CIO Bulletin

New World Wine Tours provides boutique wine and tour experiences from Toronto to Niagara

New World Virtual Tours and Tastings started as a wine tour company offering elevated wine tours in Niagara and Prince Edward County with a team of wine professionals and sommeliers. After moving wine tastings virtually in 2020, it quickly became clear, why stop there?

Now with Whisky, Tequila, Rum, Sake, Beer, Cocktails, Chocolate, Coffee, and Tea coming soon… all with a focus on creating great experiences that take the company’s guests on a journey (tour) through their tasting.

Specializing in small-group tourism and curated experiences, New World Wine Tours has taken that to the virtual space with a focus on smaller groups that allows for a conversation, not just a presentation or live stream online. With so much watchable content online, they really wanted to focus on creating a space for conversation.

New World Wine Tours industry experts have years of experience in their field, backed with education they are great for answering questions on the spot as well as curating tastings based thousands of tastings, personal visits to distilleries, wineries, and years of education.

Virtual Wine Tasting with CMS Sommelier

Each interactive virtual tasting is led by a certified sommelier host, providing a warm and professional atmosphere to make meaningful connections.

Learn how to taste like a professional using a specialized tasting technique that will teach you to identify notable aspects of wine.

Choose a theme for your wine tasting:

‘Taste of’ Ontario, Spain, Italy, France, or Europe.
Vintages Selection of distinct regions.
Sparkling Wines
New World and Emerging Regions

Virtual Whisky Tasting with Certified Distiller

Join New World Wine Tours resident whisky expert for a virtual exploration of top whiskies from Canada and around the world. Dive into the history of whisky, the unique factors that set each region apart from another in style and production technique.

You’ll also learn how to taste and identify prominent aromas in whisky with a professional method that you can apply to each new bottle.

Choose a theme for your tasting:

Canadian Whisky
World Whisky
Scotch by Region
Canada-US Comparative

Virtual Sake Tasting with a Sommelier

Experience sake like never before! Sake is a brewed beverage made from rice, produced in Japan for centuries. Learn all about the history, terminology, styles, and grades of this unique beverage. Dive into Japanese culture and lore as you taste each sake. You’ll learn how to taste sake with a specialized rubric and discuss food pairing and service.

Eating Through To Virtual Tastings

Virtual Cocktail Workshop: Join the company for a hands-on exploration of classic cocktails from the comfort of home. Select a base spirit for your group and their resident mixologist will curate a menu of three classic cocktails for you to enjoy.

Shake, stir, and sip as you learn the basic skills of bartending. While imbibing your host will fill you in on the unique story of each drink and its historical relevance.

Inclusions:

90 Minute Guided Tasting Event
Cocktail Making Kit:
– 200mL Bottle of Spirit
Choice of: Vodka, Rum, Whisky, Tequila, Gin
– All required Non-alcoholic ingredients
– Printed Recipe Cards
Mocktail Options Available
Ontario Delivery (Canada Wide Available)

Virtual Coffee Tasting: Unbox your tasting kit for an interactive experience that will up your coffee appreciation. First dive into the fascinating history of coffee from a humble goat herder named Kaldi to the development new wave coffee. Next, sip your way to success in a guided home coffee cupping, comparing 3 unique expressions. Finally you’ll learn to make the perfect pour over from a professional Barista.

Virtual Chocolate Tasting: Explore the rich history of chocolate with a virtual private guided tasting. Learn about the origins of chocolate from Mesoamerica to its rise as a global obsession. Then experience how chocolate is grown and produced from bean to bar, with a step-by-step tasting. Deepen your appreciation for chocolate during this fun, interactive group event.

Virtual Beer Tasting: The Ontario Craft Beer industry offers an incredible variety from European classic styles to boundary-pushing fruit-infused sours. Learn about this new wave of brewing while demystifying the styles and terminology.

Join us for an interactive and education exploration of craft beer. As you taste the curated selection learn about each unique brew. You’ll discover how malt, hops, yeast, and brewing techniques make all the difference to the final beer. Sip, socialize, and find a new favorite.

Mackenzie Putici | Founder & Sommelier

After traveling the world tasting wines across Europe, Asia, Africa, and The Americas he’s returned home to promote the love of wine in Toronto. As a CMS certified sommelier, sake scholar, wine & spirits educator, and culinary tourism innovator he crafts intimate tours and wine events. Creating community through food and drink is a passion he looks forward to sharing with you.