{"id":40401,"date":"2018-03-15T07:33:21","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T11:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/?p=40401"},"modified":"2018-03-15T08:58:49","modified_gmt":"2018-03-15T12:58:49","slug":"wine-tasting-top-wine-writers-sommeliers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wine-tasting-top-wine-writers-sommeliers\/","title":{"rendered":"Wine Tasting Event Brings Together Top Writers and Sommeliers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o7MNe8vSFxM\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>During our team tasting this past Sunday, our nation&#8217;s top wine writers and sommeliers gathered to taste more than 70 wines throughout the day, with different members attending at different times.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll find all of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/print\/winebatch\/893\/march-11th-2018?grouping=wine-type&amp;include-unreviewed=set&amp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>reviews, scores and tasting notes<\/strong><\/a> here.<\/p>\n<p>Many of these reviews are published in the magazines and newspapers to which our team contributes. Some members use this as an opportunity to find wines to feature on the television or radio segments.<\/p>\n<p>The LCBO also often uses the reviews posted here to publish in their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/best-lcbo-wine-reviews-vintages-ratings-march-17\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>LCBO Vintages Magazine<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Our next team tastings will be May 6, July 15, September 16 and November 18.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re looking forward to tasting the new crop of wines!<\/p>\n<p>Cheers,<\/p>\n<p>Natalie<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/team-tasting-march\/team-tasting-6-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40412\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-40412\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Team-Tasting-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Team-Tasting-6.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Team-Tasting-6-300x145.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our tasting team now has 41 of the country&#8217;s most respected and influential wine writers and sommeliers, including the Wine Columnists and Guest Experts for:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; CTV Morning Live<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; CTV Your Morning<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; CTV The Social<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; CBC Radio Drive Home Shows<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Global Television\u2019s Morning Show<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Huffington Post Canada<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Rogers Daytime Television<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Ottawa Living Magazine<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Wedding Bells Magazine<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Metro News Newspaper<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Homefront Magazine<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Ottawa Citizen<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Montreal Times<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Windsor Star<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Outdoor Travel Magazine<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Sommeliers and Wine Buyers for 22 top restaurants<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Combined social media following: 550,000<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/team-tasting-march\/team-tasting-9-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40416\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-40416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Team-Tasting-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Team-Tasting-9.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Team-Tasting-9-300x153.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/team-tasting-march\/team-tasting-5-3\/\" 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srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Team-Tasting-2.jpg 567w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Team-Tasting-2-284x300.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 567px) 100vw, 567px\" \/><\/a>Photo: Lori Kilmartin<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/team-tasting-march\/team-tasting-7-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40413\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-40413\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Team-Tasting-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Team-Tasting-7.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Team-Tasting-7-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/team-tasting-march\/team-tasting-8-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40415\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-40415\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Team-Tasting-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Team-Tasting-8.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Team-Tasting-8-300x189.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/team-tasting-march\/team-tasting-1-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40403\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-40403\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Team-Tasting-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"537\" 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You&#8217;ll find all of our reviews, scores and tasting notes here. Many of these reviews are published in the magazines and newspapers to which our team contributes. Some members use this as an opportunity to find wines to feature on the television or radio segments. The LCBO also often uses the reviews posted here to publish in their LCBO Vintages Magazine. Our next team tastings will be May 6, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[113,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-best-wines","category-taste-wine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40401"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40431,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40401\/revisions\/40431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}