Mr Donald J.P. Ziraldo
President, Ziraldo Estate Wines;
Co-Founder, Inniskillin Wines

GENERAL

• Born in St. Catharines, Ontario, October 13, 1948 to Fredrick and Irma (Schiratti)
• Graduated Denis Morris High School, St. Catharines in 1967
• Received B.Sc. in Agriculture at the University of Guelph 1971 (BSc)
• Awarded Honorary Degree, Humber College
• Honorary Bachelor of Applied Studies Degree, Niagara College
• Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree, Brock University, 1994 (LLD)
• Order of Ontario, 1993
• Order of Canada, 1998
• Top 25 Canadian CEOs of the Century, National Post Business Magazine, 1999
• Honourary Citizenship (Friuli Venzia Julia), Italy 2006
• Premio Mazi, Italy 2010
• Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Award
• Brock University; Faculty of Business Distinguished Leader Award, 2012
• Author: Icewine-Extreme Winemaking (Key Porter )
• Lifetime Achievement in Tourism Award, Ont. Tourism Marketing Partnership Corp., 2007

CORPORATE AND ORGANIZATIONAL ROLES

• Managing Director QSPA Monastery-winery , Portugal ; www.senhoradoconvento.ca
• Director, Shaftesbury Films
• Member of the Ontario Institute of Agrologists
• Founding Chair, Vintners’ Quality Alliance 1988-1995
• Member, Academie Internationale du Vin (AIV) – inducted December 2000
• Member, Greenbelt Advisory Task Force
• Campaign Chair; Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute (Inniskillin Hall)
• Board Member/Industry Advisor, CAPS (Canadian Association of Professional Sommeliers)
• Honorary Board Member, The International Wine Institute, 2005
• Chairman, Vineland Research and Innovation Center 2006-2011
• Board of Directors, Genome Canada
• Board of Advisor, ZeroFootprint