{"id":34693,"date":"2015-08-24T10:41:50","date_gmt":"2015-08-24T15:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=34693"},"modified":"2015-08-24T14:26:01","modified_gmt":"2015-08-24T19:26:01","slug":"brock-partners-with-niagara-wine-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2015\/08\/brock-partners-with-niagara-wine-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock partners with Niagara Wine Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_34694\" style=\"width: 505px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34694\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34694\" title=\"winefest\" src=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/winefest.jpg\" alt=\"Brock\u2019s 50th anniversary celebrations took to the community last September with a birthday party at the Niagara Wine Festival. Facebook photo.\" width=\"495\" height=\"279\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-34694\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brock\u2019s 50th anniversary celebrations took to the community last September with a birthday party at the Niagara Wine Festival. Facebook photo.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>September is a star of a month. It&#8217;s when nights start to cool off, the leaves change colour and the fall term begins at Brock University.<\/p>\n<p>September also brings harvest time. The Niagara Wine Festival returns to help celebrate the growing season that was.<\/p>\n<p>Brock University is proud to once again partner with the Niagara Wine Festival to offer students, alumni, faculty and staff special discounts to enjoy the festival and visit local wineries.<\/p>\n<p>To enjoy these exclusive offerings, email <a href=\"mailto:alumni@brocku.ca\">alumni@brocku.ca<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Niagara Wine Festival Discovery Pass<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.niagarawinefestival.com\/tickets\" target=\"_blank\">Tickets are available online for $35 with discount code BROCKDP15.<\/a><\/p>\n<ul class=\"unIndentedList\">\n<li> Discovery passes can be used on Saturdays during the festival.<\/li>\n<li> Each Discovery Pass has eight tickets for a wine tasting and culinary pairing at any of the participating wineries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Designated drivers can also indulge with eight mocktail and culinary pairings with the\u00a0Niagara Wine Festival Driver&#8217;s Discovery Pass.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Educate Your Senses&#8221; Seminar Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brock alumni get in half-price with the discount code BROCKCCOVI15<\/p>\n<p>The Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute (CCOVI), Brock University and Dairy Farmers of Canada present &#8220;Educate Your Senses&#8221; wine and cheese seminars.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"unIndentedList\">\n<li> Discount applied to tokens purchased in advance.<\/li>\n<li> Seminars take place at Montebello Park Saturday, Sept. 19 &amp; 26 at 2 p.m., 3 p.m. and 4 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Great Grape Parade<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Join Brock University students, alumni, faculty and staff at the 64<sup>th<\/sup> annual Meridian Grande Parade in Downtown St. Catharines on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>View photos from Brock&#8217;s 50<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.10152444414967635.1073741846.9190007634&amp;type=3\" target=\"_blank\">2014 Grande Parade<\/a>. The 50<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary float won a top award in that parade.<\/p>\n<p><strong>64<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Niagara Wine Festival<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rain or shine, the festival culminates on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015 in Montebello Park. Stop by the Brock University booth in Montebello Park from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can&#8217;t make it back to Niagara?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stay connected even while you&#8217;re away.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/alumni-association\/wineprogram\" target=\"_blank\">Brock University Alumni Association<\/a> is proud to highlight\u00a0award-winning Niagara wineries, and showcase our alumni\u00a0winemakers and the wines they produce.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.riverviewcellars.com\/shop\/shop-canada\/red-wines\/2012-brock-alumni-reserve-red\/\" target=\"_blank\">2012 Cabernet Merlot &#8211; Riverview Cellars<\/a><br \/>\nAlyssa Bator (BSc &#8217;14)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pondviewwinery.com\/site\/wine-shop\" target=\"_blank\">2013 Cabernet Merlot &#8211; Pondview Estates Winery<\/a><br \/>\nFred DiProfolio (BSc &#8217;00)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.diamondestates.ca\/site\/buy-niagara-wine\/detail\/1029\" target=\"_blank\">2013 HONOUR &#8211; Diamond Estates Winery<\/a><br \/>\nThomas Green (BSc &#8217;01)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.malivoire.com\/purchase-wine\/\" target=\"_blank\">2012 White &#8211; Malivoire Wine Company<\/a><br \/>\nShiraz Mottiar (BSc &#8217;00)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brock University is proud to once again partner with the Niagara Wine Festival to offer students, alumni, faculty and staff special discounts to enjoy the festival and visit local wineries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":34694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[3333,289,552,3270,550],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34693"}],"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\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34693"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34696,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34693\/revisions\/34696"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}