Michael Botner is a Wine Connoisseur residing in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia
ABOUT MICHAEL BOTNER, ACCOUNTING FOR TASTE
WINE WRITER, CONSULTANT AND EDUCATOR
   

Michael Botner is a wine columnist and freelance writer for several magazines and other publications, both nationally and in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia.

Formerly from the Ottawa area, Michael has been calling Kelowna home for the past several years. He has taught wine courses and seminars to several select groups, and has been a guest on various television and radio programmes. Michael Botner also offers advisory and training services for the hospitality industry. For over 20 years, he has organized and chaired Cellars of the World, the Ottawa International Wine Competition for the Ottawa Wine & Food Show before moving to the Kelowna area of British Columbia.

He invites you to check out his involvement in a wide variety of wine-related activities as listed below.

 

 Accounting for Taste is owned and operated by Michael Botner, a wine connoisseur with a lengthy and solid knowledge base of everything having to do with wine!
Governor and Co‑founder: National Capital Sommelier Guild
   
Chair (1986-2006):   Cellars of the World - Ottawa's International Wine Competition
   
Jury Member:  Cellars of the World
  Montreal's Sélection Mondiales
(wine competitions)
  Banco d'Assagio dei Vini d'Italia
  Air Ontario Awards
   
Member:  Wine Writers' Circle of Canada
  Society of Wine Educators       
  Opimian Society
  International Food, Wine & Travel Writers Association
   
Award: 1996 Wine Person of the Year, National Capital Sommelier Guild
   
Writer: 

Current and recent publications –     
(wine, food and travel)

  • Kelowna City Living columnist (circ. 30,000)
  • Okanagan Life magazine columnist (circ. 25,000) 
   
Contributor: Vines magazine
  Vendor magazine
  Edmonton Life magazine contributor
  Wines and Vines magazine
  The Kelowna Daily Courier
   
Wine Columnist Ottawa magazine
   
Food Writer, Wine Columnist, Restaurant Critic The Ottawa Sun
   
Wine Educator:  Developed the accredited Sommelier Program at Algonquin College in Ottawa
   
Instructor Wine Courses for Foreign Service recruits, 2000 to 2003
   
Distinctive Dinners with Wines of the World at the Bayne-Morrison House, 1998 to 2003
   
Seminars/Courses Accounting for Taste, 1996 to 2003
Basic Wines and Spirits, Le Cordon Bleu Cooking School, Ottawa Branch, 1998
Sommelier Program, 1991 to 1994 
Niagara Wine Tours, 1991 to 1993
   
Speaker The Learning Connection, 1989 to 1991
   
Commentator CKOV 630 Radio in Ottawa
   
Moderator Niagara Wine & Food Classic 2002
Medtronics of Canada
CFS Leitrim
Dupont Pharma
The New RO Noontime/Breakfast Programs
The Willow Group
Capital DMC
Byk Canada
   
Wine Consultant: Ottawa Wine and Food Show
Le Café/National Arts Centre(advisory/training services)
Sheraton Ottawa Hotel & Towers
Bravo Bravo
Trattoria Zingaro
Britannia Yacht Club
Ottawa Bagel Shop & Deli
Trattoria Italia
 
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