• Jamie Paquin and his wife Nozomi Mihara | ALEX DUTSON
    Jamie Paquin and his wife Nozomi Mihara | ALEX DUTSON
  • Thirst for export: Jamie Paquin and his wife Nozomi Mihara run Canadian-wine specialist store Heavenly Vines. Until recently, the country’s low yield meant most bottles were drunk domestically, but word is now spreading globally. | ALEX DUTSON
    Thirst for export: Jamie Paquin and his wife Nozomi Mihara run Canadian-wine specialist store Heavenly Vines. Until recently, the country’s low yield meant most bottles were drunk domestically, but word is now spreading globally. | ALEX DUTSON
  • Thirst for export: Jamie Paquin and his wife Nozomi Mihara run Canadian-wine specialist store Heavenly Vines. Until recently, the country’s low yield meant most bottles were drunk domestically, but word is now spreading globally.
    Thirst for export: Jamie Paquin and his wife Nozomi Mihara run Canadian-wine specialist store Heavenly Vines. Until recently, the country’s low yield meant most bottles were drunk domestically, but word is now spreading globally.
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Jamie Paquin is a man who likes a challenge. Three years ago, the 42-year-old Ontario native opened Heavenly Vines, the world’s very first all-Canadian wine store, in the leafy backstreets of Ebisu. Day in day out, he’s a tireless champion for what Matt Kramer of U.S. magazine Wine Spectator has called “the world’s least-known great wine zone.”

But often, the challenge begins right at the door.

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