Patricia Dinsmore - Wine Writer, Event Planner and Wine Consultant

It is hard to believe that we have made it to the end of the series but here we are.  It barely feels like it has been twelve weeks since I started writing this series but it has been, and it has been a lot of fun in the process.  Today we look at Keith Tyers from Closson Chase Vineyards.  Originally he started his career with the winery as the assistant to winemaker Debora...

We have heard it throughout this blog series - owning a winery is hard work.  It is the life of a farmer, it is hard manual labour and it is very different from working in the city.  Like a lot of the other family wineries in Prince Edward County, Kimball and Liz Lacey decided they wanted to move their family out of the city to raise them.  In the process of finding a job o...

Owning a winery is hard work – it is the life of a farmer and those who have decided to pursue this career path have to be dedicated to their craft.  Mother Nature plays such a huge role in any type of farm – it can determine when certain things have to take place and it can wreak major havoc at this time of the year if the temperature decides to drop after a warm spell.  Back a few weeks ago, when we experienced a nice warm spell the vines started to kick into gear and ...

This is it folks - we are in the final countdown to Terroir Wine Festival!  Starting with today's blog we will feature three great guys who each represent a different part of the wine scene in Prince Edward County, starting with Richard Charnock who works alongside Norm Hardie doing anything and everything that Norm needs him to do.  Richard was saying to me that it is really ha...

Saturday, May 25th 2013 – The Crystal Palace Fairgrounds located in the town of Picton in beautiful Prince Edward County will become home to over twenty of the regions wineries as they gather to showcase their greatest wines and newest releases at the annual Terroir Wine Festival.  This is the ninth year for Terroir and, for the past three years, the organizing committee has also put together a great preview event called County in the City to give people in Ottawa and Toronto the c...

There is a recurring theme amongst a lot of the winery people in Prince Edward County.  A large number of them originally lived in the Toronto area and wanted a quieter way of life to raise their families in so when Prince Edward County came calling they made the jump, almost the leap of faith, bought land and became the latest transplants to the area.  Lia and her husband Gerar...

PASSIONATE – There is no other word to describe how Sherry Martin from Karlo Estates presents the winery and the Prince Edward County region she has come to call her home.  If you have ever had a conversation with Sherry, you will leave wondering “where have these wines been all my life?” Sherry is a visual story teller and when you sit down at the...

Working in wine is a natural extension of where JJ started her career.  Her background prior to joining Rosehall Run was in the restaurant industry and included working with famed chef Michael Potter at Harvest Restaurant in Picton.  When the restaurant closed JJ had just become a mom and decided it was time to slightly shift focus in her career.  She wanted to stay closely tied...

To say that Vida and her husband come from a very different background than a lot of the other winery owners in Prince Edward County may be a bit of an understatement.  Originally from Toronto, Vida is a therapist who still has a practice here in Prince Edward County while Richard spent many years in the political game with positions ranging from actual politician to related jobs wit...

You may have noticed a trend in the first four blogs we have done leading up to Terroir Wine Festival- they have all been guys.  That is not to say that there are no great female characters to our story but we wanted to wait to introduce you to them further into the series.  Today we meet our first female character - Mary Macdonald of Stanners Vineyard.  Mary, along with her husband Colin and Colin...