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• November Dates & Deadlines

  Sunday, November 01, 2020 | By Brock University

  CONTINUING EDUCATION: Courses

  WSET LEVEL 2 AWARD IN WINE (ONLINE)
  Explore major grape varieties and important wine regions in which they are grown, the styles of wines produced from these grapes and key classifications and labelling terminology.
  November 16 to December 20, 2020
  Registration Deadline: November 6 (by 10 am)
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  WSET LEVEL 2 AWARD IN SPIRITS (ONLINE)
  This is a specialized program for individuals wishing to develop their expertise in spirits and liqueurs. You’ll learn about the production methods and characteristics of the main spirit categories while also exploring key brands and the use of spirits in cocktails.
  November 16 to December 20, 2020
  Registration Deadline: November 6 (by 10 am)
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  REMOTE INVIGILATION (EXAMS):

  WSET LEVEL 1 AWARD IN WINE (ONLINE):
  
  Monday November 30 from 5:30-6:15 pm – 45 minutes
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  Monday December 7 from 5:30-6:15 pm – 45 minutes
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  WSET LEVEL 2 AWARD IN WINE (ONLINE):
  
  Monday November 30 from 5:30-6:30 pm – 60 minutes
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  Monday December 7 from 5:30-6:30 pm – 60 minutes
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  Monday December 14 from 5:30-6:30 pm – 60 minutes
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  WSET LEVEL 1 AWARD IN SPIRITS (ONLINE):
  
  Monday November 30 from 5:30-6:15 pm – 45 minutes
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  Monday December 14 from 5:30-6:15 pm – 45 minutes
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  WSET LEVEL 2 AWARD IN SPIRITS (ONLINE):
  
  Monday November 30 from 5:30-6:30 pm – 60 minutes
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  Monday December 14 from 5:30-6:30 pm – 60 minutes
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  Categories: CCOVI Year-in-Review

• Brock’s CCOVI to co-lead $6.2-million national research program supporting clean plant program for grapevines

  Friday, October 30, 2020 | By Brock University

  

  Brock University Senior Scientist Sudarsana Poojari is leading the academic team on a $6.2-million national research project.
  

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  A $6.2-million multi-partner funding commitment will allow Brock University’s Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute (CCOVI) to support the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and the Canadian Grapevine Certification Network (CGCN-RCCV) to fast-track the certification of grapevine planting material as virus-free.

  Under Genome Canada’s Genomic Applications Partnership Program (GAPP), CLEan plAnt extractioN SEquencing Diagnostics (CLEANSED) is a jointly funded initiative between Brock, CFIA, CGCN-RCCV, University of Victoria, Université de Sherbrooke, Genome Canada, Genome BC, Genome Quebec, Ontario Genomics, Agriculture and Agri Food Canada (AAFC), Compute Canada, Conseil des vins du Quebec and Illumina.

  CLEANSED uses High-Throughput Sequencing technology with improved sensitivity to simultaneously detect multiple viruses in a grapevine. This genomic-based solution would replace more than 30 tests currently being performed on grapevines to look for diseases. This one genomic test can speed up the release of virus-free grapevine material from three years to one year or less, providing rapid access to valuable new varieties. CGCN-RCCV will use this for testing and monitoring domestically propagated vines, ensuring grape growers have faster and more affordable access to clean vines.

  “This funding will allow grape growers to rapidly improve the health of their vineyards and boost the domestic capacity in the supply of much needed virus-free grapevine plant material in Canada,” says CCOVI Senior Scientist Sudarsana Poojari, who is leading the academic team of scientists.

  The end users of the research are CFIA and CGCN-RCCV, which will implement CLEANSED to ensure Canadian grapevines start clean and stay clean. CFIA ensures grapevine imports, exports and new domestic grapevine varieties for commercialization in Canada are free of regulated viruses and all non-regulated viruses of economic concern, while CGCN will approve and commercialize CLEANSED for testing grapevines in a national domestic clean plant program.

  “The CFIA is pleased to co-lead this project that will implement genomic technologies in support of a leading-edge national ‘clean plant’ program and diagnostics at the Sidney Centre for Plant Health,” says Jaspinder Komal, Vice-President, Science Branch, CFIA. “The solid science of the project will help our grape growers to quickly access healthy plants of diverse new varieties, resulting in increased production. Such approaches will be able to facilitate adaptation of Canadian and world agriculture to climate change.”

  The research is a collaborative effort between academia, government and industry to tackle grapevine virus disease management, which has been identified as the top priority for long-term sustainability of the $9-billion Canadian grape and wine industry.

  Grape growers currently lose an estimated $23 million per year due to grapevine virus infections. In order to both replace infected material and maintain routine vine replacement and modest expansion, growers currently need access to an estimated 6.7 million affordable, virus-free vines.

  High cost and convoluted testing methods, however, have been hindering the ability of growers to obtain those vines, says CGCN Vice-Chair and grape grower Bill Schenck.

  “As growers across the country continue to deal with viruses that effect crop quality and vine health, the timing could not be more perfect than now for this project,” he says. “The industry needs to have a Canadian source of clean vines that have been tested for viruses, and a program that can show the vines are true to type.”

  He says this work will standardize and validate high throughput sequence screening protocols, allowing it to be implemented into a clean grapevine program driven by the industry it benefits.

  Mike Rott, Receptor Project Leader and CFIA Scientist, says reducing the time and cost of testing, while at the same time improving sensitivity and accuracy through CLEANSED, is “critical in a highly competitive international market.”

  CCOVI Director Debbie Inglis says this announcement is the culmination of three years of collaborative work to tackle this priority issue, including previously developed Memorandums of Understanding between CCOVI and AAFC, CFIA and CGCN to support a clean plant program for grapevines in Canada.

  “We’re always looking for rapid, sensitive cost-efficient ways to prove that plant material is devoid from disease, and the application of this research is a milestone for Canada,” she says. “Grapevine is leading the way for the first official clean plant program in the country, where we can be assured that the plants we’re propagating and putting into the ground are free from disease.”

  Brock Vice-President, Research Tim Kenyon says “CCOVI consistently brings together major stakeholders in the grape and wine sector to produce breakthrough policies, programs and services in the industry, generating major contributions to local and national economies.

  “This significant grant from Genome Canada shows the confidence stakeholders place in CCOVI’s leadership, research and innovation, one example being the leading-edge CLEANSED virus detection tool.”

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  Categories: Media releases

• Analytical Services & Grapevine Virus Testing Services Closed for Canada Day

  Tuesday, June 30, 2020 | By Brock University

  In light of Friday’s announcement from the University, CCOVI’s Analytical Services and Grapevine Virus Testing Services will both be closed on Wednesday, July 1, Thursday, July 2 and Friday, July 3, along with the rest of the Brock campus.

  We will be happy to see you again on Monday, July 6.

  Happy Canada Day!

  – Lisa and Shufen (Analytical Services)
  – Tony and Sud (Grapevine Virus Testing Services)

• 2020 CCOVI News

  Thursday, April 16, 2020 | By Brock University

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• CCOVI in the news – 2020

  Wednesday, January 15, 2020 | By Brock University

  December 20, 2020 – The Globe & Mail – Unsworth’s new owners bring global attention to Vancouver Island and Canadian wine
  December 14, 2020 – Academia.ca – Brock CCOVI launches Foundations in Winemaking course
  December 11, 2020 – Education News Canada – Brock’s CCOVI launches first-of-its-kind winemaking course
  December 11, 2020 – Thorold News – Brock pushes already postponed Wine Symposium back another year
  December 11, 2020 – The Grower – INTERNATIONAL COOL CLIMATE WINE SYMPOSIUM DELAYED TO 2022
  December 11, 2020 – The Brock News – International Cool Climate Wine Symposium postponed to 2022
  December 11, 2020 – The Brock News – Trading Caribbean beaches for Ontario vineyards
  December 10, 2020 – Welland Tribune – Brock University announces new online course: foundation in winemaking
  December 10, 2020 – Niagara Falls Review – Brock University announces new online course: foundation in winemaking
  December 10, 2020 – Yahoo! News – Brock University announces new online course, Foundation in Winemaking
  December 9, 2020 – Thorold News – Brock University launches first winemaking course
  December 9, 2020 – The Brock News – Brock’s CCOVI launches first-of-its-kind winemaking course
  December 6, 2020 – Ground News – Brock’s CCOVI gets funding boost for Cuvée 2020 Online Experience
  November 27, 2020 – The Brock News – Brock’s CCOVI gets funding boost for Cuvée 2020 Online Experience
  November 17, 2020 – The Brock News – Brock alumni invited to cheers to the holiday season in online wine event
  November 4, 2020 – Niagara This Week -Brock’s CCOVI co-leading grapevine research project
  November 4, 2020 – The Star -Brock’s CCOVI co-leading grapevine research project
  October 30, 2020 – Yahoo! News – Brock University joins project to secure virus-free grapevine material
  October 29, 2020 – St. Catharines Standard – Brock University joins project to secure virus-free grapevine material
  October 29, 2020 – Canadian Grapevine Certification Network Blog – $6.2-million in funding announced to support CGCN-RCCV’s clean plant program
  October 29, 2020 – Niagara Falls Review – Brock University joins project to secure virus-free grapevine material
  October 29, 2020 – The Welland Tribune – Brock University joins project to secure virus-free grapevine material
  October 28, 2020 – Wine Business – CCOVI to co-lead $6.2-million national research program supporting clean plant program for grapevines
  October 28, 2020 – Farms.com – $6.35M genomics grapevine project announced
  October 28. 2020 – The Grower – CCOVI TO SUPPORT CLEAN PLANT PROGRAM FOR GRAPEVINES
  October 28, 2020 – Canadian Manufacturing – $10M in funding coming to BC researchers for improved grapevine and cannabis management
  October 28. 2020 – The Thorold News – $6.2 million in funding a major help for Brock
  October 28, 2020 – The Brock News – CCOVI to co-lead $6.2-million national research program supporting clean plant program for grapevines
  October 27, 2020 – Business Insider – $10M in funding coming to BC researchers for improved grapevine and cannabis management
  October 27, 2020 – Newswire- $10M in funding coming to BC researchers for improved grapevine and cannabis management
  October 27, 2020 – University of Victoria News – UVic researcher co-leads $6.35M genomics grapevine project
  October 27, 2020 – The Brock Press – Brock’s CCOVI postpones upcoming lecture series
  October 22, 2020 – The Brock News – Future Vineland winery to support Brock students and community
  October 20, 2020 – Cogeco YourTV Niagara  – Brock – Dillon’s Partnership
  October 20, 2020 – The Brock Press – New keynote speaker named for upcoming Cool Climate Wine Symposium
  October 20, 2020 – The Brock News – CCOVI data predicts a wine vintage to remember in Niagara
  October 13, 2020 – The Welland Tribune – Brock announces keynote speaker for cool climate wine symposium
  October 13, 2020 – Niagara Falls Review – Brock University viticulture institute postpones lecture series
  October 10, 2020 – The Grower – CCOVI POSTPONES TRIGGS LECTURE SERIES
  October 9, 2020 – 610 CKTB – MAJOR WINE EVENT POSTPONED UNTIL 2022
  October 9, 2020 – The Brock News – CCOVI postpones Triggs Lecture Series to 2022
  October 8, 2020 – The Brock News -Monika Christmann named keynote speaker for upcoming ICCWS 2021
  October 6, 2020 – Environmental News Network – Research from Brock Helping Niagara Vineyards
  October 1, 2020 – Crush Magazine – International Cool Climate Wine Symposium Postponed to 2021
  September 30, 2020 – The Brock News – Research from Brock’s CCOVI helping Niagara vineyards
  September 25, 2020 -The Brock News – Distinguished Graduate in Social Sciences wants to democratize wine
  September 9, 2020 – Niagara This Week – Sparkling harvest at Huebel Grapes
  August 31, 2020 – St. Catharines Standard – Brock University, Dillon’s distillery find good use for school’s leftover wine
  August 26, 2020 – Erie Media – Brock’s CCOVI uncorks novel partnership to aid local pandemic efforts
  August 26, 2020 – 101.1 More FM – Dillion’s Distillery to Turn Brock University Wine into Hand Sanitizer
  August 26, 2020 – The Thorold News – New collaboration turns wine into hand sanitizer
  August 26, 2020 – The Grower – Brock University Uncorks Novel Partnership
  August 26, 2020 – The Brock News – CCOVI uncorks novel partnership to aid local pandemic efforts
  August 24, 2020 – The Brock News – Career comes full circle for new prof Jim Willwerth
  August 14, 2020 – The Brock News – CCOVI researcher named Chair-elect of prestigious wine society
  August 11, 2020 – The Brock News – FACULTY FOCUS: Debbie Inglis on uncorking a life of wine in Niagara
  August 10, 2020 – The Brock News – CCOVI’s Analytical Services re-opens for service with new safety protocols
  August 7, 2020 – The Brock News – CCOVI’s west coast connections spur student and graduate success
  August 5, 2020 – Natalie Maclean Wine – How Does a Wine’s Name Affect How Much You’ll Pay for it?
  July 29 – The Brock News – Grape and wine student brings international research award to Brock for the first time
  July 17, 2020 – The Brock News – CCOVI scientist snaps scenic shot of the Brock Tower
  July 7, 2020 – The Brock News -CCOVI staff staying safe on campus thanks to face shields manufactured at Brock
  July 6, 2020 – The Grower – Brock Online Cider Course Sells Out
  July 6, 2020 – The Thorold News – Brock U program teaches you make cider online
  July 6, 2020 – The Brock News -Brock’s first online cider course sells out as thirst for virtual learning grows
  June 30, 2020 – The Globe and Mail – Celebrate July 1 with flag-waving sparkling wines from Canada
  June 23, 2020 – The Brock News – Brock graduate students recognized for their grape and wine research
  June 18, 2020 – The Brock News – Experiential education key to Oenology and Viticulture grad’s success
  May 2020 – Goodman: The Magazine- Label images influence wine quality perception, says Goodman prof
  May 27, 2020 – The Brock News- Label images influence wine quality perception, says Goodman prof
  May 22, 2020 – CorkScrewedTV – Cuvée 2020 – What you need to know!
  May 21, 2020 –  The Brock News – COVID-19 a challenging but uplifting time, says President Gervan Fearon
  May 20, 2020 – The Brock News -Brock’s CCOVI launches new research scholar award for Goodman faculty
  May 20, 2020 – The Grapevine Podcast, Savor Life
  May 20, 2020 – YourTV Niagara – Cuvee 2020
  May 20, 2020 – NewsTalk610CKTB – Brock Moves Cuvee Online
  May 19, 2020 – The Brock News – Reminder: Brock pops the cork on Cuvée online Friday
  May 15, 2020 – Wines In Niagara – CCOVI scientist helps grape growers navigate COVID-19 uncertainty
  May 15, 2020 – Wines In Niagara – Cuvée goes virtual
  May 8, 2020 – St. Catharine’s Standard – Cuvee shifts gears, goes online May 22
  May 7, 2020 – NewsTalk 610 CKTB – COVID-19 | NIAGARA’S GRAPE GROWERS ARE FACING A UNIQUE SET OF CHALLENGES THIS YEAR DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
  May 7, 2020 – The Thorold News – Webinar planned to address some of the challenges of grape-growing due to COVID-19
  May 7 – The Thorold News -Brock’s annual wine event moves online
  May 7, 2020 – The Brock News – Brock’s Cuvée launches new online experience to celebrate the VQA wine industry
  May 6, 2020 – The Grower – CCOVI HOSTS VINEYARD MANAGEMENT WEBINAR
  May 6, 2020 – NewsTalk610 CKTB – COVID-19 | NIAGARA’S GRAPE GROWERS ARE FACING A UNIQUE SET OF CHALLENGES THIS YEAR DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
  May 6, 2020 – The Brock News – CCOVI scientist helps region’s grape growers navigate uncertainty during COVID-19
  May 4, 2020 – CHCH News -“It’s a wine show for beer drinkers” — CHCH Morning Live Segment with Pat
  April 24, 2020 – Education News Canada – Growing thirst for Brock’s online wine and spirits courses
  April 22, 2020 – The Thorold News – Learn all about wine, spirits with Brock’s new online course
  April 22, 2020 – The Brock News – Growing thirst for Brock’s online wine and spirits courses
  April 16, 2020 – The Brock News – Wine television show featuring Brock’s CCOVI comes to YouTube
  April 2, 2020 – The Brock News – CCOVI Lecture Series continues via livestream April 6
  April 2, 2020 – Niagara This Week – COVID-19 Niagara: updates, closures and info
  March 26, 2020 – The Thorold News – Wine symposium postponed until 2021
  March 25 – The Grower – International Cool Climate Wine Symposium Postponed
  March 25 – The Brock News – International Cool Climate Wine Symposium postponed to 2021
  March 13, 2020 – The Standard – Brock, Niagara College cancel classes
  March 13, 2020 – Brock suspends face-to-face classes, exams for the rest of the semester- The Thorold News 
  March 13 – The Brock News – Brock’s Cuvée 2020 to be cancelled
  March 3, 2020 – The Brock News -Bids open to host International Cool Climate Wine Symposium 2024
  January 30, 2020 – Erie Media – Brock’s CCOVI highlighted by Canada Foundation for Innovation
  January 30, 2020 – Wine Business Monthly – Brock’s CCOVI highlighted by Canada Foundation for Innovation
  January 30, 2020 – The Brock News – Brock’s CCOVI highlighted by Canada Foundation for Innovation
  January 7, 2020 – The Brock News – Popular CCOVI Lecture Series returns this month
  January 4, 2020 – The Daily Courier – The Okanagan’s newest winery

  Categories: In the news

• 2019 CCOVI News

  Monday, April 29, 2019 | By Brock University

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• Winter 2018 edition of the CCOVI News now available!

  Thursday, January 18, 2018 | By Brock University

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• CCOVI in the news – 2018

  Friday, January 05, 2018 | By Brock University

  December 28, 2018 – Wines in Niagara – Meet Niagara’s King of Fizz, plus 40 fabulous sparkling wines from Ontario and B.C. for New Year’s
  December 18, 2018 – The Standard – NIAGARA UNCORKED: The Fizz Club strives for sparkling excellence
  December 14, 2018 – The Brock News – Counsellor’s Day helps highlight Canada’s only wine and grape science undergraduate program
  December 12, 2018 – CHCH News – What’s in a wine label
  December 12, 2018 – The Brock News – How Fizz Club is shaping Canadian sparkling wine
  December 12, 2018 – The Brock News – Look at the label when choosing wine this holiday season
  December 10, 2018 – Gismondi on Wine – Sparking interest in sparkling
  December 7, 2018 – CBC The Sunday Edition – Think paying more for wine guarantees good quality? Think again
  December 4, 2018 – The Grower – Canadian sparkling wines are strong global contenders
  December 4, 2018 – Newstalk 610 CKTB – Sparkling wine showcase at Brock
  December 4, 2018 – About Fort Erie – Brock University to host Canada’s Fizz Club meeting
  December 3, 2018 – CHCH News – Growing demand for sparkling wine in Ontario
  December 3, 2018 – The Brock News – The secret Fizz Club for Canada’s winemakers
  December 3, 2018 – Wines in Niagara – British wine writer treated to world’s largest tasting of Canadian sparkling wines at Brock
  December 1, 2018 – Wines in Niagara – Ontario wine industry giants, Brock U research builders Ziraldo and Kaiser cited with elite award
  November 30, 2018 – The Brock News – CCOVI hosts world’s largest tasting of Canadian sparkling wine
  November 27, 2018 – The Brock News – Winery hosts OEVI students for tour and co-op opportunities
  November 26, 2018 – Niagara This Week – Provincial chamber honours Ziraldo, Kaiser with lifetime achievement award
  November 26, 2018 – The Brock News – Industry giants and CCOVI builders, Ziraldo and Kaiser cited with elite award
  November 24, 2018 – CHCH News – Icewine harvest begins
  November 24, 2018 – CTV News – Early Icewine harvest
  November 18, 2018 – The Standard – Reality series Cork Screwed pops open at screening
  November 15, 2018 – The Brock News – Strong Brock presence at international wine awards
  November 8, 2018 – Toronto Life – Q&A: The winemaker behind Foreign Affair Winery’s award-winning Dream 2015 and its upcoming LCBO release
  November 2, 2018 – The Standard – ‘There will be more Brock across Niagara’: Fearon
  October 26, 2018 – The Grower – Low-cost virus testing now available to grape growers
  October 24, 2018 – Wines in Niagara – Cuvée Grand Tasting to celebrate Ontario VQA wine for 31st year
  October 22, 2018 – The Brock News – CCOVI research vineyards to tackle climate change challenges
  October 18, 2018 – OZY – So long, beer goggles. Hello, VR wine goggles
  October 16, 2018 – The Brock News – Cuvée Grand Tasting to celebrate Ontario VQA wine for 31st year
  October 11, 2018 – The Brock News – Co-op gives award-winning student winemaker a career boost
  October 4, 2018 – The Brock News – Brock grad wins top international wine award for third time
  October 2, 2018 – The Brock News – TV show shines spotlight on CCOVI and Niagara wine
  September 26, 2018 – The Brock News – Brock’s CCOVI helps to Educate Your Senses
  September 25, 2018 – The Brock News – CCOVI student named Rising Star at Grape and Wine
  September 24, 2018 – The Brock News – Brock Night at Grape and Wine creates perfect blend
  July 25, 2018 – The Brock News – Global wine icon visits Brock
  July 23, 2018 – CBC – Vineyards welcome hot and dry weather
  July 20, 2018 – The Grower – Celebrating cool climate Chardonnay
  July 17, 2018 – Elle Canada – Dream job alert: The Canadian who became a master winemaker
  July 7, 2018 – Newstalk 610 CKTB – Audio clip with Director Debbie Inglis
  July 5, 2018 – Niagara This Week – ‘We have to be ready for anything’: MacAulay
  July 5, 2018 – Newstalk 610 CKTB – Audio clip from The VIP Lunch with Lee Sterry
  July 5, 2018 – Newstalk 610 CKTB – Government commits $8.4 million to establish Canadian grape and wine science cluster
  July 4, 2018 – St. Catharines Standard – $11M funding announced for grapes and wine
  July 4, 2018 – Cogeco – Wine Industry Funding
  July 4,2018 – CHCH – Niagara wine industry gets funding boost
  July 4, 2018 – iPolitics – MacAulay to unveil ‘major investment’ in grape and wine research in Niagara-on-the-Lake
  July 4, 2018 – The Brock News – Brock to play key role in new national grape and wine research cluster
  June 2018 – Vines Magazine – Megan’s Way (page 11)
  June 20,2018 – St. Catharines Standard – Wine by any other label would taste as sweet
  June 15, 2018 – Gary Killops – International Cool Climate Wine Symposium set to highlight Canada’s wine industry
  June 15, 2018 – The Brock News – International Cool Climate Wine Symposium set to highlight Canada’s wine industry
  June 14, 2018 – Gary Killops – Fizz Club on tour: Canadian sparkling winemakers are Italy bound
  June 14, 2018 – Erie Media – Fizz Club on tour: Canadian sparkling winemakers are Italy bound
  June 14, 2018 – The Brock News – Fizz Club on tour: Canadian sparkling winemakers are Italy bound
  June 14, 2018 – A Must Read – 2018 Experts’ Tasting profiles Niagara’s peninsula’s stunning range of Cab Franc
  June 5, 2018 – St. Catharines Standard – Niagara Uncorked: Cabernet Franc Success in Niagara
  May 30, 208 – Erie Media – Brock wine research highlighted among international experts
  May 28, 2018 -The Brock News – Brock wine researcher highlighted among international experts
  May 14, 2018 – Godello – Tasting Ontario part two: Chardonnay
  May 10, 2018 – Bay Street Bull – This Canadian women is one of Napa Valley’s best winemakers
  May 7, 2018  -Vividair- Vineyard drone study
  May 6, 2018 – Erie Media – Top VQA wine promoters honoured at Experts Tasting
  May 2018 – The Grower – Weather Vane
  May 3, 2018 – The Brock News – Top VQA wine promoters honoured at Experts Tasting
  April 21, 2018 – Dine Magazine – Hooray for Cuvée
  April 20,2018 – Forbes – Women of the wine world at Vinitaly International: why now?
  April 13, 2018 – Wine Discovery – Conversations at Cuvée 2018
  April 10, 2018 – Ag Innovation – Research institute helps make Ontario wines world class
  April 9,2018 – Fresh Plaza – Ontario growers researching possibility of new table grape variety
  April 3, 2018 – The Brock News – Brock grad recognized as rising star in the Ontario hospitality industry
  March 31, 2018 – Sparkling Winos – A Sparkling Recap of Cuvée 2018
  March 29, 2018 – Palate Practice – Another year, another Cuvée
  March 29, 2018 – Ontario Universities – Counting the ways we can work together for prosperity
  March 29, 2018 – Wines in Niagara – Buhler returns to Niagara to take the reins as winemaker at Henry of Pelham
  March 27, 2018 – AgInnovation Ontario – Research institute helps make Ontario wines world class
  March 26, 2018- Canadian Grapes to Wine Spring Edition – Wine shortage
  March 26, 2018 – Orchard and Vine Magazine – Studying the virtual reality of wine production
  March 26, 2018 – The Brock News – Inaugural Winemaker of Excellence awarded at packed Cuvée Grand Tasting
  March 26, 2018 – Gary Killops, Wine, Beer, Food, Travel- Inaugural Winemaker of Excellence awarded at packed Cuvée Grand Tasting
  March 25, 2018 – Your TV Niagara, Cogeco – 2018 Cuvée Grand Tasting
  March 24, 2018 – The Grower – Vineyard Excellence Honoured
  March 19, 2018 – The Brock News – Tickets selling fast for Ontario’s biggest VQA celebration
  March 14, 2018 – St. Catharines Standard – NIAGARA UNCORKED: Barrelling Annie and entry-level whisky (Cuvée weekend)
  March 12, 2018 – Erie Media – Cuvée 2018 toasts 30 years of excellence in Ontario wine
  March 9 ,2018 – About Fort Erie – Cuvée Grand Tasting Celebrates 30 Years
  MARCH 8, 2018 – Palate Practice – Gearing up for another Cuvée 
  March 8, 2018 -The Brock News – Cuvée 2018 toasts 30 years of excellence in Ontario wine
  March 2018 – Better Farming magazine – Educating a ‘blossoming’ industry 
  March 2, 2018 – Brock News – LCBO President and CEO to present at CCOVI Lecture Series
  February 26, 2018 – The state of winemaking in the Finger Lakes – Connections with Evan Dawson
  February 23, 2018 – The Brock News – CCOVI helping to put Niagara on map as world-class wine destination
  February 7, 2018 – Wines in Niagara – The wine wire: Olympic wines, Brock’s sensory lab, wine & chocolate, cider school rules, Ed Clark’s about-face
  January 29, 2018 – Wine Enthusiast – Do Your Genes Predict Your Wine Preference?
  January 22, 2018 – The Brock News – International sommeliers tour CCOVI
  January  20, 2018 – CBC Radio Canada – La réalité virtuelle pour augmenter les ventes de vins canadiens
  January  20, 2018 – CBC Radio Canada – Viticulture Virtuelle
  January 19, 2018 – Le Régional – Les chercheurs donnent à l’industrie du vin une longueur d’avance
  January 16, 2018 – The Brock Press – Brock wine research to be advanced by provincial funding
  January 16, 2018 – The Hamilton Spectator – Provincial funds help Brock create wine consumer lab
  January 13, 2018 – SooToday.com – Karl Kaiser, cofounder of Inniskillin wines, remembered
  January 12, 2018 – Niagara This Week – Flat Rock Cellars’ David Sheppard kicks off CCOVI Lecture Series
  January 11, 2018 – Gastronomía & Cía – Primer laboratorio de vinos de realidad aumentada, virtual y sensorial del mundo
  January 10, 2018 – The Drinks Business – TOP 5 MULTI-SENSORY DRINKS EXPERIMENTS
  January 10, 2018 – Beverage Daily – Canadian university to create wine consumer lab
  January 9, 2018 – Niagara This Week – Provincial funds help Brock create wine consumer lab
  January 9, 2018 – AM 900 CHML – CCOVI Mediated Wine Lab Funding 
  January 9, 2018 – Northern Ontario Business – Cheers to research funding
  January 9, 2018 – CBC Radio Sudbury/RADIO-CANADA -Le vin produit en Ontario sous la loupe d’universitaires
  January 9, 2018 – CBC Radio Windsor/RADIO-CANADA -Programme de viticulture à l’Université de Brock
  January 9, 2018 – CBC Radio Toronto/RADIO-CANADA – Vin et réalité augmentée
  January 9, 2018 – Newstalk 610 CKTB – BROCK RECEIVES ONTARIO GRANT TO CREATE WINE SENSORY LAB
  January 8, 2018 – YourTV Niagara – Brock CCOVI Announcement
  January 8, 2018 – Welland Tribune – Provincial grant for Brock wine research
  January 8, 2018 – Wine Business magazine – Ontario grant helps Brock create first-of-its-kind wine sensory lab
  January 8, 2018 – CHCH Hamilton – Wine sensory lab
  January 8, 2018 – St. Catharines Standard – Provincial grant for Brock wine research
  January 8, 2018 – The Brock News – State-of-the-art fermentation equipment part of government funding
  January 8, 2018 – The Brock News – Ontario grant helps Brock create first-of-its-kind wine sensory lab
  January 7, 2018 – CHCH News – Ice Wine
  January 5, 2018 – CBC Hamilton – Wine lovers rejoice, extreme cold snap is good news for icewine
  January 4, 2018- The Brock News – Funding announcement scheduled for Monday at Brock
  January 4, 2018 – Niagara This Week – Brock’s CCOVI working to be a leader in cider boom

  Categories: In the news

• As cider booms, Brock’s CCOVI continues to be a key industry partner

  Thursday, December 14, 2017 | By Brock University

  MEDIA RELEASE: 14 December 2017 – R00236

  Grocery stores across the province are vying to be one of 95 new retailers authorized to sell cider to Ontario consumers next year.

  With Ontario’s thirst for cider far from quenched, Brock University’s Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute (CCOVI) continues to be at the forefront of advancing the booming industry.

   CCOVI is the only institution in Canada to offer a certification in cider production through the Cider Institute of North America, and it also provides analytical testing services to help cider makers deliver the best product possible.

  CCOVI’s Continuing Education Manager Barb Tatarnic says that pairing the foundational educational program with testing services brings a holistic approach to the learning process.

  “CCOVI has been able to branch out into an industry that is important here in Niagara and all across Canada,” Tatarnic says. “By delivering the foundational learning elements and then providing the opportunity to test the finished product, we are ensuring cider makers are delivering the quality of product their communities are looking for.”

  Maintaining quality from the orchard through to the consumer’s glass is especially crucial when dealing with cider because the product is less established with consumers, adds CCOVI’s Steven Trussler.

  “If a consumer tries a faulted product they may simply decide they don’t like cider and that’s a lost customer,” says Trussler, who is the CINA certified instructor in the institute’s cider program. “Having that baseline of knowledge across the country helps producers make a higher-quality product and increases the number of cider consumers, which benefits everyone.”

  Cole Ford, lead cider maker at Shiny Apple Cider in Niagara-on-the-Lake, uses a range of services provided by CCOVI as a quality control measure for his products.

   “The services provided by CCOVI allow us access to fast, reliable and consistent results, which, for a small-to-medium-sized business like Shiny Apple, is key in providing our consumer the kind of cider they have come to expect from us,” he says. 

   Ford also says the industry is changing as fast as it is expanding. This forces producers like him to constantly learn new things in order to provide cider products that satisfy changing consumer demands.

   “Education is key to improving any industry, and having more courses and more diversity in those courses can only help improve Ontario’s cider industry,” he adds. 

   With that in mind, CCOVI will be expanding its cider offerings to include more advanced courses in the near future. This would add to the growing number of continuing education courses now offered by the institute, which has more than tripled over the past year. The number of people accessing those courses has also increased significantly, rising from 77 in 2016 to 247 in 2017.

   “You can’t stand still when it comes to the direction the industry is evolving,” says Tatarnic. “They always want to learn more, and we want to be at the forefront for those next offerings and learning opportunities.”

   After attending a masterclass in advanced cider production last month, taught by renowned cider expert Peter Mitchell at Cornell University, Tatarnic says the seeds were sown for CCOVI to take that next step in further educating the industry.

   Mitchell says he’s glad to see such significant growth in the Canadian cider industry and that Brock is in the perfect position to further drive that industry forward.

   “As part of the Cider Institute of North America, Brock is uniquely placed and appropriately resourced to take a leading role in Canada in the provision of training, skills and technology development and transfer to new and aspiring cider and perry production enterprises,” he says. 
  

  For more information or for assistance arranging interviews:

   * Dan Dakin, Media Relations Officer, Brock University ddakin@brocku.ca, 905-688-5550 x5353 or 905-347-1970

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• 2018 CCOVI Lecture Series Returns

  Wednesday, December 13, 2017 | By Brock University

  The 2018 CCOVI Lecture Series will be returning on Monday, Jan. 15 with a tribute to the late wine industry mogul Karl Kaiser.

  Long-time winemaker David Sheppard will kick-off the annual series by giving a special presentation of Kaiser’s popular talk, “Pinot Noir: The Savage Yet Seductive Grape” that day at Brock University.

  Sheppard is a 35-year industry veteran and current winemaker at Flat Rock Cellars in Jordan Station. He also worked under the tutelage of Kaiser at Inniskillin in Niagara-on-the-Lake for 21-years (with a focus on the production of Pinot Noir).

  Kaiser’s lecture on the Canadian-winter-friendly red wine grape was first given at the 2008 CCOVI Lecture Series.

  Sheppard was a clear choice to give this lecture again, in Kaiser’s honour, because of his extensive industry experience and long-time working relationship with Kaiser. Having the ability to livestream and archive this lecture will also make it accessible to a much wider audience than when it was first given back in 2008.

  Sheppard will be presenting the lecture on Monday, January 15 beginning at 2 p.m. It will take place in room H313 of the Mackenzie Chown Complex at Brock University. The lecture is free and open to the public. The lecture will also be livestreamed and details about accessing the stream will be posted on brocku.ca/ccovi.

  The CCOVI Lecture Series will continue to run Monday afternoons until March 26 at the same time and location. The second lecture will be taking place on Monday, Jan. 22 from CCOVI senior oenologist Belinda Kemp. Her topic will be: “How method, timing and severity of leaf removal impacts Cabernet franc wine flavour.”

  More information about the series and the complete list of speakers will be announced in the early 2018 and can be found here.