About Us

Published six times per year, Wine Access is written by Canadians and covers international and Canadian wines from a Canadian point of view.

In addition to the magazine's regular issues, Wine Access produces the Canadian Wine Annual, your definitive guide to all of Canada's wineries and its changing national wine industry. Buyer's Guide+ is a free electronic newsletter, delivering subscribers exclusive wine tasting notes directly to their inbox every Thursday.


Anthony Gismondi

Editor-in-Chief
agismondi@wineaccess.ca

Twitter: @TheSpitter

Anthony Gismondi is editor-in-chief of Wine Access and one of North America’s most influential wine critics. He is a founder of both the Wine Access International Value Wine Awards and the Canadian Wine Awards.


Shelley Boettcher

Executive Editor
sboettcher@wineaccess.ca

Twitter: @shelley_wine

Shelley Boettcher is the executive editor of Wine Access magazine and is a wine columnist and blogger for the Calgary Herald. When she's not drinking wine, she's probably drinking coffee. Her favourite wine? Whatever's currently in her glass.


Allison McNeely

Web Editor
amcneely@wineaccess.ca

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.


Tom Firth

Wine Access National Tasting Panel Member
tfirth@wineaccess.ca

Twitter: @cowtownwine

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.


Keiron Gallagher

National Account Executive
kgallagher@wineaccess.ca