Ontario Wine Chats

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

Upcoming Agenda

Chats marked “Confirmed” are locked in for those dates.

May 29th (Tentative): ”Asking Wineries: How has the use of Social Media changed your marketing/business strategy?”

June 5th (Tentative): The Riesling Experience June 11&12- Open ON Riesling & talk about what a great climate we have for this varietal

June 12th (Tentative): What Ontario Wines Would Make a Wine List in Your Restaurant, and Why?

 

Future Agenda Topics

• Fruit wines – the mistreated cousin?
• Climate change and impact on Ontario wine production
• Charmat vs Traditional Method Bubblies
• How to Grow Canadian Wine Industry? Joint Chat with BCWineChat?
• LCBO: Friend or Foe?
• Natural, Organic, or Biodynamic wines
• Should wineries be allowed to sell wine at Farmer’s Markets?
• How to use social media to improve your travel to wine country.

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 below.. Here’s two little guides for hashtags and how to follow a chat:

Wine Chat Archives

May 22nd, 2013: International Chardonnay Day is May 23rd – ON Chardonnay and the International Cool Climate Chardonnay Celebration #i4c2013
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May 15th, 2013: ON Sparkling Wines & Bubblies – Methods, Food Matching, Reccos
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May 8th, 2013: Joining forces with #BCWineChat for 2 hour special, we are discussing “What is Canadian Wine Culture?”.
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May 1st, 2013: Appassimento style wines – Who’s using the process? Why is it popular? Pros & Cons. Not sure what that is? The appassimento process refers to a partial drying of the grape in order to concentrate the flavour and sugars, etc. (what one of my profs would call the “dry extract”). Click Here

April 24th: Taste & Tell – Ontario Cab Franc. Open one up and tell us what you find, how it compares with other CF.
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April 17th, 2013: Should Ontario try to create market success with it’s own Yellowtail? (VIDEO) Watch through to the end as John Castella talks about making wines consumers want…
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April 10th, 2013: Screw Caps, Corks, or Synthetic Closures – What’s Best?
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April 3rd, 2013: Market access, #mywineshop, LCBO strike(?), Grape Growers 50% initiative, wine in corner stores & more.
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March 27th, 2013: Wines of the Rest of Ontario: Who & what do you love, hidden gems, micro-climates, terroir, and more!
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March 20th, 2013: Wines of Niagara Escarpment: Who & what do you love, hidden gems, micro-climates, terroir, and more!
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March 13th, 2013: “Ask a Winemaker” with Brian Schmidt of Vineland Estates!
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March 6th, 2013: Wines of Lake Erie North Shore: Who & what do you love, hidden gems, micro-climates, terroir, and more!
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Feb 27th, 2013: Wines of PEC: Who & what do you love, hidden gems, micro-climates, terroir, and more!
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Feb 20th, 2013: Wineries of Niagara-On-The-Lake: Who & what do you love, hidden gems, micro-climates, terroir, and more!
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Feb 13th, 2013: Why don’t more people drink Ontario wine? What excuses do you hear? Click Here

Feb 6th, 2013: Should Ontario have a signature varietal(s)? If so what is it (or are they)? Click Here

Have an idea for an upcoming #ONWineChat? Send an email to shawn(at)uncorkontario.com or a tweet to @UncorkOntario!