
Tony Aspler
Tony Aspler has been writing about wine since 1975, and has been wine columnist for The Toronto Star for 22 years. He is the author of 16 wine books, including The Wine Atlas of Canada, and three wine murder mystery novels: Blood Is Thicker than Beaujolais, The Beast of Barbaresco and Death on the Douro. In 2001, Aspler co-founded the charity Grapes for Humanity to raise money through the wine community for victims of landmines and children with disabilities. In 2007 Aspler was awarded the Order of Canada and in 2012 he was elected to the New York Media Wine Writers Hall of Fame.
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Can wine get too cold? – Ask Decanter
Can wine get so cold that it actually damage the wine? Tony Aspler answers that question for Decanter
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Toronto wine bars and restaurants
Our city guide....
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Canadian Icewine harvest starts
The 2003 Icewine harvest started in Ontario’s three wine regions yesterday.
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‘Biggest ever’ Canadian Icewine harvest begins
The Canadian Icewine harvest has begun – in temperatures plummeting to minus 35C.
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Dan Aykroyd – My Passion For Wine
The Canadian comic actor had to wait until shooting The Blues Brothers before he really started to appreciate fine wine, he tells TONY ASPLER
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Vincor snaps up Amberley
Canada’s largest wine producer Vincor International has bought a second Australian winery - Amberley Estate, in the Margaret River region of Western Australia.
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World’s most expensive icewine produced
Ontario winery Royal DeMaria has produced one of the world’s most expensive Icewines – eight times the price of any similar product.
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Vincor launches joint venture wine internationally
Wines produced from a Franco-Canadian joint venture are to be released this month.
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Turning wine into water
In order to raise money to provide impoverished regions of the globe with a decent water supply, six contemporary artists have redesigned the wine labels of six prestigious Italian winemakers.
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Red wine reduces risk of cataracts, study finds
A new study has found moderate red wine consumption can cut by half the risk of developing cataracts.
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Canada holds cut-price wine competition
Experts will descend on Calgary next week to judge nearly 1,000 wines in an attempt to find the best buy in Canada.
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World’s most expensive wine puts Petrus in shade
The world’s most expensive icewine has gone on sale, its creators hoping to snare a buyer willing to write a cheque for CAN$30,000 for a half bottle.
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Boisset to launch range of wines in plastic bottles
Following the success of its French Rabbit wine in tetrapak, Boisset is set to launch a new series of wines in plastic bottles.
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Canada’s first co-op ends in disaster
Canada’s first venture into a co-operative winery has ended in financial disaster for 19 grape growers in the Niagara Peninsula.
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Rush frontman honoured by scholarship endowment
Guitarist Geddy Lee of legendary Canadian rockers Rush has had a wine scholarship created in his name.
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