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WineAlign National Wine Awards of Canada title as the Winery of the Year, based on the accumulation of points for the top five wines it submitted to the awards competition. According to competition chair Anthony Gismondi, the award is the biggest in Canadian wine. WineAlign is an online service that has only recently included B.C., providing professional critical ratings and reviews of wines available locally. It was based first in Ontario, but is now expanding. It makes use of electronic media to help wine consumers make wine buying choices. Judging for the awards is by top wine critics, writers and buyers from across the country. Two Mission Hill wines took platinum awards, the 2009 Compendium and the 2011 Reserve Riesling; while three whites won gold medals, the 2010 Perpetua, 2011 Reserve Riesling Icewine and 2011 Reserve Chardonnay. None of its reds won gold medals, but it also picked up three silver and four bronze medals, concluding with a performance score of 9,927.03 for the 16 wines it submitted. Second place went to Tawse Winery of Ontario, which submitted 37 wines, while Road 13 Vineyards of Oliver came third with 19 wines
submitted.In all, 150 wineries submitted a total of 1,200 wines. Other B.C. wineries placing well included Moon Curser Vineyards (fourth place), Red Rooster (seventh), Meyer Family Vineyards (10th), Burrowing Owl (13th), CedarCreek Estate Winery (15th), NkíMip Cellars (16th), Tinhorn Creek Vineyards (17th) and Painted Rock Estate Winery (18th)...
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For fruit growers requiring digital documentation such as Certificates of Origin for shipments to Asia and other points, the Greater Vernon Chamber of Commerce has teamed up with Trade Technologies to handle e-mail requests within hours, reports George Duffy, chamber general manager. The service is available for members or non- members. A notarized waiver letter is held on file at the chamber office, he explained. The digital service saves a drive in to town from the farm and is often less costly than taking other routes, he noted... B.C. apples did well in the new varieties categories at the annual National Apple Competition at the
ission Hill Family Estate Winery of West Kelowna is the winner of the inaugural
Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto again this fall. Devin and Janine Jell of Sun-Oka Fruit Farms of Summerland came first in new varieties with their Ambrosias, while Billy and Shawna Boerboom of Windmill Orchards in Summerland took second and Nirmal Dhaliwal of Oliver took third. The Jells were named Reserve Champion for New Varieties and also came first with their Aurora Golden Galas, while Jack Machial of Oliver took second and the Mitchell Family Orchard of Summerland took third. Jell also brought home a first for his Granny Smith
apples.In Other New Varieties, Tom Kinvig of Summerland won first for his Salish apples, while Machial took second for Fuji and Jeff and Lori Marshall of Lake Country’s Jeflor Orchards took third for their Nicola apples. The Jells and Boerbooms won second and third place for their collection of five varieties. The Boerbooms also received a first for their Golden Delicious, while Greg Sanderson of Cawston came second, as did Steve Brown of Happy Valley Harvest in Summerland for his Galas. The Boerbooms won second for their Macs...
Okanagan Crush Pad’s Christine Coletta is now a member of the B.C. Restaurant Hall of Fame. She was among 11 inductees at September’s B.C. Restaurant and Foodservice Gala, honored in the 'Friend of the Industry' category as an individual who has provided exceptional support to the restaurant industry. Although her name is associated primarily with the province’s wine industry, Coletta’s career started in hospitality and she spent several years working in restaurant and hotel management roles. From there, she formed her own consulting firm and worked on several provincial and federal government initiatives, including the ‘Serving it Right’ training program. She was executive director of the B.C. Wine Institute for nine years and was instrumental in defining Okanagan wine country, putting VQA wines on the map and convincing B.C. restaurateurs to carry B.C. wines. She reinvented herself as co-owner of Summerland's Okanagan Crush Pad, a custom winemaking facility that is home to the Haywire and Bartier Scholefield labels, as well as wines made for other vintners...
NOTICE of PLEBISCITE On
A Plan to Establish
an Apple Industry Development Council for British Columbia Apple Producers
A plan is proposed to establish an industry council under the BC Farming and Fishing Industries Development Act. The proposed name of the council is the Apple Research and Promotion Agency (ARPA).
The Council will secure a larger funding base, from government matching funds and potentially from a levy on imported apples (a proposal is currently being developed by a national committee of apple producers). ARPA will promote apple consumption, as well as horticultural and packing research. The Council will represent all apple producers regardless of how their apples are packed or sold. Growers with over 2 acres of apples are eligible to vote.
Registered growers who do not vote at initial public sessions on November 27 and 28, 2013 will receive a voting package in the mail.
by December 15, 2013, there are two ways to vote:
1. Vote by mail.
Registrar
PO Box 29044 Kelowna, BC V1W 4A7
statement that you grow over 2 acres of apples. Ballots must be returned no later than February 15, 2014.
2. Vote in person.
at the BCFGAAnnual Convention, held at the Delta Grand Hotel, Kelowna. Further information on the proposal and voting procedure is available on-line at
www.bcapplecouncil.org, or by calling the sponsor of the plan, the BC Fruit Growers’ Association at 250-762-5226, ext. 23.
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