{"id":34294,"date":"2015-07-09T08:03:30","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T13:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=34294"},"modified":"2015-07-09T08:03:30","modified_gmt":"2015-07-09T13:03:30","slug":"final-tally-shows-cuvee-2015-raised-thousands-for-students-and-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2015\/07\/final-tally-shows-cuvee-2015-raised-thousands-for-students-and-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Final tally shows Cuv\u00e9e 2015 raised thousands for students and research"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A sell-out crowd attended Cuv\u00e9e 2015 to celebrate Ontario's grape and wine industry. <\/p><\/div>\n

The accounting is finished, and organizers of Cuv\u00e9e 2015<\/a> report that this year’s grape and wine celebration event generated net revenues of $33,000, most of which will go to supporting student scholarships and grape and wine research.<\/p>\n

This was the first year that Cuv\u00e9e was organized by Brock University’s Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute, a sold-out evening that took place Feb. 27 at the Fallsview Casino.<\/p>\n

Of the net proceeds, $5,000 will go to support the Niagara Community Foundation, in recognition of that organization’s work in overseeing Cuv\u00e9e for several years before CCOVI assumed responsibility.<\/p>\n

Of the remaining $28,000 in net proceeds, $15,000 will be used to establish scholarships and $13,000 will go toward industry driven research that supports the grape and wine industry.<\/p>\n

Organizers intend to use the $15,000 scholarship money as follows:<\/p>\n