Prunings R
esults from the annual apple competition at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto were
disappointing for B.C. growers, even though they did bring home the top awards for Ambrosia, Golden Delicious, Aurora Golden Gala, Jonagold and in the Heaviest Apple category.
Normally B.C. growers bring home some of the trophies and champion awards, but they all stayed in the east this year. Peter Simonsenof Northern Lights Orchard in Naramata took top spot for his organic Golden Delicious in that class, while Devin Jell of Sun- Oka Fruit Farms in Summerland won first in Heritage Varieties for Granny Smith, in the New Varieties class for his Ambrosia and for the heaviest apple in the country. He also came second for his Best Collection of Five Varieties for Honeycrisp, Ambrosia, Aurora Golden Gala, Granny Smith and Pink Lady; and third for his Pink Lady apples in the New Varieties category. Billy and Shauna Boerboom of Windmill Orchards in Summerland took first in the Jonagold class, while Keith Johnstone of Naramata took top place for Aurora Golden Gala. Those also were judged second in the Champion and Reserve class. In the Aurora Golden Gala class, Jack Machial of Machial Enterprises in Oliver took second place while Tom Ouchi of Ringo-en Orchards in Vernon came in third. Also, in the New Varieties category, David and Arlene Sloanof Matheson Creek Farms in Okanagan Falls took second place for Ambrosia, and first place in the Other (named) New Varieties class. Steve Brown of Happy Valley Harvest in Summerland came second in the Commercial Varieties category for his Galas, while Julie Sardinha of Sardinha Orchards in Summerland took third in that class... Premier Christy Clark presented the first Premier’s Wine Awardin October to kick off the 34th annual Fall Okanagan Wine Festival, to the See Ya Later RanchRover Shiraz-Viognier 2012.. This year’s wine festival awards categories were expanded to include the premier’s award and a Platinum Category, from which that top award was drawn. To qualify, all nine judges must agree a wine is good enough to achieve gold. The four other platinum awards were presented to: Baillie-Grohman Estate Winery Cabernet Franc 2012; Quails’ Gate Syrah 2012; Silkscarf WineryViognier 2013 and SpierHead Winery Pinot Gris 2013...
Malcolm Mitchell of Lake Country has been elected by his fellow board members as president of the B.C. Tree Fruits Co-operative, replacing Robert Dawson of Cawston, who remains on the board. Gordon Hahn of Oliver was appointed sole vice- president, replacing Colin Pritchard of Kelowna and Darshan Jassar of Oliver, who were both defeated in their bids for re-election. Board incumbent Ron Vollo retired from the board and both south valley positions were filled by the election of Talwinder Bassi of Oliver and Joginder Khosa from Cawston. In the north, Jeet Dukhia of Vernon was elected over Pritchard and Karmjit Gill of Kelowna was re- elected to the board. The other board members are: Jora Dhaliwal of Kelowna, Joginder Sandher of Kelowna and Nirmal Dhaliwal of Osoyoos. The OTFC operates under a 10-member board, with five elected from the southern half of the valley and five from the north for three-year terms. It is owned by 500 grower families...
The provincial government has set next April 1 as the date for implementation of several liquor policy changes it says are "aimed at added convenience for consumers, a level footing for all liquor retailers, and a clear separation between the B.C. Liquor Distribution Branch's wholesale and retail operations." The changes result from an extensive review of the policy,
which has never made everyone happy, and probably never will. In case you missed them, here are the major highlights of the changes: • Government liquor Stores will be allowed to extend their hours of operation to match private liquor stores, including opening on Sundays.
• Government stores will have the choice to install refrigeration units to sell cold beer and wine.
• The “store-within-a-store” model for liquor sales in grocery stores will take effect, with safeguards in place to protect health and safety and ensure continued restricted access to alcohol by minors.
• The five-kilometre rule – which currently sets the maximum distance that a private liquor store can relocate if moving outside of its jurisdiction – will be removed, allowing for the relocation of licences throughout the province. • The one-kilometre rule – the minimum distance between new or relocating private liquor stores – will be maintained and expanded to government stores.
• A new price-based wholesale pricing model for wine and spirits will take effect.
• A new volume-based wholesale pricing model for beer will take effect, with a graduated mark-up system, allowing small- and medium- sized breweries to grow their product lines and create jobs...
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