It’s that time of year again – get ready for the CAPS Ontario Annual General Meeting to be held at SIPS Toronto’s office at 20 Maud Street and on Zoom. Link to follow.

If you are interested in becoming a Board Member or would like to nominate someone for consideration, please complete the form on the following page and submit via email by 6:00pm EST, February 6^th, 2022 to Gary Killops, Chair, Nominations Committee (vp@on.sommelierscanada.ca) using subject line: CAPS 2022-23 Nomination Form

Call-for-Nominations-and-Nomination-Form-2022-23

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On Monday, April 26th, CAPS Ontario was delighted to welcome Ana Fabiano and participants from across Canada  to initiate the Rioja Wine Academy in Canada.

To revisit the wonderful learning experience – check out the webinar.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Cgwm6qD0H-bTuSbWB_hHYJeKr0J7gsME/view?usp=sharing

CAPS Canada members can use the passcode: CAN-CAP-003-21-5-M2 to become Rioja Ambassadors.

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March 8, 2015, Toronto

On behalf of the Canadian Association of Professional Sommelier CAPS and Wine Country Ontario, we are pleased to announce Canada’s Best Sommelier, Elyse Lambert, Sommelier Consultant, Maison Boulud, Ritz Carlton, Montreal, Quebec. Congratulations as well to second place winner Steven Robinson, Atelier Restaurant, Ottawa, Ontario and in third place Carl Villeneuve Lepage, Toqué! Montreal, Quebec. A toast to these competitors who faced a grueling preliminary exam yesterday that included components of service, theory and tasting followed by a live performance this afternoon in front of their peers and public at Montecito restaurant in Toronto.

Thank you to our distinguished judges John Szabo MS, principal critic WineAlign, Geoff Kruth MS, Chief Operating Officer for the Guild of Sommeliers and Ricardo Grellet, founder and Vice-President of the National Association of Sommeliers of Chile as well as our guest judge Magdalena Kaiser.

Some of our champions have will have the opportunity to compete in the upcoming APAS competition in Chile April 20-25th and the ASI World Competition in 2016.

Thank you to our generous sponsors: Wines of Chile, Banville & Jones, Inniskillin,

Louis Martini, British Columbia Wine Institute, Eska, Moët & Chandon. Major prizes were thankfully received from Tolaini, SAQ, Wines of Greece, Wines of Germany, Wines of South Africa.

If you would like further information regarding the competition, would like photographs or to arrange interviews with the candidates, please contact Sara d’Amato, PR representative CAPS Ontario at sara@saradamato.com

CAPS National, CAPS Ontario, CAPS Atlantic, CAPS British Columbia, CAPS Manitoba and ACSP (Quebec) are all affiliated with Association de la Sommellerie Internationale, an organization representing professional sommeliers worldwide.   www.sommellerie-internationale.com

www.sommelierscanada.com

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