Nova Scotia–raised Gina Haverstock caught the wine bug while
working at the Jost Vineyards in Malagash, shortly after graduating
with a BSc from the University of New Brunswick. Her experience at Jost
was life-transforming: she abandoned plans to become a doctor
and set her sights on winemaking instead, going on to complete the
prestigious program in cool-climate oenology and viticulture at Brock
University in Ontario. The energetic Haverstock also managed to earn
a sommelier certification through the International Sommelier Guild.
She then went on to work in vineyards and wineries of such far-flung
places as Hawke’s Bay in New Zealand, Rüdesheim in the
Rheingau, the Wachau region of Austria, topping things off with a
brief stint in Burgundy.
Not so much starving as hungry. Well, not so much hungry as dying for something to eat. I can’t really say I’m lacking in something to eat … Let’s just say, I need more.
Not more on my plate — I’m sure you can agree we all have too much on our plates — but simply something exciting. A restaurant is more than a place to sit, eat, drink and be. Not a culinary adventure around every corner but a respite from our everyday. We break from the norm of cooking at home, living in our cocoons.
