
Michaela Morris
Michaela Morris is an international wine writer and educator. Based in Vancouver, she teaches about Italian wine across Canada and abroad. Michaela is a regular contributor to Decanter Magazine and Meininger’s Wine Business International as well as Canadian publications Taste and Quench. She is a panel chair for Vinitaly’s 5StarWines competition and was international guest judge at the Australian Alternative Varieties Wine Show in 2019.
She was one of the first certified Italian Wine Experts through Vinitaly International Academy in 2015 and co-created the curriculum for VIA’s Italian Wine Maestro course. Michaela also holds the Wine & Spirit Education Trust Diploma.
With over 20 years’ experience in the wine industry, Michaela has worked as a fine wine importer in Canada, ran the Bordeaux en primeur campaign for a private retailer and co-owned a company offering private and public wine tastings as well as cellar management for collectors.
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Best Chianti Classico Riserva 2018 plus late releases
Some of Chianti Classico's finest wines...
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Best Chianti Classico Gran Selezione 2018 plus late releases
Does Gran Selezione represent the best of the region?
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An aperitif for anytime: Vermouth di Torino
Vermouth is undergoing a revival...
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Chianti Classico wineries approve new subzones
Village names will soon be allowed on Gran Selezione labels...
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Prosecco: Aiming high
Italy’s best-known sparkling wine has risen to be the party fizz of choice, but producers are striving ever harder to unlock the terroir differences that can make the top-quality DOCG wines stand apart from the rest. Michaela Morris reports on the latest developments, and recommends 10 top examples…
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1996 Piedmont: A retrospective
Michaela Morris looks back at 1996 Barolo and Barbaresco...
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Barolo 2016 ‘classico’ late releases tasted
Late-release Barolo 2016 classico wines...
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Barolo 2016 ‘MGA’ late releases tasted
Late-release Barolo 2016 MGA wines...
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Vino Nobile di Montepulciano 2015 preview
Do the wines live up to their promise?...
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Vino Nobile di Montepulciano 2016 & 2015 Riservas: Gaining ground
Plenty to praise here...
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Vino Nobile di Montepulciano 2018 and Riserva 2017: vintage report and top wines
Michela Morris reports on the Vino Nobile di Montepulciano 2018 releases, plus the 2017 Riservas, finding wines with lovely definition of aromas, vibrancy and balanced alcohols.
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Brunello di Montalcino 2015: vintage report and top wines
The best 2015s offer freshness of aromas and flavours, and succulent acidity...
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GB Burlotto: producer profile plus top wines tasted
Michaela Morris visits the GB Burlotto estate in Verduno to speak with fifth-generation winemaker, Fabio Alessandria.
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Discovering Valtellina plus 10 top producers worth knowing
Some of Valtellina's best Nebbiolos...
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Canadian Riesling: top buys from Eastern Canada
16 top-scoring wines from Ontario, Nova Scotia and Québec…
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Canadian Riesling: British Columbia’s best buys
The top 14 wines to try from Canada's most western province
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Canadian Riesling: the top-scoring wines
From a blind tasting of 138 Canadian Rieslings, Michaela Morris picks out her top 12 wines to buy
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Tawse Winery: producer profile and 10 wines
Tawse Winery, in Ontario’s Niagara Peninsula, is still a hidden gem outside of Canada. Find out about its hands-off approach and Burgundian connections…
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Michaela Morris: My top fine wines of 2020
Michaela Morris highlights her top wines of 2020...
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Timorasso: Piedmont’s rediscovered white
Michaela Morris gets to grips with the rare Timorasso grape...
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Vines versus vintage – Ask Decanter
Which has the upper hand in the glass...?
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Chianti Classico alternatives: Top Tuscany IGT wines
Michaela Morris takes a look at some of the region's best wines labelled as IGT...
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Amarone della Valpolicella 2016: A first look
'There is still plenty more to come from 2016'...
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Tuscany latest releases: Value picks from Chianti Classico and Brunello di Montalcino
The best value Chianti Classico and Brunello di Montalcino
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