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Ice-swine: Popping the cork for pork
Winery chef serves pigs that were fed icewine for 40 days
Posted By MONIQUE BEECH

As a premier chef at one of Niagara’s top wineries, Frank Dodd routinely braises pork in fine wine.

Recently, two pigs arrived at Niagara-on-the-Lake’s Hillebrand restaurant already soused.

For more than 40 days, the pair of Berkshire pigs reared at an Ingersoll-area farm were fed a barley soybean mixture doused in 200 mililitres of icewine per day.

Starting in December, farmer Kevin Rivers religiously poured his young pampered pigs a serving of a 2006 Trius Vidal icewine, which sells for $49.95 per 375 mL bottle.

Not a cheap food source. (more…)

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Earthy details a wine trend for 2008
Posted By Waters, Christopher

The big stories in the world of wine for 2008 will likely be a continuation of the emerging trends of 2007. The focus of which lands squarely on the Earth: Where the grapes were grown and how they were grown. The flipside to that will involve packaging and delivery methods.

We can expect to see a growing number of wines marketed and presented as organic, specifically in terms of grape growing.

The story of wine in the age of global warming will increasingly include tales of environmental stewardship, Earth-friendly principles and holistic approaches to grape growing, winemaking and marketing. (more…)

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Winery turning grape waste into energy
Posted By MATTHEW VAN DONGEN

It’s a giant stomach, waiting to digest all the nasty stuff we won’t eat.

Goopy grape skins and seeds from wineries. Corn husks from farms, or unusable bits from slaughterhouses.

The stomach wants it all – and Ryan Little wants the end result.

Little’s company, StormFisher Biogas, has teamed up with Inniskillin Wines in Niagara-on-the-Lake to turn grape waste into energy. (more…)

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Gretzky winery site in Falls close to being finalized

A land deal for the new Wayne Gretzky Estates Winery in Niagara Falls, just off the Queen Elizabeth Way, is close to being finalized, Osprey News Network has learned.

But the exact location of the Canadian hockey legend’s winery is being kept under wraps until the deal is sealed in writing, likely by next week.

An architect for the project has yet to be selected. The winery could be open as soon as 2008-09.

“We feel like we’ve got a great piece of land and a great opportunity to build a state-of-the-art winery that’s going to be a real destination spot and a fun place for people to go and learn more about wine, and also about Wayne,” said Gretzky’s agent Darren Blake, who is based in Scottsdale, Ariz. (more…)

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Cherries, oh so sweet

TIFFANY MAYER

Thursday, June 28, 2007 – 07:00

Local News – Cherries might just have their biggest fan in Jill Weiland.

She devours them plain, freezes them, throws them in just about any drink and even walked down the aisle with a guy who grows them.

“My joke that I tell people is I love cherries so much, I looked around for a farmer growing cherries that I could marry, so I could eat for free,” Weiland said. (more…)

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Gretzky plans Niagara winery

MONIQUE BEECH

Wednesday, June 27, 2007 – 07:00

Local News – The first time Canadian hockey great Wayne Gretzky tasted Ontario wine, it came from his grandfather’s farm.

It was a red wine, made in the 1960s by his grandfather when Gretzky was just a boy growing up in Brantford.

What kind? (more…)

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Gretzky Launches Niagara Winery

Osprey News Network

Tuesday, June 26, 2007 – 07:00

Local News – Wayne Gretzky, is the latest and greatest to put his name on a Niagara wine, it was announced in Toronto Tuesday.

Wayne Gretzky Estate Wines, emblazoned with the No. 99 on the label, the number Gretzky wore while piling up Stanley Cups and scoring titles during his amazing run in the NHL, is a partnership with Creekside Estate Winery in Jordan Station. (more…)

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Niagara Wine Auction offers chance to dine with Dan Aykroyd

Osprey News Network

Friday, June 22, 2007 – 07:00

Local News – A tasting tour of Bordeaux, France: Valued at $10,000. A Baldwin baby grand piano: $52,700.

Dinner with Dan Aykroyd followed by premier seats to a taping of Saturday Night Live or golfing with Mike Weir?

Priceless. (more…)

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Foundation plans to co-ordinate research on wines

Thursday, June 14, 2007 – 07:00

Local News – The Ontario grape and wine industry is pouring some profit back into research.

The Ontario Grape and Wine Research Foundation has been established to co-ordinate wine-related research across the province. (more…)

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From Ghostbuster to wine taster

MONIQUE BEECH

Tuesday, June 12, 2007 – 07:00

Local News – Like the grape stomp at harvest time, Canadian actor Dan Aykroyd will be leaving a purple streak across Ontario this month.

The comedian/actor/musician starts with a news conference Wednesday in Toronto to make a “special announcement” about his involvement in the Canadian wine business.

It’s expected the star of “Ghostbusters” will provide details about a new estate winery in Niagara bearing his name. (more…)