Jeannie Dubois

Jeannie Dubois first fell in love with cider on a trip to the British Isles in the 1990s. Since then, her cider journey zagged towards the wine industry, where she worked in Niagara both in vineyards and wineries and became a CAPS Certified Sommelier. At the time she won both the Up and Coming Sommelier Competition and Sommelier of the Year Award. She then ventured into beer upon her return home to Thunder Bay and completed her Cicerone Certified Beer Server and ventured to become a brewer at a local craft establishment. Subsequently, with the growth in the cider industry, she was able to attend and successfully complete the Foundation in Cider & Perry Production course through CINA at Cornell University and then went on to achieve her certification as a Cider Judge with the BJCP. She was fortunate enough to sit the second exam that the ACA hosted for Certified Pommelier™ and passed to become Canada’s first Pommelier. She currently writes prolifically for Cidercraft Magazine, judges cider competitions, invigilates cider exams and brews beer, all whilst dreaming of her true love, cider, always.