Treve Ring

Treve Ring is a certified sommelier, wine writer, editor, judge and consultant based on Vancouver Island.

She is the DRINK Editor for EAT Magazine, BC Regional Editor for SIP Northwest Magazine, Wine Editor for Scout Magazine, Wine Envoy & Consult for Edible Canada and partner in Cru Consultancy.

Treve received her Sommelier Diploma from the International Sommelier Guild, and Diploma from the Wine & Spirit Education Trust. Along the way she has become a French Wine Scholar through the French Wine Academy, a certified Sherry Educator through the Sherry Academy in Jerez, a Wine Location Specialist with the Center of Wine Origins (Champagne & Port), and is currently completing certification with the Society of Wine Educators. She was a contributing author for the award-winning book, “Island Wineries of British Columbia”, published in early 2011.

She is currently working her way through visiting every wine growing region worldwide – a seemingly (and fortuitously) endless goal.

Read our interview with Treve below…

1. How many years have you been working with wine?
Casually, 12 years, and intensively for 10.

2. What was your first wine related job, article, or assignment?
After writing about food for a couple of years, I dipped my toe in the water with my first wine-focused article, in 2003 – a chat and wine dinner with Jane Ferrari of Yalumba. Needless to say her humour and passion (she was touring the Viognier Monologues) captivated me, and it’s been wine-focused pieces and study since then

3. Is there a grape or style of wine you are personally attached to?
Wines from a place, with a soul, without artifice.

4. Which grape(s) do you feel is/are Canada’s best bets in terms of producing top quality wine?
Hm – totally depends on area (climate, soils, terroir). Chardonnay and Riesling have shown great promise, while Gamay and Pinot Noir are impressing. But we’re far too young, as a collective wine producing country, to know.

5. What would you like consumers to know about Canadian wine?
We make it. And it’s not Cellared In Canada. That is NOT Canadian wine.

6. How many years have you judged Canadian wine?
First judged in competitions in 2004 – so a decade.

7. What do you enjoy most about judging at The Nationals?
Learning. Everyday learning more about wine – from what I taste in the glass, from the other judges… You never stop learning in this industry and that’s why I love it.

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