Wine Writers - Tony Aspler's

The millennium marked Tony Aspler's 25th year of wine journalism and today he is the most widely read wine writer in Canada. He was the wine columnist for The Toronto Star for 21 years and has authored eleven books on wine and food, including 'Vintage Canada', 'The Wine Lover's Companion', 'The Wine Lover Cooks' and 'Travels With My Corkscrew'. Tony's latest book is 'Canadian Wine for Dummies.'

Tony is one the most technologically advanced wine experts in the world with his own Palm application.

Tony is a member of the North American advisory board for the Masters of Wine, creator of the annual Ontario Wine Awards competition, an honorary governor of Cuvée and a director of the Independent Wine & Spirit Trust. He is also a director of The Canadian Wine Library and serves on the wine selection committee for Air Canada. At the Niagara Grape & Wine Festival 2000, Tony was presented with the 'Royal Bank Business Citizen of the Year' award.

Tony writes for a number of international wine magazines, including Harper's, Wine Spectator. Wine Tidings, Vines and the winepros web site in Australia.

Tony also writes fiction. He is the author of nine novels. His latest series is a collection of wine murder mysteries featuring the itinerant wine writer/detective Ezra Brant: 'Blood Is Thicker Than Beaujolais', 'The Beast of Barbaresco', and 'Death On The Douro' (published by Warwick Publishing). He is currently working on 'Nightmare In Napa Valley.'

In February 2001, Tony co-founded a charitable foundation with Arlene Willis. 'Grapes for Humanity' raises money through the wine community for the victims of landmines.