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<\/a>Allan Jackson of Jackson-Triggs Winery, who is the outgoing Chair of the Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute\u2019s Advisory Council, has overseen the connection between the grape and wine industry\u2019s objectives and CCOVI\u2019s research, outreach and education goals since 2011.<\/p><\/div>\n
Mottiar has been recognized for excellence in the industry throughout his career.<\/p>\n
In 2017, he was awarded Quench Magazine<\/em>‘s Winemaker of the Year at the Ontario Wine Awards, and in 2021, Malivoire was honoured by WineAlign as Canadian Winery of the Year at the National Wine Awards. Mottiar has also been a Board Member and Education Committee Member of the International Cool Climate Chardonnay Celebration, sits on CCOVI\u2019s Fizz Club Steering Group and continues as a longstanding and integral Committee Member of Sustainable Winegrowing Ontario.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are excited to have Shiraz Mottiar joining CCOVI in this leadership role, capitalizing on his vast experience in grape growing, winemaking and business management, all key focus areas for the Institute,\u201d said CCOVI Director Debbie Inglis. \u201cAs Shiraz sets a course for the next era, I would also like to formally recognize the growth and stability CCOVI achieved under our previous Advisory Council Chair, Allan Jackson, who helped shape CCOVI into the modern institution it is here in the heart of the Niagara region.\u201d<\/p>\n Jackson, co-founder of Jackson-Triggs, chaired the Advisory Council since 2011 before retiring. He fulfilled a prominent leadership role in facilitating strong industry-University relations with the grape and wine industry.<\/p>\n Jackson was Advisory Council Chair through many senior administration changes and helped ensure the Brock community knew the important role CCOVI played in the ongoing sustainability and resilience of the industry. A scientist himself, Jackson advocated for staff scientist positions in CCOVI, helped drive the Triggs Vinifera Lecture Series, and supported the expansion of CCOVI into offering services and training to the industry related to the research being performed in the institute.<\/p>\n \u201cI believe the reason that my collaboration with Dr. Inglis was successful was that we each had credentials and credibility within both academia and the Niagara wine industry,\u201d said Jackson. \u201cDr. Inglis assumed the lead on selling the potential value of CCOVI to academia and I took the lead in the Niagara wine circles.\u00a0We both knew we had each other\u2019s full support, and it worked.\u201d<\/p>\n