Links
These are some of the web sites that the Guild and its members have found useful. The Web is ever changing, and this page is ever changing as well. If you know of a useful wine site not listed here, or have found a broken link on this page, please bring it to the webmaster’s (webmaster
sommelierguild
com) attention.
Note that the site policy is to not list the sites of individual wineries and vineyards. To do so for them all would be a Herculean task, which we have left to the regional wine sites listed below.
National Capital wine and food sites
Gay Cook – Mrs. Cook’s Kitchen
Vic Harradine – winecurrent.com
Antonio Mauriello – DiVino Wine Studio
Stacey Metulynsky & Sean Moher – groovygrapes.com
Deborah J. Watkins – Classic Catering In Your Home
Bethany Harpur – Second Ferment
David Flewelling – Dave’s Domaine
Local wine retailers
Magazines and reviews
Search Google for “Wine Magazine”
Search Google for “Wine Review”
Canadian
Vines * Wine Access * Vintages Assessments
American
Decanter * Food & Wine * Professional Friends of Wine * QRW – Quarterly Review of Wines * Wine Spectator
New York Times – Dining & Wine (free registration required)
Wine information
About Wines * About.com – Wine * Into Wine * Strat’s Place * TableWine * Tasting Wine * Wine Lovers Page * Winepros
Wine region specific sites
Argentina
Search Google for “Argentina Wine”
Australia
Australian Wine Centre * Australian Wine Maps from WineBase * National Wine Centre of Australia * Western Australia Wine Site * Winetitles
Search Google for “Australian Wine”
Canada
BCWine.com * Canadian Vintners Association * Canadian Wine * WineRoute (Ontario)Wines of Canada *
Search Google for “Canada Wine”
Chile
ChileWineMarket.com * Wines of Chile
Search Google for “Chile Wine”
France
Beaujolais * Bordeaux Wines * Champagnes * French Wine Explorers * French Wines (on france.com)
Search Google for “France Wine”
Germany
Cellars International German Wine Page * German Wine Estates * German Wine Institute * German Wine Society * Peter Ruhrberg’s German Wine Page
Search Google for “Germany OR German Wine”
New Zealand
New Zealand Wine * Wine Online New Zealand * New Zealand Wine Festivals * Wine and Wineries of New Zealand
Search Google for “‘New Zealand’ Wine”
USA
Napa Valley * New York Wine Cork * Oregon Wines * Uncork New York * USAWines * Washington Wine Commission * Wine Country (California) * Wine Institute (California)
Wine writers
Jancis Robinson – Master of Wine
Wine accessories
Blasted Bottles * C.A. Paradis * Riedel Crystal * Screwpull (USA Retailer)
For the professional sommelier
SommelierJobs.com
Education
Vendange Institute (WSET accredited program)
Brock University
Cool Climate Oenology & Viticulture Institute
Universite of California Davis
Viticulture & Enology