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It's not just about wine, but
more about the people behind it...

It's not just about wine, but more about the people behind it...It's not just about wine, but more about the people behind it...It's not just about wine, but more about the people behind it...

E31: DONALD ZIRALDO, co-founder of inniskillin

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DONALD J. P. ZIRALDO, C.M., BSc, LLD

 

  • Born in St. Catharines, Ontario on October 13, 1948 to Fredrick and Irma (Schiratti)
  • Graduated Denis Morris High School, St. Catharines, 1967
  • Received BSc in Agriculture at the University of Guelph, 1971 (BSc)
  • Honorary Degree, Humber 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
  • Honorary Citizenship (Friuli Venzia Julia), Italy
  • Author of Icewine: Extreme Winemaking, 2007
  • Pinnacle Award 2017
  • Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree, University of Guelph, 2018 (LLD)

CORPORATE AND ORGANIZATIONAL ROLES

 

  • Director, Shaftesbury Films
  • Member of the Ontario Institute of Agrologists
  • Founding Chair Vintners’ Quality Alliance 1988-1995
  • Member, Academie Internationale du Vin (AIV), 2000
  • Board of Advisors, Zerofootprint
  • Board of Directors, Genome Canada
  • Niagara United Way Co-Chair, Leadership Campaign (with Victoria Ziraldo)
  • Board of Directors, Phoneum

AWARDS

 

  • Ontario Hostelry Institute Chairman’s Award, 1991
  • TAMA Marketer of the Year, 1993
  • Silver Ladle Award, Toronto Culinary Guild
  • Honorary Bachelor of Applied Studies Degree, Niagara College 2004
  • Winery Management Magazine; Distinguished Achievement Award, 1994
  • Outstanding Business Person of the Year, St. Catharines Ad and Sales Association, 1994
  • Entrepreneurial Leadership Award, Institute for Enterprise Education, 1994
  • Awarded Medal of Achievement at Guelph University
  • Grindley Medal, Agricultural Institute of Canada,  1995
  • Entrepreneur of the Year for Community Contribution: Enterprise ‘95, 1995
  • Award of Merit, Ontario Grape Growers; Marketing Board, 1997
  • Special Recognition Award, The Elsie Awards, LCBO, 1997
  • Lifetime Achievement Award, Enterprise ‘98, Entrepreneur of the Year Award, 1998
  • Lifetime Achievement Award, Canadian Wine Institute, 1999
  • Lifetime Achievement Award for Food and Beverage Excellence
  • The Sixth Annual New World of Food and Wine Festival Singapore, 2002
  • Niagara Wine Festival Royal Bank's Business Citizen of the Year, 2002
  • Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s 50th anniversary Golden Jubilee Award, 2002
  • Award for Business Excellence, Canadian Italian Business Professional Association, 2002
  • McGill Management Achievement Award, McGill University, 2003
  • Canadian Italian National Award, Ottawa, 2003
  • Business Excellence Award, The Canadian Italian Business & Professional Association of Toronto, 2005
  • VinCambridge Award of Excellence, Donald Ziraldo and Karl Kaiser, 2006
  • Lifetime Achievement in Tourism Award, Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership Corp, 2007
  • 1991 - Ontario Hostilery Institute Chairman's Gold Award
  • Premio Masi Award, Verona, Italy, 2008
  • Folio D'Oro Award, Friuli, Italy, 2010
  • Diamond Jubilee Award, 2012
  • Brock University, Faculty of Business Distinguished Leader Award, 2012

Video

Inniskillin: The Original Startup

All pictures are from Donald Ziraldo & Inniskilin and are used with permission.


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