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<topic>
  <id>490404</id>
  <title>female sommeliers</title>
  <published_at>Sat Feb 16 19:44:18 -0800 2008</published_at>
  <post_count>15</post_count>
  <board>
    <id>23</id>
    <name>Ontario (including Toronto)</name>
  </board>
  <posts>
    <post>
      <post>
        <level>0</level>
        <id>3405371</id>
        <content>just wondering about notable female sommeliers in toronto.

Sara D'Amato at Truffles
Kim Cyr at Kultura
Wendy Votto at Via Allegro
Pamela Misener (notes say she left George but was there after Kim Cyr, not sure how relevant this is)
April Kilpatrick at Ruth's Chris
Anne Martin as Gallery Grill consultant and formerly Canoe
Sarah Lyons at Amuse Bouche
Angie MacRae and Stacey Metulynsky of This Wine That Food
Lesley Provost at Satori Supper Club
Natalie Maclean

any others that you can think of?</content>
        <published_at>Sat Feb 16 19:44:18 -0800 2008</published_at>
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        <user>
          <id>10634</id>
          <name>pinstripeprincess</name>
        </user>
      </post>
    </post>
    <post>
      <level>1</level>
      <id>3405780</id>
      <content>You're just interested in Toronto-based sommeliers? I know some amazing ones in Ottawa and Gatineau. Stacey and Angie live in Ottawa. 

By the way, thanks for including me in your list. I do have a sommelier certificate (and flapped my way across a fancy restaurant floor for a night for my book Red, White and Drunk All Over), but I'm not a practising sommelier. I'm more on the writing side of things (nataliemaclean.com) and I live in Ottawa.

Cheers,
Natalie</content>
      <published_at>Sun Feb 17 03:37:42 -0800 2008</published_at>
      <parent_id>3405371</parent_id>
      <user>
        <id>117614</id>
        <name>Natalie MacLean</name>
      </user>
    </post>
    <post>
      <level>2</level>
      <id>3405878</id>
      <content>darn, i knew i needed to do a little more investigation.

i have more interest in toronto sommeliers but i would still love to know about women from other areas of ontario.</content>
      <published_at>Sun Feb 17 05:48:25 -0800 2008</published_at>
      <parent_id>3405780</parent_id>
      <user>
        <id>10634</id>
        <name>pinstripeprincess</name>
      </user>
    </post>
    <post>
      <level>1</level>
      <id>3414234</id>
      <content>my post disappeared and reappeared!

so... someone else had mentioned Leslie at Terroni... if there's a last name available that would be fantastic.

any other women you can think of? someone also offered up Sarah Lyons at Amuse Bouche.</content>
      <published_at>Tue Feb 19 14:20:51 -0800 2008</published_at>
      <parent_id>3405371</parent_id>
      <user>
        <id>10634</id>
        <name>pinstripeprincess</name>
      </user>
    </post>
    <post>
      <level>2</level>
      <id>3414598</id>
      <content>Lesley Martin at Terroni</content>
      <published_at>Tue Feb 19 16:03:32 -0800 2008</published_at>
      <parent_id>3414234</parent_id>
      <user>
        <id>137888</id>
        <name>Cam D</name>
      </user>
    </post>
    <post>
      <level>3</level>
      <id>3414899</id>
      <content>Danielle Dupont at Bacara in Casino du Lac Leamy, Gatineau, Quebec

Julie Berube at Signatures in the Cordon Bleu, Ottawa

Veronique Rivest at Les Fougeres in Chelsea, Quebec

</content>
      <published_at>Tue Feb 19 17:41:47 -0800 2008</published_at>
      <parent_id>3414598</parent_id>
      <user>
        <id>117614</id>
        <name>Natalie MacLean</name>
      </user>
    </post>
    <post>
      <level>4</level>
      <id>3415494</id>
      <content>Veronique Rivest!

What a great lady!!!

Good call Natalie.</content>
      <published_at>Tue Feb 19 21:37:00 -0800 2008</published_at>
      <parent_id>3414899</parent_id>
      <user>
        <id>21026</id>
        <name>Non Doctor</name>
      </user>
    </post>
    <post>
      <level>4</level>
      <id>3416749</id>
      <content>Sylvia Taylor at Domus, Ottawa

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      <published_at>Wed Feb 20 09:26:34 -0800 2008</published_at>
      <parent_id>3414899</parent_id>
      <user>
        <id>68218</id>
        <name>karose</name>
      </user>
    </post>
    <post>
      <level>4</level>
      <id>3416876</id>
      <content>all, thanks so much for the suggestions... but if we could dig a little deeper into our collective memories for women located in the toronto/gta area, that would be fantastic.

i want to start with toronto and then branch out further since it'll be more convenient for the sommeliers.</content>
      <published_at>Wed Feb 20 09:49:42 -0800 2008</published_at>
      <parent_id>3414899</parent_id>
      <user>
        <id>10634</id>
        <name>pinstripeprincess</name>
      </user>
    </post>
    <post>
      <level>1</level>
      <id>3421542</id>
      <content>stolen from another page:
Sommelier Anne Martin
 
 
Chow!
HL.</content>
      <published_at>Thu Feb 21 13:07:25 -0800 2008</published_at>
      <parent_id>3405371</parent_id>
      <user>
        <id>49536</id>
        <name>HarryLloyd</name>
      </user>
    </post>
    <post>
      <level>1</level>
      <id>3424634</id>
      <content>Chiya Li
http://www.madamesommelier.com/docs/madameS.php</content>
      <published_at>Fri Feb 22 11:27:13 -0800 2008</published_at>
      <parent_id>3405371</parent_id>
      <user>
        <id>98493</id>
        <name>JamieK</name>
      </user>
    </post>
    <post>
      <level>1</level>
      <id>3424696</id>
      <content>Lindsay Groves - winner of  Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership Corporation 'Sommelier of the Year Award' after beating fellow sommeliers in a blind tasting of a selection of Ontario VQA wines.
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      <published_at>Fri Feb 22 11:42:24 -0800 2008</published_at>
      <parent_id>3405371</parent_id>
      <user>
        <id>98493</id>
        <name>JamieK</name>
      </user>
    </post>
    <post>
      <level>2</level>
      <id>3424911</id>
      <content>Leslie Gibson </content>
      <published_at>Fri Feb 22 12:33:29 -0800 2008</published_at>
      <parent_id>3424696</parent_id>
      <user>
        <id>18477</id>
        <name>jamesm</name>
      </user>
    </post>
    <post>
      <level>1</level>
      <id>3426873</id>
      <content>Beth Eckhardt at Zee Grill &amp; Oyster Bar</content>
      <published_at>Sat Feb 23 07:04:21 -0800 2008</published_at>
      <parent_id>3405371</parent_id>
      <user>
        <id>98493</id>
        <name>JamieK</name>
      </user>
    </post>
    <post>
      <level>1</level>
      <id>3429629</id>
      <content>The sommelier at Barberians is female, but I don't know her name unfortunately.</content>
      <published_at>Sun Feb 24 09:58:16 -0800 2008</published_at>
      <parent_id>3405371</parent_id>
      <user>
        <id>129615</id>
        <name>Strongbad789</name>
      </user>
    </post>
    <post>
      <level>1</level>
      <id>3432542</id>
      <content>Doris Miculan Bradley at 360 Restaurant, CN Tower</content>
      <published_at>Mon Feb 25 10:13:37 -0800 2008</published_at>
      <parent_id>3405371</parent_id>
      <user>
        <id>98493</id>
        <name>JamieK</name>
      </user>
    </post>
  </posts>
</topic>
