Allison McNeely
Allison McNeely is the web editor of Wine Access. Her work has appeared on websites, blogs and in print. She loves running and is the magazine's resident web nerd.
Wine Experts: Future of B.C. Wine Lies with Syrah
Judging B.C. and international syrahs at the Osoyoos Celebrity Wine Festival
At the Judgement in Osoyoos tasting event this afternoon at the Osoyoos Celebrity Wine Festival, the judges declared that B.C. wine has a strong future with syrah.
Judging at Concours Mondial
Travelling to Luxembourg to judge Old World wines
When I was invited to judge at the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles in Luxembourg in May, I was pretty thrilled. Luxembourg probably isn’t on most Canadians’ travel bucket list — I hadn’t given the country a spare thought since I was in university — but opportunity brings new experiences and I was looking forward to visiting the country for the first time.
Tom Firth
Tom Firth is a writer, wine consultant, judge and a member of the Wine Access National Tasting Panel. He loves to chat about all things wine and blogs for wineaccess.ca, tweets as @cowtownwine and is a general nuisance.
How it Works: Setting up the Wine Access IVWA
How we prepare for the Wine Access International Value Wine Awards
It takes a lot of work to move more than 3000 bottles of wine from the offices of Wine Access to MacEwan Hall at the University of Calgary. It takes even more work to get all those wines sorted, ordered and stickered for our panel to taste and judge.
The Wine Access team, with the help of several dedicated volunteers, met at the University on Sunday morning to set up before the competition. Tom Firth and his team moved all the wines to the venue on Saturday, and they were waiting to be unpacked and sorted on Sunday.
Allison McNeely
Allison McNeely is the web editor of Wine Access. Her work has appeared on websites, blogs and in print. She loves running and is the magazine's resident web nerd.
