{"id":29907,"date":"2014-09-25T11:10:47","date_gmt":"2014-09-25T16:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=29907"},"modified":"2026-05-28T11:25:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T15:25:38","slug":"brocks-50th-anniversary-bash-continues-at-niagara-wine-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2014\/09\/brocks-50th-anniversary-bash-continues-at-niagara-wine-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock&#8217;s 50th anniversary celebration continues at Niagara Wine Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_29909\" style=\"width: 514px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a class=\"highslide\" href=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/wine-festival-2011-wk-1-3.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29909\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-29909\" title=\"wine-festival-2011-wk-1-3\" src=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/wine-festival-2011-wk-1-3-1024x577.jpg\" alt=\"wine-festival-2011-wk-1-3\" width=\"504\" height=\"283\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29909\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brock University will be front and centre at this weekend&#8217;s Niagara Wine Festival, with several events planned to celebrate its 50th anniversary.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Brock red will flow through downtown St. Catharines Saturday, as more than 100 University faculty, staff and students march alongside an impressive float in the 63rd annual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.niagarawinefestival.com\/meridian-grande-parade\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grande Parade<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Brock University will be front and centre at this weekend&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.niagarawinefestival.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Niagara Wine Festiva<\/a>l, with several events planned to celebrate its <a href=\"http:\/\/brocku50.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">50th anniversary<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our students, faculty and staff &#8211; their diversity, energy, ingenuity and contributions to life in Niagara &#8211; is a remarkable thing to be a part of,&#8221; said Curtis Gadula, manager of off-campus living and neighbourhood relations. &#8220;The added bonus of celebrating 50 years as a landmark for the University just makes it that much more special for everyone who has helped the University grow into what it is today and where it is going tomorrow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Brock will be set up at Montebello Park from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. The <a href=\"http:\/\/brock.bookware3000.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Campus Store<\/a> will be selling 50th anniversary merchandise, and the alumni office will be giving away Brock swag.<\/p>\n<p>Visitors to the festival Saturday will have the opportunity to educate their senses with wine and cheese seminars organized by the <a href=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/ccovi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute<\/a> (CCOVI).<\/p>\n<p>Bestselling food and wine author Linda Bramble will host three Brock alumni winemakers who will tell the stories behind the wines being poured. Debra Levy from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dairyfarmers.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dairy Farmers of Canada<\/a> will showcase the cheese selected to pair with each of the wines presented.<\/p>\n<p>The seminars will take place Saturday at 2, 3 and 4 p.m., rain or shine, in the culinary theatre in Montebello Park. Admission is two tokens or $6 plus HST online.<\/p>\n<p>As part of Brock&#8217;s 50th anniversary celebrations, alumni attending the seminars will receive a free wine glass and half off the seminar price. To register online, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/niagarawinefestival.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">niagarawinefestival.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday, Sept. 27<\/strong><br \/>\n2 p.m. Rob Power, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.creeksidewine.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Creekside Estate Winery<\/a><br \/>\n3 p.m. Tom Green, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diamondestates.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diamond Estate Wines<\/a><br \/>\n4 p.m. Richie Roberts, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fieldingwines.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fielding Estate Winery<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brock University will be front and centre at this weekend&#8217;s Niagara Wine Festival, with several events planned to celebrate its 50th anniversary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,1],"tags":[3333,142,1577,60,61,855,2360,1191,2361,2362,585,552,550,2359],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29907"}],"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=29907"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109912,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29907\/revisions\/109912"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}