]

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Mar 15 2009

Online wine tools for everyone

Published by Kathryn under Industry News, Just For Fun

I’ve discovered that two of my favorite wine lovers have two really great, really different online wine tools to share .
The first, by the fabulous Natalie MacLean is a widget that anyone can post on a blog or website. I tried some combinations on Natalie’s web-based wine and food pairing tool and found some fun [...]

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