Wine has a bigger map than you've been shown

Beverly Crandon, sommelier, on the grapes, regions and winemakers the canon skipped, and what to open with dinner tonight.

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About Beverly Crandon

Beverly Crandon is a Toronto-based sommelier, educator and broadcaster. She appears on Global News Morning Toronto and The Good Stuff with Mary Berg, and hosts Black Grapes, an annual evening celebrating Black voices in wine. She writes about the grapes, regions and producers that rarely make the list, and the bottles worth finding at your local shop.

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Black Grapes

An evening celebrating Black voices in wine. Toronto, every February. Returning 2027.

Halifax and Montreal in the works.