Ontario Wine Chats

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Ontario wine chats (#ONWineChat) happen every Wednesday night at 10PM ET on Twitter.

 

Upcoming Agenda

Only chats marked “Confirmed” are locked in for those dates:

Future Agenda Topics

  • Are we #brainwashed by #wine prices and ratings? goo.gl/XuqP62
  • Wine Tourism in Ontario
  • Movie & Wine Pairings
  • How is wine made?
  • Organic VS Chemical Viticulture
  • Bizarre food and wine pairings that work
  • First Ontario wines you tried versus what you drink now
  • Does the government pamper the industry too much?
  • New Winemaking Techniques
  • Winter or summer festivals? Which do you prefer and why?
  • Sub-Appelations: Do they Really Matter?

Not sure what to do to follow #ONWineChat? Use TweetDeck (download or use in your browser) or click on the link for the live chat in the active discussion (above). I’ve also put together a little beginner’s guide to Twitter that covers off using Twitter for chats here: Twitter Guide 

Wine Chat Archives

Feb 21st, 2018: #ONWineChat Version 2.0 – Come Find Out What’s New!
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January 17th, 2018: All things Icewine – Gala party, festival, and harvest!
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January 10th, 2018: What Ontario Wines Did you Discover/Taste Over the Holiday Season?
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December 13th, 2017: Holiday Season Plans – Last chat of 2017!
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December 6th, 2017: Gifts for Ontario Wine Lovers
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November 29th, 2017: D’Ont Poke The Bear, Anti-bullying, and Wine with Andrew Von Teichman
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November 22nd, 2017: Wine Labels & Marketing with Guest Michele Bosc from Chateau Des Charmes
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November 15th, 2017: Pet Nat Wines in Ontario
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November 8th, 2017: A Closer Look at #Harvest2017
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November 1st, 2017: Freeing Canadian Wine with #CanadianWineForAll
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October 25th, 2017: Ontario Wine Chat Quiz
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October 18th, 2017: Wine Education Options
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October 11th, 2017: Best Ontario Winery Restaurants!
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October 4th, 2017: Unusual Pairings for Thanksgiving – What Do You Serve?
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September 27th, 2017: What’s new in Ontario wine? Who’s changed? What’s new?
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September 20th, 2017: Fall Trip Planning – Wine Events Across Ontario!
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September 13th, 2017: Welcome Back! Tell us what wines & wineries you found this summer!
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June 21st, 2017: Last chat before summer break – Open you fav summer wine & share!
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June 14th, 2017: All about Sangria – Recipes and more!
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June 7th, 2017: The Ontario Wine Awards 2017 #OWA2017 – Who Won?
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May 31st, 2017: All about Niagara’s Homegrown Festival coming up June 17th & 18th
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May 24, 2017: #ChardDay and i4C17 – are You Making Plans?
Open a Chardonnay and join us!
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May 17, 2017: The Great Canadian Cheese Festival is June 3&4. Share your best wine & cheese pairings tonight.
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May 10, 2017: County Terroir is May 13th – Why You Should Be At This Event!
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May 3, 2017: How the looming LCBO strike affects you – wine lovers in ON are making plans, should you?
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April 26, 2017: Drink now or lay for a few years? How do you know what to do with your Ontario wines you buy?
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April 19th, 2017: Does size matter? Size, format, and alternative packaging of wine.
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April 12th, 2017: Wine & good health – should you believe the headlines?
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April 5, 2017: All about Ontario Rosé
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March 29, 2017:
Can Music, Ambience, etc. Change the Taste of Wine?
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/mar/21/heard-it-through-the-grapevine-can-music-really-change-the-taste-of-wine

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March 22, 2017: New Economic Impact Study http://www.canadianvintners.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Canada-Economic-Impact-Report-2015.pdf

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March 15, 2017: The Fastest Growing VQA Wine (Sales) in LCBO is…BACO NOIR?!
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March 8, 2017: All Canadian Wine Championships & Public Tasting
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March 1, 2017: Spring Wine Events Across Ontario – Who has the best? What are your favs?
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Feb 22, 2017: Open That Bottle Night (#OTBN) is this Saturday – What are you opening?
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Feb 15th, 2017: #ONWineChat talks #BCWine for #VIWF #BCWIneChat

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February 8th, 2017: The 4th Year Anniversary of #ONWineChat and we are celebrating with bubbly!
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February 1st, 2017: Wine Storage – Racks or boxes? Cellars or fridges? All things related to wine storage.
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January 25th, 2017: Orange Wines – What are they? Why are they so hot right now?
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January 18th, 2017: Changes in Wine Labeling – the end of CIC and ICB!
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January 11th, 2017: What did you drink over the holidays, and whats in store for #ONWineChat in 2017?

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December 14th, 2016: Sparkling Wines for the Holidays! Our last chat of 2016!
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December 7th, 2016: New wineries, new owners, new partnerships, new businesses in wine country.
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November 30th, 2016: All About Ontario Cab Franc – Open One & Join Us!
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November 23, 2016: Holiday hosting – Tasty & Affordable Wines to Pour for a Crowd
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November 16th, 2016: Are Automation & Mechanization Killing Authenticity in Wine?
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November 9th, 2016:
PEC Wine Pioneer Geoff Heinricks joins us for Q&A

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November 2nd, 2016: Wine Education – Is It For You?

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October 26th, 2016: Social Responsibilities When Serving Alcohol at Your Parties
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October 19, 2016: Chat was deferred to the 26th

October 12, 2016: Constellation is selling it’s Canadian wine properties. What does this mean for Ontario?
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Oct 5th, 2016: Ontario makes some great Pinot Gris – Discuss!

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Sept 28th, 2016: Sneak Peak at Harvest 2016
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Sept 21, 2016: Fall Ontario Wine Events – what’s coming up?
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Sept 14, 2016: Ontario wines in the grocery stores – Whats good and bad about it?

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Sept 7, 2016: What did you do/drink this summer?

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June 29th, 2016: Where are you taking ON wine this summer? Who are you sharing it with?
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June 22nd, 2016: A visual Ontario wine quiz!
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June 15th, 2016: Food and local wine pairing with @Chef_Somm

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June 8, 2016: The ages old argument – Should ON pursue a signature varietal?
Inspired by a comment from Steve Charter (and 2 guys Talking Wine interview with Donald Ziraldo), we re-visit whether ON needs to focus on a single varietal if they want international recognition.
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June 1, 2016: Wine scores and ratings – are they still relevant?
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May 25th, 2016: May 26th is #ChardDay, an early celebration of @CoolChardonnay
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May 18th, 2016: “Stuff” In Your Wine That You May Not Know About – Sediment? Crystals? Sulphites?
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May 11th, 2016: The lure of the ON wine industry – could there be opportunity for you?
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May 4th, 2016: Wines for the BBQ!
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April 27th, 2016: Sustainability for wineries & wine lovers
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April 20, 2016: Joint #BCWineChat #ONWineChat on “Cellared in Canada” – Are Wine Labeling Laws Going to Change at Last?
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April 13, 2016: Restaurants Doing a Great Job Showcasing Ontario Wines

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April 06, 2016: Upcoming Events in ON Wine Country
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March 30, 2016: Online resources you use to stay on top of ON wine happenings – blogs, apps, tools, etc.
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March 23, 2016: Pairing ON wines with Easter menu!
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March 16th, 2016: Versatile Vidal – More Than Just Icewine!
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March 9, 2016:
Do you have a favourite store? What are some signs of a great wine store?

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March 2, 2016: Dos & Don’ts on your next tasting room visit

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Feb 24th, 2016: Another Wine Quiz with Guest Hosts Rick Bates and Paul Dearborn
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Feb 17th, 2016: Ask a Winemaker with Ilya Senchuk of Leaning Post Wines – Guest Host Mark Glover

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Feb 10th, 2016: Do Wine Labels Influence Purchases?
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Feb 3, 2016: Are Millenials Changing the ON Wine Industry? If so, how?
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Jan 27th, 2016: Sustainability, Organics, & Innovation in the Ontario wine industry
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Jan 20, 2016: Movie & Ontario Wine Pairing! What wines go with what movies?
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Jan 13th, 2016: All Things Icewine! Icewine Festival, favourite Icewines, some details on how it is made, etc.
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Dec 16th, 2015: Last chat of 2015 – “Holiday Wine Ideas”. Wines for Christmas & New Year’s Celebrations.
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December 9th, 2015: Gift Ideas for the Wine Lover on Your List
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December 2nd, 2015: Southwest Ontario Wine Region
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November 25th, 2015: How Ontario Wineries Connect with Consumers

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November 18th, 2015: Funniest Wine/Winery Experiences
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November 11th, 2015: No chat. #LestWeForget

Nov 4th, 2015: Ontario Wines You Wish the LCBO Stocked
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Oct 28, 2015: Boo! Halloween Wines, Candy & Food Pairing!
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Oct 21, 2015: All About Gamay in Ontario – #GoGamayGo

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Oct. 14, 2015: Wine glasses – do they really matter?
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Oct. 7, 2015: Talking Turkey – All About Thanksgiving Food & Wines!
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Sept. 30, 2015: Reasons You Should Still Visit ON Wine Country This Fall
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Sept 23, 2015: Ontario Wine Pop Quiz night with Rick Bates!
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Sept 16, 2015: Harvest 2015
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Sept 09, 2015: What happens when a winery is sold and the new owners have very different ideas? Should the vines be protected?
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Sept 2, 2015: We want to know what wines & wineries you found this summer!
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June 24th, 2015: Canadian Wine Day (June 28th) and Canada Day Wines!
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June 17th, 2015: Favourite non-winery stops in Ontario Wine Country
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June 10th, 2015: Wine & Music Pairing
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June 3rd, 2015: Ontario Wine Online – Buying Online, Apps & Tools
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May 27th, 2015: Dealing with Spring Frost in Ontario
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May 20th, 2015: International Chardonnay Day (#ChardDay) and i4c2015
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May 13th, 2015: Modernizing Booze Sales in ON. Or Not!
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May 6th, 2015: Restaurants supporting ON wine – and those you wish would!
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April 29th,2015: What do you do if people say they hate Ontario wine?
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April 22, 2015: Starting a wine cellar – what Ontario wines would you choose?
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April 15th, 2015: Rosé Wines
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April 8, 2015: “What’s your price range for Ontario wines?”
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April 1, 2015: Spring, & lighter wine/food pairings, including your Easter dinner plans.
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March 25, 2015:’Ontario Wine – Then and Now’. A fun look at our collective wine history.
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March 18, 2014: Ch-cha-changes in Market Access in Ontario. What should & will change?
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March 11th, 2015: Ontario’s Women of Wine #IWD2015
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March 4th, 2015: Your Favourite Memories & Topics in #ONWineChat (#100). Prizes too!
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Feb 25, 2014: Celebrity Wines: Who Makes Them and Are They Any Good?
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Feb 18, 2015: Cuvée 2015 Event (#98)
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Feb 11, 2015: Slow Food & Wine with @whitbyfoodie & @whitbywino(#97)
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Feb 4, 2015: Combatting the Cold: Comfort Food & Wine Pairing (#96)
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Jan 28, 2015: Winter Wine Country Getaways (#95)
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Jan 21st, 2015: Making Your Own Wine with ON Grapes (#94)
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Jan 14th, 2015: VQA Promote the Promoters Awards – 5W’s
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Jan 7th, 2015: All About Icewine (#92): The festival, the harvest, your favourites, etc
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Dec 17, 2014: Holiday Season Special – gifts of wine, wine gifts, Christmas and New Year’s wines, etc.
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Dec 10, 2014: Harvest 2014 – how did vineyards fare across the province?
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December 3, 2014: BCWineChat ONWineChat Moderator Swap. Join Sandra Oldfield from #BCWineChat to talk about Pinot Noir!
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November 26, 2014: ‘Straight Up’ Movie Review & Chat with Producers
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November 19, 2014: Aging Wine Gracefully with Tyler Philp
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November 12, 2014: Natural Wines – Good or Bad?
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November 5, 2014: Fortified Ontario Wines – Who Makes Them & What Goes Into Them?
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October 29, 2014: Zombie Apocalypse Wines – Ontario Wines to Try Before You Die
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Oct 22, 2014: Cancelled

Oct 15, 2014: What Content Do Consumers Expect To See on a Winery Website?
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Oct 8, 2014: Thanksgiving Wines
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Oct 1, 2014: Favourite ON Wine Summer Memory
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Sept 24th, 2014: Spotlight Toronto’s #30DaysONwine – New Generations
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Sept 17th, 2014: Wine Books, Fiction & Non-Fiction
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Sept 10th, 2014: Balancing wine with the rest of your life
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Wed Sept 3, 2014: Shores of Erie International Wine Festival Sept 4-7th
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Wed Aug 27th, 2014: Climate/Viticulture/Pests/Challenges, plus some discussion on Napa earthquake

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Wed Aug 20th, 2014: Ontario winery animals & mascots: share your favourite stories!

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July 9th, 2014: Cool Chardonnay July 18-20th

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July 2nd, 2014: Summer Wine Events in Ontario (Chat #71)
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June 25th, 2014: Celebrate Canadian Wine Day (June 28th) & Canada Day (July 1st)
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June 18th, 2014:Pairing Local Food with ON Wine
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June 11th, 2014: Tweet an ON winery picture
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June 4th, 2014: Who’s New in ON Wine Industry?
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May 28th, 2014: New PairsPerfectly Campaign for Private Wine Shops in ON
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May 21st, 2014: Chardonnay Day is May 22nd! Let’s talk about i4c2014 & Chard!
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May 14th, 2014: May 2-4 Weekend! What wines will you be opening?
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May 7th, 2014: Hiring/Labour issues in ON wine industry
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April 30th, 2014: Are Wine Competitions Worth it for Wineries? Do Medals Matter to Consumers?
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April 23rd, 2014: Ask a Winemaker with @PECWinemaker & @Lighthallvyard
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April 16th, 2014: Is ON Syrah the Next Big Thing?
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April 9th, 2014: Planes, Trains, & Ferries: Should They Serve Canadian Wine? Who Does & Doesn’t?
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April 2nd, 2014: Does ON Wine Industry Need a Revolution?!
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March 19th, 2014: Unusual Grape Varieties Grown in Ontario
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March 12, 2014: Ordering wines in restaurants, corkage fees, markups, etc.
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March 5th, 2014: Tasting Fees. Who has them? Who waives them?

Live Blog March 5th, 2013: Tasting Fees. Who has them? Who waives them?

Feb 26th, 2014: Use #ONWine in a Sentence
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Feb 19th, 2014:
OTBN Open That Bottle Night is this Saturday. What Are You Opening?
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Feb 12th, 2014: What is Cuvee? Ontario’s Premiere Wine Gala
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Feb 5th, 2014: Valentine’s Day Wine & Dine – more than Chocolate & Wine
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Jan 29th, 2014: Polar Vertex – Impact of Cold Snap on ON Vines
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