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Daenna Van Mulligen
Becoming a wine writer can be a difficult task. The starting and, for many, ending step involves endless pitch letters to established magazines and newspapers. Daenna took a different approach – rather than asking permission to be read, she started her own publication, making no apologies.
In 2004 she launched winediva.ca, a website taking a tongue-in-cheek approach to wine. Many would stop with a simple website, but Daenna transformed WineDiva into a site that would help wine lovers discover new wines based on their personal preferences. Taking a disciplined approach to her tasting allowed her to introduce features like “show me similar” and “just for you”- letting readers see wines with the same style and flavour profile to wines they’ve tried and like. Daenna is also co-founder of Juiced Wine Group Inc. a casual but educational wine tasting group that meets once per month.
Four years and a thousand wine reviews later winediva.ca reaches hundreds of thousands of readers a month. On any given day, if you go to google.ca and search “wine reviews” winediva.ca will likely be the top search result.
In Canada, Daenna has become the go to person for on-line wine knowledge. Daenna Van Mulligen lives in Vancouver where she works as a wine writer and wine educator. She has been the master of ceremonies and primary educator for the past three years at EAT! Vancouver's wine stage and she now joins us at EAT! Fraser Valley to entertain and educate you about all things wine.
Daenna is an accredited sommelier who thrives on educating the public with her deviously inspirational and humorous approach to wine hoping to share her knowledge and increase consumer consumption while decreasing wine snobbery.
Daenna has developed and consulted on wine lists for many Vancouver restaurants and has made appearances on national radio and television.
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