{"id":43456,"date":"2017-02-08T16:27:49","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T20:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=43456"},"modified":"2017-02-08T17:13:16","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T21:13:16","slug":"grape-and-wine-education-leader-brings-cider-training-course-to-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2017\/02\/grape-and-wine-education-leader-brings-cider-training-course-to-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Grape and wine education leader brings cider training course to Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"

Finally, advanced training support for the booming cider industry is coming to Canada. This spring, Brock University\u2019s grape and wine research unit will launch Canada\u2019s only internationally accredited program where industry professionals and enthusiasts alike can raise their expertise at fermenting apples into cider and pears into perry.<\/span><\/p>\n

Brock\u2019s Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute (CCOVI) will offer the intensive week-long course April 24-28, under the Cider Institute of North America\u2019s (CINA) renowned training program.<\/p>\n

Before now, the only two sites providing such programs were Cornell University in New York state, and Oregon State University.<\/p>\n

North America\u2019s cider business has been on a roll. In Ontario alone, net sales of local craft cider skyrocketed 54 per cent in 2015-16 to $5.1 million, according to the Liquor Control Board of Ontario.<\/p>\n

But even as consumer demand has soared, the industry\u2019s production and research community only has a finite amount of collective experience, says CINA president Nick Gunn, himself an Oregon cider consultant.<\/p>\n

The Cider and Perry Production Foundations course at Brock will cover all aspects of cider production including ingredient sourcing, quality control and the economics of cider making. The hands-on program uses lectures, lab work, workshops and tastings to give learners a step-by-step guide to production.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn this environment, startup cider makers have the unique opportunity to jump start their quality and technique through industry accredited programs such as Brock\u2019s that create a foundation for business success,\u201d Gunn said.<\/p>\n

CINA certification is the recognized standard for quality in the cider industry, says CCOVI\u2019s continuing education manager Barb Tatarnic.<\/p>\n

\u201cBringing CINA training to Canada puts CCOVI on the leading edge of an industry that\u2019s exploding,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd for Brock, it\u2019s a natural extension of the programs we already run for the grape and wine industry.\u201d<\/p>\n

Registration for the intensive five-day course will cost $1,500. The class is limited to 25 participants, and registration closes April 13. Online registration can be done at ccovi.ca\/ce\/node\/2946<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

In addition to the foundation course, CCOVI also plans to add CINA\u2019s Master Class to its continuing education lineup in the future.<\/p>\n

With 20 years experience in providing research, outreach and education to the grape and wine industry, CCOVI expanded its programming to include the spirits industry in 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This spring, Brock University\u2019s grape and wine research unit will launch Canada\u2019s only internationally accredited program where industry professionals and enthusiasts alike can raise their expertise at fermenting apples into cider and pears into perry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":43457,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3319,4052,41,1,4,5],"tags":[4898,4897,855],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43456"}],"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\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43456"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43458,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43456\/revisions\/43458"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}