{"id":23924,"date":"2013-07-31T15:16:17","date_gmt":"2013-07-31T20:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=23924"},"modified":"2015-09-25T13:33:13","modified_gmt":"2015-09-25T17:33:13","slug":"savour-the-flavour-of-niagara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2013\/07\/savour-the-flavour-of-niagara\/","title":{"rendered":"Savour the flavour of Niagara"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"foodThe Niagara region is known for many things \u2013 magnificent Falls, history, golf courses<\/a> and of course the vineyards and their grapes that produce award-winning wines. However, all things considered, a spectacular glass of wine can (and should) be paired with some of the amazing food Niagara has to offer too!<\/p>\n

Agriculture is a booming industry in Niagara, and with it has blossomed a burgeoning movement towards farm-to-table – in food and wine.<\/p>\n

According to Tiffany Mayer, food blogger at eatingniagara.com<\/a>, not supporting the farm-to-table movement is denying Niagara\u2019s identity; \u201cfarm-to-table is about being inspired by what\u2019s available locally.\u201d Restaurants across the region have increasingly adopted this mentality as a way to tell a story through food for their patrons. \u00a0The food becomes more meaningful to consumers when they feel a connection to it, and most of the time, it tastes better because it has been created at the height of its freshness.<\/p>\n

Restaurants and food trucks in the area, like The Yellow Pear (farm-to-truck cuisine) boast that their menus give local businesses and farmers a place to showcase their products and celebrate good, hard, honest work. \u00a0Who wouldn’t be excited about eating something they have a personal connection to? \u00a0Mayer is proud to note that with the exception of salt, she can eat an entire meal that is full of Niagara produce.<\/p>\n

When asked why the farm-to-table movement and Niagara wines are a natural fit, Mayer commented that things that grow together, go together. Brian Hamilton, winemaker at Southbrook Vineyard in Niagara on the Lake has noted how important the farm-to-table mentality is to wineries as well. At Southbrook in particular, all of their wines are organic and biodynamically certified and their grapes are estate grown or from other organic and local vineyards.<\/p>\n

During this year\u2019s Brock Homecoming, we will be highlighting amazing cuisine that Niagara has to offer when we partner Niagara wine with Niagara food; wineries with restaurants and caterers which practice the farm-to-table mentality at our Fine Food, Fine Wine event on Saturday Sept. 21.<\/p>\n

\"fineIf you would like to savour the flavour that Niagara has to offer, make sure you get your tickets to Fine Food, Fine Wine on Saturday, Sept. 21<\/a>. \u00a0You\u2019ll join fellow \u2018localvores\u2019 (people who prefer to consume locally grown and produced foods) for a unique taste experience that will indulge our taste buds and help us celebrate Niagara\u2019s fine food and award winning wines.<\/p>\n

To register for Fine Food, Fine Wine, visit the homecoming website at brocku.ca\/homecoming<\/a><\/p>\n

Fine Food, Fine Wine Pairings<\/span><\/p>\n

Syndicate\u00a0Brewery & Restuarant<\/a> &\u00a0\u00a0Pillitteri\u00a0Estate Winery<\/a><\/p>\n

Treadwell<\/a> & Flat Rock Cellars<\/a><\/p>\n

The Yellow Pear foodtruck<\/a> & Southbrook Vineyard<\/a><\/p>\n

Wellington Court<\/a> & Creekside Estate Winery<\/a><\/p>\n

Sodexo Catering Services<\/a> & Ravine Vineyard<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Niagara region is known for many things \u2013 magnificent Falls, history, golf courses and of course the vineyards and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":23925,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[119],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23924"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23924"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35499,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23924\/revisions\/35499"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}