READERS CHOICE GOLD AWARD - for most widely read columnist
2006 NATJA TRAVEL MEDIA AWARD - Culinary Travel category
2008 Switzerland Tourism Media Award - Valais

Alex Eberspaecher of The Wine Cellar Born amongst the vineyards of Wuerttemberg, a wine growing region bordering the Black Forest, Alex came to Canada as a young man to continue his long tradition of drinking fine wines. His family history connected to the grape, can be traced back, with few interruptions, to the year 1100. Whether it was by making wine or by growing grapes and toiling the soil, wine was never far away and to this date it is speculated that there may be more wine than blood in Alex' veins.

Alex began writing almost forty years ago. As one of the founder of Out of Doors (formerly Ontario Fisherman and Hunter) he covered the outdoors extensively and eventually ended up with his own radio program. Thirty years ago Alex followed in the family's wine stomping shoes and began his career as a wine writer. Although he retired two years ago from writing a weekly wine column, he still covers wine and wine related travel in a number of publications on a monthly basis.

During the 1990's he switched from wine-related travel journalism to primarily travel. Today Alex is the regular travel columnist for a number of domestic and international publications, although for some reason, he can often be found holding a glass of wine.

Along with his wife Judy, an accomplished photographer and member of the Travel Media Association of Canada, he explores the unusual, the places overlooked by the mainstream media, often taking his readers into places unknown to most.

Alex and his wife Judy reside in Oakville, Ontario, Canada.


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