Janet Dorozynksi, PhD, DipWSET

Janet Dorozynski has had a multi-faceted career in and with the international and Canadian wine industry for over two decades. While living in Brussels and completing her PhD from Concordia University, Janet became captivated by all things wine (and beer, spirits, cider, food…) and in 2000, packed in the books and papers to work for Wines of South Africa at their headquarters in Stellenbosch. Since returning to Canada, she has worked in international business development, marketing, media, government and industry relations and has taught about wine and the business of wine at Niagara and Algonquin Colleges.

Janet possesses an extensive global industry network and holistic knowledge of the business of wine along with wines from across Canada and the world and regularly invited to present and moderate at academic and trade conferences and masterclasses. She holds the WSET Diploma, is a WSET certified educator and a Professional Affiliate of Brock University’s Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute (CCOVI). For more than twenty years, Janet has been reviewing, writing, travelling to wine regions and judging and organizing wine and sommelier competitions in North and South America, Europe and Asia. She is currently a partner, principal critic, writer, and judge at WineAlign, the wine columnist for Luxe Magazine Ottawa and has written for and consulted on The World Atlas of Wine, Gismondi on Wine, Jamie Goode’s WineAnorak.com, Vines Magazine and WineTelevision.com, Canada’s earliest online publication and TV series.

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