{"id":28949,"date":"2014-07-22T08:45:18","date_gmt":"2014-07-22T13:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=28949"},"modified":"2014-07-22T08:45:18","modified_gmt":"2014-07-22T13:45:18","slug":"wine-experts-celebrate-chardonnay-at-annual-ccovi-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2014\/07\/wine-experts-celebrate-chardonnay-at-annual-ccovi-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Wine experts celebrate chardonnay at annual CCOVI event"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_28950\" style=\"width: 514px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28950\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-28950\" title=\"chardonnay-experts-at-brocku-18-july-2014-1\" src=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/chardonnay-experts-at-brocku-18-july-2014-1-1024x566.jpg\" alt=\"chardonnay-experts-at-brocku-18-july-2014-1\" width=\"504\" height=\"278\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-28950\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sold-out group of 240 winemakers, grape growers and sommeliers celebrated chardonnay at Brock July 18.  <\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>Winemakers, grape growers and sommeliers went back to school as the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coolchardonnay.org\" target=\"_blank\">International Cool Climate Chardonnay Celebration<\/a> (i4C) held its weekend event at Brock University.<\/p>\n<p>The educational session gave participants an opportunity to learn more about the impact various viticulture and winemaking practices have on chardonnay.<\/p>\n<p>The sold-out session titled \u2018School of Cool&#8217; was presented by Brock&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/ccovi\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute<\/a> (CCOVI) and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grapegrowersofontario.com\" target=\"_blank\">Grape Growers of Ontario<\/a> as part of the i4C&#8217;s annual event that highlights the diversity of chardonnay from Canada and around the world through a variety of food and wine events.<\/p>\n<p>Keynote speaker Tim Atkin, a prominent wine writer and Master of Wine (MW), described chardonnay as the world&#8217;s greatest white wine variety.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Chardonnay is an expression of place and production, terroir and technique,&#8221; said Atkin.<\/p>\n<p>The event featured three panels that examined the role of innovation and technology in winemaking and grapevine yield as it relates to wine quality, and there was a discussion on the factors that influence viticulture practices.<\/p>\n<p>Master sommelier John Szabo moderated the discussions, which featured CCOVI viticulturist Jim Willwerth as well as 11 winemakers, grape growers and wine writers from around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Following the expert panels, participants attended a lunch in the Lowenberger Residence Dining Hall that featured a tasting of 117 chardonnays.<\/p>\n<p>CCOVI director Debbie Inglis said the institute is always pleased to work alongside industry partners to help develop and host educational sessions as part of the i4C&#8217;s annual event lineup.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Chardonnay is a wine style Ontario does very well, but it&#8217;s also wonderful to have the opportunity to celebrate and appreciate chardonnays from other cool climate regions around the world,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winemakers, grape growers and sommeliers went back to school Friday, July 11 as the International Cool Climate Chardonnay Celebration (i4C) kicked off its weekend event at Brock University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28950,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,1],"tags":[61,2103,855,2105,859,2107,2102,2108,2106,550,2104],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28949"}],"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=28949"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28953,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28949\/revisions\/28953"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}