{"id":26699,"date":"2014-02-28T19:42:25","date_gmt":"2014-03-01T00:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=26699"},"modified":"2014-02-28T19:42:25","modified_gmt":"2014-03-01T00:42:25","slug":"brock-university-takes-over-organizational-role-of-prestigious-cuvee-gala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2014\/02\/brock-university-takes-over-organizational-role-of-prestigious-cuvee-gala\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock University takes over organizational role of prestigious Cuv\u00e9e Gala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cuvee.ca\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cuvee.ca\/\"> <\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cuvee.ca\/\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<dl id=\"attachment_26700\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 514px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cuvee.ca\/\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cuvee.ca\/\"><\/a><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/tbn-cuvee-banner.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-26700\" title=\"tbn-cuvee-banner\" src=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/tbn-cuvee-banner-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"   \" width=\"504\" height=\"283\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\"> <\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cuvee.ca\/\">Cuv\u00e9e<\/a>, one of the most prestigious celebrations of Ontario wine and food, will now be organized by Brock University&#8217;s Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute (CCOVI).<\/p>\n<p>Announced tonight at the 26th anniversary of the grand tasting, Brian Hutchings, Brock&#8217;s Vice-President of Finance and Administration, said CCOVI&#8217;s new role with Cuv\u00e9e is a great fit, given the University&#8217;s strong relationship with Ontario&#8217;s grape and wine industry.<\/p>\n<p>Proceeds from the 2015 Cuv\u00e9e wine weekend will support student bursaries and research that will benefit the Ontario grape and wine industry.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a terrific development,&#8221; said Hutchings. &#8220;It will ultimately support some of the very students and researchers who are crucial to sustaining and growing the industry in the future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/ccovi\">CCOVI<\/a> has been a long-time supporter of Cuv\u00e9e, and is excited to take on this organizational role says director Debbie Inglis.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;CCOVI is always looking for ways to help grow the market share of Ontario VQA wine,&#8221; said Inglis. &#8220;The event will now not only showcase the best of Ontario&#8217;s wine, but will also raise funds to help the industry continue to grow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The format will stay the same with the Cuv\u00e9e Grand Tasting Gala food and wine event along with the Cuv\u00e9e Enroute passport program. This year&#8217;s grand tasting featured over 50 Ontario winemakers pouring wines they selected as their personal favourite.<\/p>\n<p>CCOVI takes over leadership of Cuv\u00e9e from the Niagara Community Foundation who has organized the event for the past 11 years. Prior to that, the event was a fundraiser for Gray Gables School.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cuv\u00e9e, one of the most prestigious celebrations of Ontario wine and food, will now be organized by Brock University&#8217;s Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute (CCOVI). Announced tonight at the 26th anniversary of the grand tasting, Brian Hutchings, Brock&#8217;s Vice-President of Finance and Administration, said CCOVI&#8217;s new role with Cuv\u00e9e is a great fit, given the University&#8217;s strong relationship with Ontario&#8217;s grape and wine industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26700,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[61,855,1657,1656,767,856],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26699"}],"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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26699"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26706,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26699\/revisions\/26706"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}