[Growwine] Fw: Press Release-Fruit Wines of Ontario at Queen's Park

[melissa lounsbury]

What wonderful news to happen on my birthday.Everytime it comes around I will think of this. Maurice.



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good news...

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Queens Park Official Tasting Results
Friday, June 13, 2008 

Queen’s Park Votes In Favour of Flavour
Casting a Ballot for Fruit Wines of Ontario 

Monday, June 9th, 2008 – Official Queen’s Park Tasting - The votes are in, the ballots have been counted, and Fruit Wines of Ontario proudly take a seat in the house.  For the first time ever, Fruit Wines of Ontario were featured at an official Queen’s Park tasting, and years of hard-work and industry perseverance paid off, as fruit wines will now be available at the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the dining room and also offered at special events held at Queen’s Park.  
 
The Honourable Steve Peters, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, stated “. . .One of my initiatives as Speaker is to make the Legislative Assembly of Ontario a showcase of Ontario product.  Fruit wines are an excellent example of product made in our own backyard. The Legislature has featured grape wines for 20 years; the fruit wines will be a new experience for Members and guests of the Legislature.”  And what an experience it was!  Fruit Wines of Ontario have emerged from the ominous shadow cast by grape wines, and proved their place amongst Ontario’s repertoire of amazing home-grown products.  
 
The judging process began with a pre-tasting led by Jim Warren, the Executive Director of Fruit Wines of Ontario on May7th, 2008.  More than 30 fruit wines were painstakingly narrowed down to 18 to be presented Monday, June 9th between 5:00 pm and 7:00 pm at Queen’s Park for an official tasting.  In an evening full of flavour and flattery, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario tasted the 18 wines presented in the following categories; Dry & Sparkling, Off-Dry and Sweet Wine, and voted by ballot for their favourite wines in each category.  
 
Of the 78 ballots cast, the official results are as follows:
 
Dry & Sparkling Wine: Applewood Winery, Mac Mead (sparking)
Off-Dry Wine: Scotch Block Winery, Oak Aged Black Current 
Sweet Wine: Archibald’s Winery, Spiced Winter Apple
 
Made from 100% Ontario fruit, fruit wines bottle the best of Ontario’s harvests, resulting in delicious wines crafted with apples, pears, peaches, cherries, raspberries, strawberries, cranberries and more.  A refreshing alternative to a dry table wine, a sparkling refresher, or a dessert icewine. Fruit Wines of Ontario have long deserved acknowledgement and support from the Ontario Government, and are delighted with the results from the June 9th tasting.  As farmers, winemakers, industry specialists and government officials continue to work together to ensure that Fruit Wines of Ontario are of top quality and flavour, events such as this pay tribute to and recognize the brilliant fruit wine available right here in Ontario.
 
 

Fruit Wines of Ontario – Discover a New World of Wine

Participating Wineries
Archibald Estate Winery
Applewood Farm Winery
Countryman’s Estate Winery
Cox Creek Cellars
Downey’s Winery
George Benko Winery
Kawartha Country Wine
Moon Shadows Winery
Munro Meadery
Muskoka Lakes Winery
Pine Farms Cyder & Fruit Winery
Rush Creek Wines Ltd.
Scotch Block Country Winery
Southbrook Vineyards
Sunnybrook Farm Winery

Contacts:
 
Maggie Head, Executive Assistant
Office of the Speaker
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Tel: 416-325-7435 
Maggie_head at ontla.ola.org
 
Jim Warren, Executive Director
Fruit Wines of Ontario
9 Crozier Court, Hamilton, ON  L8T 2V8 
Tel: 905-383-3982 | Fax: 905-383-9536
paradise at mountaincable.net | www.fruitwinesofontario.ca

Sandy Kurbis, Director of Client and Event Services
The Forefront Communications Network Inc.
1698 Avenue Road, Toronto, ON  M5M 3Y4
Tel: 416-398-3335 Ext. 2| Fax: 416-398-6630
sandy at forefrontcom.com | www.forefrontcom.com 


      
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