Michael Godel

Michael Godel
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For the past 13 years Michael Godel has been tasting and assessing wine as a journalist, a critic and partner at WineAlign.com. He is often called “Godello,” a nickname that just happens to double as a terrific white Spanish grape. Godel has spent the better part of his writing career travelling planet wine in search of varietal truth and in that time has crafted more than 31,000 lengthy tasting notes, most of them positive, all of them thorough. He processes his thoughts, musings, stream of consciousness and experiences on wine, travel, music and pop culture at his eponymous website godello.ca.

Chef Michael hung up his well-used, 25 year-old whites when he closed up shop in December 2013 after a rewarding 25-year culinary run in Toronto restaurants and with the catering business he owned called All Our Favourite Foods. In March of 2011 he teamed up with Chef David Neinstein at Toronto's Barque Smokehouse and March 2024 will mark his 13th anniversary as Wine Director of the Toronto restaurant. He also makes a line of small lot wines out of Chianti Classico in Tuscany and the Niagara Peninsula, including Corretta Chianti Classico, All Day Rosé, Interloper Cabernet Franc, As Is Field Blend and Paramour Gamay.

Investigative wine travels in the last 10 years have included destinations like British Columbia, Nova Scotia, California, New York, Argentina, South Africa, Germany, France, Portugal and Spain, but Italy has commanded much of Godel’s attention. Fortune has smiled to the tune of 60 trips in ten years with more than half of them to Tuscany and in particular Chianti Classico. In February 2018 the Consorzio Vino Chianti Classico made Godel one of their first five recipients of an Ad Honorem title, “Ambasciatore.” As Canadian ambassador he educates on behalf of the Tuscan territory’s Gallo Nero and their noble Sangiovese. Twelve excursions in Montalcino have also led to educating on behalf of the Consorzio del Vino Brunello di Montalcino. From 2016-2019 these Sangiovese investigations took the form of in person seminars and masterclasses for sommeliers, trade and media, but also restaurant staff education. In 2020 and 2021 the pivot led to lecturing more than a dozen online webinar sessions. Godel has also served as an educator for the Italian Chamber of Commerce of Ontario (ICCO), Rioja DOCa, Vins de Bourgogne, Le Marche, Barbera d'Asti e vini del Monferrato, Asti Wines and Wines of Portugal, including for the wines of Vinho Verde.

Serving as a judge for the annual WineAlign National Wine Awards of Canada since 2013 has been the greatest honour and Godello has always been proud to taste, assess and award medals alongside colleague David Lawrason at Canada’s Great Kitchen Party and with Tony Aspler’s Ontario Wine Awards. Michael lives in Toronto with his wife of 28 years and three children.

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Vincent Raimbault Bel Air Vouvray 2018, A.C. Bottle Vincent Raimbault Bel Air Vouvray 2018, A.C.
Loire, France
205468
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Miles Mossop The Introduction Chenin Blanc 2019, W.O.  Bottle Miles Mossop The Introduction Chenin Blanc 2019, W.O.
Coastal Region, South Africa
18766
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Ignacio Marín Barbacoa 2015, D.O.P. Cariñena Bottle Ignacio Marín Barbacoa 2015, D.O.P. Cariñena
Aragón, Spain
18932
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Cantina Di Montalcino Brunello Di Montalcino 2015, Docg Bottle Cantina Di Montalcino Brunello Di Montalcino 2015, Docg
Tuscany, Italy
17704
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Solena Grand Cuvee Pinot Noir 2018, Willamette Valley Bottle Solena Grand Cuvee Pinot Noir 2018, Willamette Valley
Oregon, Usa
486944
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Josh Cellars Joseph Carr Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2017, Paso Robles Bottle Josh Cellars Joseph Carr Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2017, Paso Robles
California, Usa
412320
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Estate Argyros Assyrtiko 2019, P.D.O.  Bottle Estate Argyros Assyrtiko 2019, P.D.O.
Santorini, Greece
387365
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Ferraton Père & Fils Plan De Dieu Côtes Du Rhône Villages 2019, Ac Bottle Ferraton Père & Fils Plan De Dieu Côtes Du Rhône Villages 2019, Ac
Rhône, France
74229
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Lapostolle Gran Selección Cabernet Sauvignon 2018, Rapel Valley Bottle Lapostolle Gran Selección Cabernet Sauvignon 2018, Rapel Valley
Rapel Valley, Chile
514166
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Le Clos Jordanne Le Grand Clos Chardonnay 2018, VQA Twenty Mile Bench, Niagara Escarpment Bottle
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Le Clos Jordanne Le Grand Clos Chardonnay 2018, VQA Twenty Mile Bench, Niagara Escarpment
Ontario, Canada
184549
Review added: July 26, 2021
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