Blasted Bottles is offering a 15% discount to Guild Members.

Blasted Bottles, Ottawa's store for anything and everything to do with wine and entertaining has moved their retail location to their website, www.blastedbottles.com. From corkscrews to wine-themed home decor, to napkins, cheese plates and serving pieces (and everything in between) and of course, our sandblasted and painted bottles. Not your everyday wine accessory website! Shop on-line at www.blastedbottles.com (to receive a 15% discount use discount code GUILD (does not apply to etched products)). For those not wishing to shop on-line, we are only a phone call away - (613) 838-7814 - we will gladly provide you with our friendly, knowledgeable and professional service that we have become known for. Our new mailing address is Box 362, Richmond, Ontario, K0A 2Z0.

C.A. Paradis has been serving Ottawa restaurants and wine lovers for 80 years. Guild member Diane Paradis would like to offer a10% discount on all regularly priced merchandise to all Guild members. Next time you’re shopping at CA Paradis show your membership card and enjoy the savings.

Free Wine Newsletter - Guild member Natalie MacLean, recently named the World’s Best Drink Writer, offers a free newsletter with wine picks, tips, articles, and humour. The newsletter was named one of the three best wine and food newsletters in North America at the James Beard Foundation Journalism awards. There are no ads and all e-mail addresses are kept confidential. Natalie is also the author of the Red, White and Drunk All Over: A Wine- Soaked Journey from Grape to Glass, which has been described as A Year in Provence meets Kitchen Confidential then goes Sideways. To find out more about the book and to sign up for the newsletter, visit www.nataliemaclean.com.

Free Wine Newsletters - Rod Phillips, former guild Director and noted wine writer has two free wine newsletters to which you can subscribe: Winepointer is a newsletter distributed in advance of each Vintages release. It reviews wines in the release, wines in future releases, new wines/vintages in Vintages Essentials and General List, wines from Ontario wineries, and wines available for private purchase. The reviews are distinctive, critical, and to the point. Worlds of Wine is a newsletter of articles and wine reviews, including profiles of regions and wineries and their wines, interviews with winemakers and others in the world of wine, and opinion pieces on trends in wine. Many articles are based on Rod's travels to wine regions all over the world. To subscribe to these newsletter, visit rodphillipsonwine.com .

Free Wine Newsletter – Winecurrent.com is a popular and trusted source for analytical and informative wine reviews. The bi-weekly newsletter arrives in your inbox days prior to each Vintages Release, describing and alerting you to the best and best-value wines amongst them. Join thousands of subscribers who find this an invaluable guide. You also receive reviews on new and upcoming wines in the LCBO, Ontario wineries, and those available by consignment. Vic Harradine, a Guild past-President and current Governor is the publisher. Subscribe at www.winecurrent.com.

Vines Magazine - Vines is an up-scale, glossy wine magazine, published six times a year, that covers the world of wine with particular attention to Canada. Each issue contains wine reviews written by the Vines team of critics across the country, and features articles on food and wine, wine travel, and wine regions. Guild members may purchase a one-year subscription for only $8.50, which is half the normal subscription and much less than the store price ($3.95 an issue). Just send a cheque to Vines Magazine, 1074 Cooke Boulevard, Burlington, Ontario, L7T 4A8 , with a note saying that you are a member of the Guild. Good wine reading!

Cheese and Wine - Complement your discerning taste for wine with the sumptuous taste for gourmet cheese! The House of Cheese in the Byward Market specializes in a variety of Canadian cheeses and gourmet cheeses from around the world. Guildmembers are offered a 10% discount from regular priced cheeses. What better way to discover the unique flavours of raw milk cheese or to explore the increasing diversity of Canadian cheeses. Let their experienced staff help you add another dimension to your enjoyment and that of your guests. Open 7 days a week at 34 Byward Market, Ottawa, ON K1N 7A2, tel: (613) 241-4853.