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Donald Ziraldo
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GENERAL
Born in St. Catharines, Ontario, October 13, 1948 to Fredrick and Irma (Schiratti)
Graduated Denis Morris High School, St. Catharines in 1967
Received B.Sc. in Agriculture at the University of Guelph 1971 (BSc)
Awarded Honorary Degree, Humber College
Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree, Brock University, 1994 (LLD)
Order of Ontario, 1993
Order of Canada, 1998
Top 25 Canadian CEOs of the Century, National Post Business Magazine, 1999
Honourary Citizenship (Friuli Venzia Julia), Italy
Author: Icewine; Extreme Winemaking (2007, in book stores now)
CORPORATE AND ORGANIZATIONAL ROLES
Director, Shaftesbury Films
Member of the Ontario Institute of Agrologists
Founding Chair Vintners' Quality Alliance 1988-1995
Member, Academie Internationale du Vin (AIV) inducted December 2000
Member Greenbelt Advisory Task Force
Director, Cannasat Therapeutics Inc.
Chair, Grape & Wine Coordination Research Committee, 2004
Board Member/Industry Advisor, CAPS (Canadian Association of Professional Sommeliers)
Honorary Board Member, The International Wine Institute, 2005
Board of Advisors, Zerofootprint
Chair, Vineland Renaissance Advisory Panel 2006
Chair, Vineland Research & Innovation Centre Board 2007
RTN Stealth Software Inc - Board
President (1975-2006) Inniskillin Wines Inc., Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
President (since 1994) Inniskillin Okanagan Vineyards Inc., Oliver, British Columbia
Director, Vincor International Inc. (19932004)
Member, Team Canada Inc. Advisory Board
Member, Canadian Tourism Council
Board of Governors, Shaw Festival Theatre, Niagara-on-the-Lake
Co-Chair, Cool Climate Oenology & Viticulture Institute Capital Campaign, Brock Univ.
Campaign Chair, Niagara College Foundation Future Ready Capital Campaign
Ontario Hostelry Institute Chairman's Award, 1991
TAMA Marketer of the Year, 1993
Silver Ladle Award, Toronto Culinary Guild
Honorary Bachelor of Applied Studies Degree, Niagara College 2004
Winery Management Magazine; Distinguished Achievement Award, 1994
Outstanding Business Person of the Year, St. Catharines Adv. and Sales Assoc., 1994
Entrepreneurial Leadership Award, Institute for Enterprise Education, 1994
Awarded Medal of Achievement at Guelph
Grindley Medal, Agricultural Institute of Canada (AIC), 1995
Entrepreneur of the Year for Community Contribution: Enterprise 95, 1995
Award of Merit, Ontario Grape Growers; Marketing Board, 1997
Special Recognition Award, The Elsie Awards, LCBO, 1997
Lifetime Achievement Award, Enterprise 98, Entrepreneur of the Year Awards
Lifetime Achievement Award, Canadian Wine Institute, 1999
Lifetime Achievement Award for Food and Beverage Excellence,
- The Sixth Annual New World of Food and Wine Festival Singapore, 2002
Niagara Wine Festival Royal Bank's Business Citizen of the Year, 2002
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's 50th anniversary Golden Jubilee Award, 2002
Award for Business Excellence, Canadian Italian Business Professional Association, 2002
McGill Management Achievement Award, McGill University, 2003
Canadian Italian National Award, Ottawa, 2003
Business Excellence Award, The Cdn. Italian Business & Prof. Assoc. of Toronto, 2005
VinCambridge Award of Excellence, Donald Ziraldo and Karl Kaiser, 2006
Lifetime Achievement in Tourism Award, Ont. Tourism Marketing Partnership Corp., 2007
1991 - OHI (Ontario Hostilery Institute) Chairman's Gold Award
2013 Donald Ziraldo inducted in Agriculture Hall of Fame
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Icewine: Extreme Winemaking by Inniskillin Wines co-founders Donald Ziraldo and Karl Kaiser is a beautifully illustrated book that reveals the painstaking methods and skills used to create one of Canada's most desired delicacies - Icewine.
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The 2008 Masi Prize goes to a wine producer and far sighted Canadian, the creator of the
Icewine category and of Inniskillin winery - Donald Ziraldo
The Masi Foundations Civiltΰ Del Vino Prize means Donald Ziraldo receives a special cask of
Amarone, the prince of wines for the Venetian region and a type of wine of which Masi is one of the
acknowledged leading proponents. One of the reasons for Ziraldos award is his focus on research and
innovation for the wine of his region, in this case Niagara in Canada, to such an extent that he created
the reputation of the region for making and exporting high quality wines with personality
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Once again Donald Ziraldo returns to the production of Niagara Icewine. with Ziraldo Riesling Icewine 2007
There are only 400 cases made of the 2007 Ziraldo Riesling Icewine. He's planted enough Riesling at the old family property to cover about that much Ziraldo explains he was goaded into getting back into making and selling wine when his friend John Howard of Megalomaniac Wines offered him his surplus icewine just as his non-compete was about to expire. Ziraldo asked Karl Kaiser to supervise the vinification and the master winemaker created a premium wine that Ziraldo is offering a $60 for a standard half bottle. The wine exhibits an altogether appropriate peachiness, with a refreshing mago twang. Sitting in Ziraldo's living room on a dull November morning, the wine's more lemony acidic note kept me sipping until my glass was empty. Luckily at 8% alcohol by volume the effects of the glass were minimal could this be the perfect breakfast wine? In all seriousness, it is light and playful enough without being overly sweet to be an aperitif. It is also, of course, a highly sophisticated dessert wine.
Now there is Equifera Icewine.
Equifera Estate Winery is located in the Short Hills sub-appellation of the Niagara Peninsulaworld renown for award winning, Canadian Icewine .
This beautiful 50 acre Estate was once home to champion racehorses in the 1950s and 1960s. The Equifera name is derived from "Equus Ferus," the binomial name for "Wild Horse," and exemplifies the spirit, grace and passion that is put into the making of this fine wine. Equifera offers
Cabernet Franc,Riesling and Vidal Icewines
"Icewine could be one of the greatest experiences you will have in your life tasting wine" Vintner, Donald Ziraldo
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Karl Kaiser
Donald Triggs
Harry McWatters
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