Villa Maria Winery, New Zealand’s “Most Awarded Winery”. Meet Ollie Powrie head viticulturist on this week’s radio show.

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Villa Maria Winery, New Zealand’s “Most Awarded Winery”

Our first guest here today, the head viticulturist for the “Most Awarded Winery” in New Zealand, a huge success story. What do they say of this winery, “From a one-man band to a global brand in just 50 years, that is Villa Maria Winery, and our guest is Ollie Cowrie. Ollie to tell fill us in each of the wines so unique and delicious coming from various wine regions, and terroir within NZ.

Listen to Ollie Powrie at 4:00 minutes into the show.

On this week’s radio show… Best wines for turkey and to pair with your Christmas dinner!  

EPISODE 51

Grand Opening Holiday Party of K. Barketti of Oakville now opened at the CF Lime Ridge Shopping Center in Hamilton! Holiday Fashion Show with fabulous wine & food. Bring a “Toy for Toddlers for Christmas.”

Guests sipped on sumptious wines and cocktails provided by Villa Maria of New Zealand including Pinot Noir, Lightly Sparkling Sauvignon Blanc and Sauvignon Blanc.

 

Holiday Fashion Show, K. Barketti of Oakville with fabulous wine & food. Bring a “Toy for Toddlers for Christmas”.

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K. Barketti

K. Barketti

Holiday Fashion Show with fabulous wine & food.

Bring a “Toy for Toddlers for Christmas.” Donations accepted at the door. Help support our local kids and make their holiday season a special one!

Over $2000 in door prizes to be won!

Shop latest fall fashions suited uniquely to you!

Holiday dressing tips and tricks on being the best dressed offered by stylist Natasha Lang of K. Barketti.

Featuring the stunning fashions of Frank Lyman Designs. A special gift for all purchases of $100.00 or more.

Savour scrumptious bites provided by Trocadero Taverne, one of Hamilton’s most oldest and charming restaurants serving guests since 1944. A gem of a place.

Sip on sumptious wines and cocktails provided by Villa Maria of New Zealand including Lightly Sparkling Sauvignon Blanc  and Pinot Noir.

Meet Santa Claus who will be accepting toys/gifts at the door.

Enjoy the music provided by the one and only DJ Wayne!

Date: December 8th, 2016
Time: 7:00-9:30pm
Location: K. Barketti  CF Lime Ridge Shopping Centre in Hamilton (newest store, opened October 2016, 3rd of K. Barketti)

Tickets $30.00 per person. Please buy your ticket on line here. 

Please call 905-338-6797 or 416-716-8510 to RSVP or email info@thewineladies.com


Thank-you to our generous sponsors and partners.

Georgia and Susanne, The Wine Ladies

The Luxury Chocolate Toronto Show with The Wine Ladies. Nov 6th, 2016

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The Luxury Chocolate Toronto Show is the place to sample and buy your chocolate for the coming Holiday Season. Each of our participating chocolatiers,  pastry chefs and confectioners are on hand to introduce you to their amazing creations. From bean to bar, from cocao to creation, this is the place to get your ideas for entertaining “chocolate-style” this season.

The Wine Ladies Present the Chocolate + Wine Tasting Salon

Chocolate + Wine pairing tables will be located on the upper pods of Roy Thomson Hall. Having the right wine to complement the right chocolate can be a match made in heaven! Sample wine and chocolate together. Samplings are available by ticket purchase.

What chocolate goes with what wine? Here you can sample wines with the chocolate that tastes best as a pairing with sampling tickets. THE WINE LADIES will be hosting scheduled Wine + Chocolate Pairing sessions throughout the day. Register at the bottom of stairs to pods in the South Lobby.

Some incredible wines will be featured from France, Italy, Chile and Argentina. All paired with BRIX Chocolate, the chocolate designed to pair with wine. These wines will be featured on this page over the next few weeks so stay tuned!!

Must be 19 years of age to enter this section and sample products.

Price per seminar is $15.00 per session and includes, chocolate wine and door prizes! (Does not include entry fee into the show) Buy your ticket the day of the show. Seminar times: 12:00pm, 1:30 pm, 3:00pm and 4:30 pm.

An example of some of the world class, highly esteemed wineries featured in the show include:

With winemaker Felipe Stahlschmidt and Export Director Julian Orti of esteemed winery Pascual Toso of Argentina, recognized as one of this countries oldest and prestigious wineries. A stunning tasting of 12 varietals, including Malbecs, Cabernet Sauvignon, red blends and the newly released Barrancas were tasted at the National Club,in Toronto hosted by EuroVintage Wines & Spirits.
This special edition Cabernet Sauvignon and Mabec blend was made to celebrate the wineries 125th anniversary.  Only 125 bottles were produced. A selection of these stunning wines are available through LCBO and Vintages. They are exquisite. The high altitudes, warm temperatures and soils produce fruity, fresh and smooth wines.

 Listen to Julian Orti, Export Director Pascual Toso on The Wine Ladies radio show Episode WL 04-13-2016 at 21:50 minutes in the show.

 

One of Italy’s many claims to fame, is of course their very own sparkling wine, growing in popularity day by day. Not only is it a wine, but it is a place, and it is a grape and there is a bit of confusion out there about this delightful and delicious bubbly and that is Prosecco. There is much more to this bubbly, with an interesting history, than many might know. We are excited to share with everyone at the show a very special winery, located in the Friuli region in northeastern Italy, the wine Castel Pitars winery. Here is a wine producer that dates back to 1510, steeped in tradition, now run by four brothers producing an exciting array of wines, along with their Prosecco, wines of indigenous grapes, international varietals and unique blends. Pitars Wines imported and distributed exclusively by VDF Importers of Fine Wines.

Listen to Nicola Pitaro on The Wine Ladies radio show Episode WL at 05-11-2016

Founded in 1885 by François Rémy, Rémy Pannier is the Loire Valley’s single largest wine producer, accounting for about 15% of all Loire Valley wine production, and with markets in over 40 countries worldwide. This progressive winery offers three AOC wines including the best selling Rosé in Ontario – Rosé D’Anjou, Muscadet and more recently, Sauvignon Blanc. Remy Pannier wines imported by EuroVintage Wines & Spirits.

Listen to the Export Director,Julien Cothenet  of Remy Pannier, a company with its roots firmly planted in the Loire, with a fascinating history, scrumptious story and wines.

Listen to Julien Cothenet on The Wine Ladies radio show Episode WL 04-23-2016 at 8:17 minutes into the radio show.

 

South Africa Wine Tour

South Africa Beckons… Please join us Feb 2017 for a trip of a lifetime!

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With Tselane Mokuena, Consul General of South Africa to Canada

With Tselane Mokuena, Consul General of South Africa to Canada

With beautiful vineyards, wines, amazing food, historic sites and a touch of the wild side.

We will soon be embarking on yet another journey, this time to stunning Cape Town and the Cape Winelands, with stops to historical cities and sites including Robben Island, Table Mountain and of course a game reserve!

To find out more and to book you tour with us.

or call 416-768-5375

  

We are thrilled to be heading out to South Africa this February 2017 and would love you to join us!

A spectacular tour that will include personalized visits to stunning wineries own the Cape Winelands. Amazing culinary adventures, an historic Robben Island personal tour, Table Mountain, exciting jeep game-drives, safari tours and much more! explore your sense of adventure with us, please, if you have ever thought of embracing what South Africa has to offer and you like to eat , to drink, and experience life big and bold, come with us!

Tawse Winery, Summer Solstice Concert with Jim Cuddy

Magical time at Jim Cuddy Summer Solstice Concert 2016, Tawse Winery,The Wine Ladies TV

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Gentlemen prefer Preferred Magazine….and VDF Gives You Pitars

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Carlo Greco, Publisher Preferred Magazine

Finally, to close off the show, we’re going to shift gears just a little bit, and welcome the Publisher Carlo Greco of Preferred Magazine to the show, a stunning, up scale magazine, a coffee table bookazine. Carlo to fill us in on what is trending these days, in the way of travel, cars, cigars, food, and wine including his love of Prosecco and Pitars too, just featured in Preferred. Although targeted toward primarily the gentlemen, ladies this is for you too.

Listen to Carlo Greco at 42:57 minutes in the show

 

VDF Wines Gives You Pitars

On this week’s radio show…

Lavish lifestyle with prize Pitars Prosecco, Preferred Magazine and Executive Chef from OVEST.

Coming up on our show today, one of Italy’s many claims to fame, is of course their very own sparkling wine, growing in popularity day by day. Not only is it a wine, but it is a place, and it is a grape and there is a bit of confusion out there about this delightful and delicious bubbly and that is Prosecco.

Episode 46: Pitars Prosecco;Nicola Pittaro, Danylo Mielnik, Carlo Greco

There is much more to this bubbly, with an interesting history, than many might know. So in our first segment we are excited to share with everyone today a very special winery, located in the Friuli region in northeastern Italy, the wine Castel Pitars winery.

Pitars Winery

Here is a wine producer that dates back to 1510, steeped in tradition, now run by four brothers producing an exciting array of wines, along with their Prosecco, wines of indigenous grapes, international varietals and unique blends.

Pitars family

Pitars Prosecco DOC, Susanne’s Wine Pick

Willson Oakville Film Festival

Willson Oakville Film Festival Present SOMM: Into The Bottle.

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Willson Oakville Film Festival

Willson Oakville Film Festival

Willson Oakville Film Festival Present 

SOMM: Into The Bottle

Saturday, June 25th, 2016 1:00pm at Film.ca

Enjoy The Film & Then – Finish The Evening With Great Wine & Food

SOMM:Into The Bottle

Watch the trailer here.

The Willson Oakville Film Festival presents  SOMM: Into the Bottle”. The celebrated documentary about trying to pass the sommelier test.  This sequel to  raises the curtain into the seldom seen world that surrounds the wine we drink.

How many people understand how wine is produced? How it is grown? What goes on in the cellar? We discover that far more than just grapes go into the bottle, through the eyes of the world’s greatest sommeliers and winemakers.

Enjoy The Film & Then – Finish The Evening With Great Wine & Food

Enjoy the regional premier screening of “SOMM: Into the Bottle”. After the film join The Wine Ladies at Noble Bistro, in downtown Oakville for an exclusive 2 hour event! ONLY 50 VIP Guests.

Saturday, June 25th, 2016 3:30-5:30pm

Taste special wines from Creekside Estate Winery, indulge in fabulous food from one of Oakville’s newest restaurants, Noble Bistro, 218 Lakeshore Rd E, featuring “Chopped Canada’s” season 1 winning chef, JohnRoss Woodland.

 Take home swag valued at $50.00, win door prizes, and get your photo taken in front of The Wine Ladies’ photo wall.

Film + Wine / Food Event: $40 + HST + ticket service fee.
Or just see the film for $15 + HST + tickets service fee.
To attend the Wine/Food Event, must be 19 years of age or older.

A big shout out and thank-you to our sponsors for making this possible! 

         

The Wine Ladies SPOTLIGHT Wine Sceptre

A dream come true…Los Flâneurs, Mendoza, Argentina, a partnership as perfectly balanced as the wines.

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Dr. Gary Glassman of the winery Los Flâneurs, Mendoza, Argentina

Dr. Gary Glassman at Los Flâneurs, Mendoza, Argentina.

Dr. Gary Glassman at Los Flâneurs, Mendoza, Argentina.

Flâneur is an attitude, a way of existence, a state of mind, and a philosophy of living each experience as a unique moment by observing ones surroundings and embracing the beauty within it. Through our wines we invite you to become a Flâneur of our terroir.

Follow us on Twitter @LosFlaneurs

TUNE IN  April 14th, 2016 on The Wine Ladies radio show.

And finally, so many are seduced by and drawn to this beautiful country. To close off the show we’ll welcome back, he’s a favorite returning guest of ours, Dr. Gary Glassman. Dr Glassman is an endodontist to be specific, but also a wine lover and proud co-owner of a vineyard located in heart of the “Tiera de Malbec” Lujan de Cuyo, in Mendoza.

The winery is Los Flâneurs. Gary will join us to talk about his journey to fulfilling a dream in wine and also give us a few tips on wine and oral health, and it’s good news, so be sure to stay tuned.

Listen to Dr. Gary Glassman at 37:46 minutes in the show.

Episode 44

 Los Flâneurs, Mendoza, ArgentinaLos Flâneurs, Mendoza, Argentina

 Our single-vineyard Malbec and super premium Blanc de Blancs sparkling wine will be available mid-2016 and we hope that you will enjoy them as much as we have enjoyed the process of making them!!

Los Flâneurs, Mendoza, Argentina

“The Wine Guys”, Enrique, Hernan, Gary, and Steve (left to right), two Argentines and two Canadians sharing their passion for wine and food resulting in a dream come true, Los Flâneurs.Their partnership is as balanced as their wines! 

Los Flâneurs, Mendoza, Argentina

 Follow me on Twitter @DrGaryGlassman 

Oral health benefits of wine.

Studies about antioxidants in red wine called polyphenols, which may help protect the lining of blood vessels in your heart. A polyphenol called resveratrol, is one substance in red wine that has garnered a lot of attention over the past five years.

Resveratrol is now considered to be a key ingredient in red wine that helps prevent damage to blood vessels, reduces low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol (the “bad” cholesterol) and prevents blood clots.

According to these studies, chemicals found in red wine, called proanthocyanidins, contain antioxidant properties that may prevent the bacteria that causes tooth decay from sticking to saliva and teeth. Interestingly, these phytonutrients are also found in foods like grapes, apples and chocolate – good news for non-wine drinkers!

Passion turns to Purpose, Celebrity Endodontist turned winemaker!

Robert Mondavi

Robert Mondavi,the man, the winery, Napa Valley.. On this week’s audio podcast.

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Robert Mondavi,the man, the winery, Napa Valley.

Our next guest to share the story, of a man who created celebrity for himself and his winery. He also created celebrity for the whole wine region of Napa Valley, and actually of California.
We are talking about a great new world wine pioneer, an international icon, the late Robert Mondavi, founder of the Robert Mondavi Winery, co-founder with Baron Philippe de Rothschild of Opus One of course, a great patron of the arts, and so much more.

Robert Mondavi and Baron Phillipe de Rothshield

Robert Mondavi and Baron Phillipe de Rothshield

1966 The Winery’s first harvest is celebrated with the first Blessing of the Grapes.
1970 Baron Philippe de Rothschild and Robert Mondavi meet for the first time in Hawaii. The Baron suggests the idea of a joint venture, which later becomes Opus One.The photo here is from a later time when the Baron visited Robert Mondavi Winery in Napa.

Mark de Vere, Master of Wine.

Mark de Vere, Master of Wine.

Here to share the Mondavi story, and share a few of his own, he is a celebrity in his own right.

Our guest  bearing the title of the most prestigious title in the world of wine, that is a MW. Master of Wine, such an elite group, one of only 38 residing in all of the US. Lots to cover today we welcome Mark de Vere, Director of Wine Education for the Constellation Academy of Wine.

Listen to Mark de Vere at 30:06 minutes into the show.

On this week’s radio show…Celebrities and their love of wine.

EPISODE 43

We have a great show for you today. Our topic “Celebrity Wines.”
Whether owning their own wineries or hooking up with an existing winery, famous directors, actors, musicians, around the world are getting involved in this business.
And why not?  Who wouldn’t want to own a winery?  We do! So we’ve got three special guests joining us here today. You know them all, from celebrity wineries,  the wines and the celebrities themselves.

After Robert’s success in Napa Valley, he returned to his boyhood home in Lodi and founded Woodbridge by Robert Mondavi…. everyday wine.

 

Robert’s foresight of planting vineyards throughout Northern California resulted in the Robert Mondavi Private Selection.

The late Robert Mondavi is considered the godfather of the California wine movement. This classic cab with cassis, blackberry and cedar notes has been made since the winery’s founding in 166. Enjoy it with hearty dishes, meats, lasagna or filet mignon.

The Wine Ladies meet Margrit Mondavi

On this week’s radio show…Francis Ford Coppola Winery