CAPS Ontario In The News

Comité Champagne has appointed Quebec-based company Lamoureux & Co as its official representative for the Canadian market. The office will be led by Claudie Lamoureux, who will be supported by Amanda Johnson, who is based in Toronto. Together, they will oversee the Canadian market, providing coverage from coast to coast.   Established over 80 years ago, the Comité Champagne brings together all players in the Champagne industry, including 16,200 winegrowers, 130 cooperatives, and 370 Champagne houses. Its mission is to safeguard the interests of the Champagne sector through a wide range of initiatives, encompassing regulation, economic development, and advice in...

Happy Summer! Time is flying by… and your 2024 CAPS Ontario Board has been in both planning and activation mode, gearing up with exciting news and changes – for our members, potential members and the hospitality industry -- coming soon! We’ve had some recent changes within our Board, so thanks for your patience while we do some re-organizing to be ready to roll, come 2024 events season. First: we are revamping our CAPS Ontario website to make it easy, accessible, and full of current news, membership info and upcoming events. Stay tuned as we move ahead. Our goal is to...

Toronto, ON. The Ontario chapter of the Canadian Association of Professional Sommeliers (CAPS) --Canada’s only national sommelier association -- is pleased to announce the return of the province’s largest and most diverse wine and food event of its kind, the Best Ontario Sommelier Competition (BOSC), scheduled for Tuesday November 12 th 2024 at the Liberty Grand Entertainment Complex in Toronto. The competition and fundraising event is a perennial favourite among oenophiles, the sommelier community, the food, wine and hospitality industries and guests who love the thrill of the industry’s biggest competition. The BOSC competition challenges the province’s sommeliers in a...