About this Event
For this special Sip & Learn event, Dr. Daniel Bender will lead a lecture inside a Toronto winery, paired with four wines that show what rising temperatures and climate hazards are doing to wine.
Across four pours, guests will learn how heat changes ripeness, how warmer temperatures affect acidity, how smoke can mark a harvest, and how hail, drought, and fire can alter what ends up in the bottle. A German Riesling, for example, can show why climate matters so much to wine, because temperature, soil, and the growing season all leave their mark on taste.
This is a lecture about climate change through the senses. As many of the world’s wine regions face harder growing conditions, sustainability becomes more than an environmental concern. It also becomes a question of what aromas, flavours, and pleasures we are trying to preserve.
Dr. Daniel Bender is a professor at U of T, Canada Research Chair in Food and Culture, and Director of the Culinaria Research Centre. His current work focuses on wine tasting in the era of climate change, and he completed his Wine and Spirits Trust Diploma in 2024, winning the Sandeman Port Prize.
Each ticket includes the lecture paired with four wines, along with a deconstructed charcuterie-style board. Guests are invited to stay after the lecture to socialize and enjoy the rest of the evening at the winery.
Agenda
6:00 PM doors open. Guests are welcome to arrive early, order drinks, meet other attendees, and grab the best seats before the lecture begins.
7:00 PM lecture begins, followed by Q&A.
8:15 PM wrap up, 1:1 with the lecturer, drinks, and conversation. Guests are welcome to order another round.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Paradise Grapevine Winery, 218 Geary Avenue, Toronto, Canada
CAD 106.77
