Episode 1 | Wine and climate change

Wining and dining have exploded in Quebec in the last few decades. Today we explore the evolution of tastes and wine with two leading figures in Quebec gastronomy: Lesley Chesterman and Jean Aubry.

Wining and dining have exploded in Quebec in the last few decades. Today we explore the evolution of tastes and wine with two leading figures in Quebec gastronomy: Lesley Chesterman and Jean Aubry.

How to adapt to customers’ changing needs and plot our way though demographic shifts and an unstable economy while incorporating new concepts for satisfying our customers? That’s the question we put to Isabelle Dufour, the SAQ’s Vice-President, Sales Network Operations, and Carl Boutet, retail industry and consumer science expert, professor, speaker and columnist.

Organic, biodynamic, and more recently natural wines are far more than a trend; they are more popular than ever and we totally understand the increasing infatuation. Let’s look at why people are (happily) getting back to nature.

Three Quebec vintners explain how they create wines that are as good for the planet as they are for wine lovers.

A look at the trends that have marked this past year and those to come.