About The Wine Diva- Pink & Cheeky!

Wine Diva is Daenna Van Mulligen,
(or is Daenna Van Mulligen Wine Diva?) a certified Sommelier who has been a bit of a ‘cork dork’ for over a decade.

Daenna loves to write about virtually anything she can, swirl, gulp, consume or wear!

She is a wine educator and public speaker known for her quirky, casual and humorous approach to all things related to wine.

Residing in the beautiful city of Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada Wine Diva unapologetically flogs her trivial and non-trivial bits of wine information on the unsuspecting public via her bi-weekly newsletters.

You can also read Wine Diva's cheeky reviews on Urban Diner and Sweetspot and in Infamous Magazine. She also regularly contributes to
BMW-Brian Jessel Magazine, and CityFood.  

Just kidding...this is the real Wine Diva!




 

What others have to say!

“Daenna’s knowledge of the world’s wine is exceptional. She is extremely well versed in the wines and winemaking techniques from all regions of the globe and possesses a magnificent natural ability for blind tasting. Her instinctual culinary talent also enables her to have a comprehensive understanding of the relationship between food and wine.”
-Tonia Wilson
-Former head chef at the Canadian Embassy in Rome, Italy Tonia has prepared gala dinners for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip, has appeared on Italy’s food and wine channel and was recently marketing, sales and account manager for the prestigious Niagara winery, Peninsula Ridge. Tonia is a sommelier and owns Toronto's 'Savour Flavour' catering company.

“Is Daenna Van Mulligen the Toronto wine-world’s best kept secret? For those of us lucky enough to be invited to her fascinating and, best of all FUN tastings it’s hard to imagine anyone who could challenge her.
Daenna combines the rigor of a scientist, the passion of an artist and the deft social skills needed to engage everyone from the intimidated beginners, to a table of experts debating the relative worth of Hungarian Tokaji vintages from the 1950’s.
Fight to get a seat at her table. I know I have…”
-Cameron Rothery - Writer Producer Red Apple Entertainment
Opening Soon (The Food Network Canada and Fine Living in the USA)
Morimoto RAW (James Beard Award winner 2003 for The Food Network USA).

“Daenna’s passion for wine is inspiring! The breadth of her knowledge of wine is impressive. Whether lecturing students of the International Sommelier Guild, holding private tastings or conducting wine seminars Daenna’s passion is almost hypnotic. She combines an expertise in wine and winemaking from around the world as well food & wine paring with her fascinating knowledge of the “stories” behind the facts."
If you are invited to a wine tasting or a lecture and you hear Daenna’s name involved, it’s a ‘Don’t miss’ event!”.
Adrian Amara-Sommelier
Adrian has lectured for the International Sommelier Guild and has
appeared on the internet as well as on television in interviews
on the subject of wine. He is currently GM and sommelier at Global Bistro in Toronto.