Tony Aspler is an internationally known writer, speaker, and wine expert.
He has been writing about wine for over 40 years. Tony was the wine columnist for The Toronto Star for 21 years and has authored 27 books, most of which on wine and food, including The Wine Atlas of Canada, Vintage Canada, The Wine Lover’s Companion, The Wine Lover Cooks, Travels with My Corkscrew, Tony Aspler’s Cellar Book, The Five Minute Wine Book, and Five Minutes More.
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, and Nightmare in Napa Valley.
Tony Aspler’s website can be found at www.tonyaspler.com
He reviews wine every week.
In December 2007, Tony was awarded the Order of Canada for his definitive book on Canadian wine – The Wine Atlas of Canada.
In 2012 Tony was the first Canadian to be inducted into the New York Media Wine Writers Hall of Fame. In that year Tony was awarded the Queen’s Jubilee Medal.
In 2017 Tony was awarded Spain’s Officers Cross of the Order of Civil Merit.
In 2021, Tony received the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario’s Challenge Coin.