What a spectacular launch at Peller Wine Estates with a wine tasting lunch. With Dr. John McTavish, wine columnist for the St. Catharine’s Standard
Books and Wine
Word on the Street: Wine Witch on Fire at the Toronto Book Festival
The Word on the Street Toronto Book and Magazine Festival with Dundurn Press team, Erin Pinksend and Ankit Pahwa with Chris Houtson, Chief Operations Officer, Dundurn Press with fellow author, Barbara Fradkin On the way to the festival, I was captivated by this fountain ;) Check out The Word on the Street Toronto Book and Magazine Festival here
Wine Witch on Fire Book Launch at Le Cordon Bleu
What a spectacular event at Le Cordon Bleu to launch Wine Witch on Fire! Click on the videos to feel the energy ;) Thanks to Victoria Doherty for her wonderful pictures and videos! With my mother, Ann, to whom this book is dedicated … love you, Mom! Lots […]
Wine Witch on Fire Explores Wine Mom Culture on Global Morning Show
A regular for many years here on The Morning Show as our wine expert, Natalie MacLean is back but this time with her newly released memoir, Wine Witch on Fire: Rising from the Ashes of Divorce, Defamation, and Drinking Too Much Welcome back, Natalie and what a way to come back with this open and honest memoir. What prompted you to write this? At first, I thought, just walk away from this dumpster fire and forget it. It was too painful to even look at my journal notes during that year. To write about it publicly would be vandalizing […]
How a Wine Professional Moderated Her Wine Consumption
In the excerpt below from Wine Witch on Fire: Rising from the Ashes of Divorce, Defamation and Drinking too Much, I talk about moderating my wine consumption without going sober. I realized I wanted my evenings back. I had to tell myself that the night wouldn’t get any better or more fun with more wine. I’d just end up saying things I’d regret, fall asleep early in front of the TV, wake up in the morning gutted. I also wanted to command my own boundaries rather than worry about developing a soggy reputation with friends. She sure likes to […]
How Memoir Can Be Deeply Satisfying and Scary? CTV News Ottawa
While this book deals with serious issues, there’s lots of humour. How do you strike a balance between the two? Has anything really changed in the time since the events in this book took place? Can you share an example of how sexism is embedded in wine tasting notes? Throughout your memoir, you describe the slick marketing that encourages women to drink too much. Can you elaborate on this? Why include stories of women behind wine labels? Are there book launch events coming up? I’ll be doing a book launch at the Cordon Bleu in Ottawa on Wednesday, May 31st. […]
How Does Some Wine Marketing Encourage Women to Overdrink? CTV News Ottawa
What is the book about? How did you come up with the title? Who is the book dedicated to? Why write this book? Inspiration Why write this book now? Do you feel more exposed for having written this memoir? You’re a wine professional in the public eye, and you write about your own issues with drinking too much. This is a deeply personal, revealing memoir. Was it difficult to write with such openness and vulnerability? Although this isn’t a self-help book, you do share tips on how you moderated your own alcohol consumption. Share a few of those with us […]
Best Wine & Food Pairing Tips + California Wines with Chuck Cramer
Introduction Which California wine should be at the top of your must-try list? Which simple tips can you use to identify successful food and wine pairings? What should you know before starting a podcast? In this episode of the Unreserved Wine Talk podcast, I’m chatting with Chuck Cramer, host of On The Road With Mr CA Wine. You can find the wines we discussed here. Join me on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube Live Video Join the live-stream video of this conversation on Wednesday at 7 pm Eastern on Instagram Live Video, Facebook Live Video or YouTube Live Video. I’ll be jumping […]
Wine Marketing that Encourages Overdrinking + Sexism in Wine Tasting Tasting Notes
Introduction How does slick wine marketing encourage us to drink too much? Has anything really changed in the wine industry in the last ten years since the incidents in the book took place? How is sexism still embedded in wine tasting notes today? What would I advise young women and men entering the wine business today? I’ll be sharing those stories and more in this special episode of my podcast. My new memoir Wine Witch on Fire: Rising from the Ashes of Divorce, Defamation, and Drinking Too Much just launched yesterday, May 9th in Canada. It will launch in the US and […]
It’s Launch Day for Wine Witch on Fire: Rising from the Ashes of Divorce, Defamation and Drinking too Much!
It’s launch day! I don’t even know what to say because all my words are in this book! Wine Witch on Fire: Rising from the Ashes of Divorce, Defamation, and Drinking Too Much All the dismal Ds, but it actually has humour and a happy ending. This memoir starts with my shock when my husband of twenty years demands a divorce. My year gets even worse when an online mob of rivals comes for my job. You could say it was a bad vintage. I have to fight for my son, rebuild my reputation, and salvage my self-worth using my […]
