A two hour return to Niagara for the 15th Annual Ice Wine Festival. Round table conversations with owners, growers, winemakers, chefs and wine bloggers! www.icewinefestival.com

The Show

Hour One

Ed Madronich President of Flat Rock Wineries and Chair of Wine Council of Ontario. www.flatrockcellars.com

Allan Schmidt -President of Vineland Estate Winery www.vineland.com. Plus Chef Jan - Wilem Stulp Exec Chef of restaurant at Vineland Estates.

The World of Icewine/Icewine and the Export Market

Bill Redillmeyer - Owner of Southbrook Wines www.southbrook.com

Maury Tawse - Owner Tawse Winery wwwtawsewinery.ca

Ed Madronich - Flatrock www.flatrockcellars.com

Past Lives. People who changed careers to make wine.

Blogging about Wine

Alan McGinty – www.winesite.ca

Angela Aiello – www.iyellowwineclub.com

Si Si Penaloza – www.WOMAN.ca

Suresh Dosh – www.spotlighttoronto.com

Mary Luz Mejia – www.suite101.com

Friday Night Gala at Niagara Falls Casino

Barry Katzman - Mike Weir Wines www.mikeweirwine.com

Curtis and Heidi Fielding Fielding Wines www.fieldingwines.com

Magdelena Kaiser-Smit Director of PR Wines of Ontario www.winesofontario.org

Kimberly Hundertmark Director Niagara Wine Festival

Hour Two

The World of Icewine with:

Don Ziraldo - founder of VQA and Inniskillin www.ziraldo.ca

Charlie Pillitteri - Pillitteri owner and most awarded winery www.pillitteri.com
Talk about the international a claim for Canadian icewine and the export market.

Past Lives

Del Rollo - Vincor National Director of Hospitality www.vincorinternational.com

Jeff Hundertmark -Winemaker at Marynissen www.marynissen.com

Debbie Zimmerman -CEO Grape Growers of Ontario

Industry personalities and how they got involved in the business..plus a chat on Vancouver/Whistler Olympic Games!

Non-Traditional Icewine

Debi Pratt -Inniskillin, PR Manager www.inniskillin.com

Chef David Penny -Inniskillin Exec Chef. Grad of Niagara College

Paul Lizak -Legends Estate Winery President www.legendsestates.com

Jon Ogryzlo -Dean, Food and Wine Niagara College www.niagaracollege.ca

They focus on other uses for Icewine and in the culinary field.

Trends

Klaus Reif -Winemaker Reif Estates www.reifwinery.com

Paul Pender -Winemaker Tawse Winery www.tawsewinery.ca

Maury Tawse -Owner Tawse Winery www.tawsewinery.ca

Sparkling, Aromatics and Syrah. New directions in Icewines!

And in two weeks ELVIS COSTELLO joins The Tasting Room…we talk music, movies, songs and food!