Steve Thurlow

Steve Thurlow
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At WineAlign, Steve Thurlow is a principal critic and a partner who is presently focused on spirits with a specialty in single malt scotch and boutique gin. He travels widely throughout the world and writes features on spirits and wines from time to time.

He has been tasting whisky for almost 50 years and has taught spirits since the 80s but it is only in the last five years that he has started to write about spirits. His regular visits to distilleries in Scotland were brought to an abrupt halt in 2020 when COVID-19 arrived.

Since 2001, he has been a consultant to international wine and spirit exporting organizations assisting with the growth of their imports to Canada.

He was a contributor to Wine Access, Canada’s national wine magazine, from 2001 until it ceased publication in 2013. Prior to Wine Access, he was an importer of wine and spirits for many years.

However today Steve mostly concerns himself with his wine education and communication business where he leads groups of wine and spirits lovers on several travel trips each year all over the world to explore the wine, spirits, food, culture and history of producing regions.

Steve was the Education Director for IWEG for over a decade. IWEG delivers the International WSET wine and spirits education program in Ontario and has been educating the trade and wine/spirit lovers since 1977. Graduates of IWEG are among the “Who’s Who” of the Ontario and Canadian Alcohol Beverage Industries.

In the past he also spent much time organizing Toronto’s annual international wine festivals. For example, Steve was on the executive team of the Santé Wine Festival from 2003 to 2008

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Ippolito 1845 Liber Pater Cirò Rosso Classico Superiore 2010, Doc Bottle Ippolito 1845 Liber Pater Cirò Rosso Classico Superiore 2010, Doc
Calabria, Italy
121061
Review added: August 13, 2013
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$14.95 None
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Joie Farm Pinot Noir 2011, Okanagan Valley Bottle
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Joie Farm Pinot Noir 2011, Okanagan Valley
British Columbia, Canada
Agent
Review added: August 12, 2013
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$23.90 Shopping_bag
Lurton Les Salices Sauvignon Blanc 2011, Pays D' Oc Igp Bottle Lurton Les Salices Sauvignon Blanc 2011, Pays D' Oc Igp
Languedoc, France
319764
Review added: August 12, 2013
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$6.30 None
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Sandbanks Dunes Red 2012, Ontario VQA Bottle Sandbanks Dunes Red 2012, Ontario VQA
Ontario, Canada
346445
Review added: August 08, 2013
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Konzelmann Gewürztraminer 2011 Bottle
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Konzelmann Gewürztraminer 2011
Ontario, Canada
392357
Review added: August 08, 2013
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$15.95 None
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Cattail Creek Riesling 2012, Niagara Peninsula Bottle Cattail Creek Riesling 2012, Niagara Peninsula
Ontario, Canada
241547
Review added: August 08, 2013
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$6.70 None
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Wayne Gretzky Pinot Grigio 2012, VQA Niagara Peninsula Bottle Wayne Gretzky Pinot Grigio 2012, VQA Niagara Peninsula
Ontario, Canada
326256
Review added: August 08, 2013
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Union Gold 2011, VQA Niagara Peninsula Bottle Union Gold 2011, VQA Niagara Peninsula
Ontario, Canada
3230
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Small Talk Faux Pas 2011, VQA Niagara On The Lake Bottle Small Talk Faux Pas 2011, VQA Niagara On The Lake
Ontario, Canada
343384
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Small Talk Burning Ambition White 2010, VQA Niagara On The Lake, Niagara Peninsula Bottle Small Talk Burning Ambition White 2010, VQA Niagara On The Lake, Niagara Peninsula
Ontario, Canada
310433
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