Articles by author: sackles

• CCOVI in the news – 2015

  Monday, September 14, 2015 | By sackles

  Dec. 14, 2015 – AM 630 – El Nino expected to bring more rain, warm temperatures well into the spring

  Dec. 14, 2015 – St. Catharines Standard – Icewine growers not warming to El Nino

  Dec. 12, 2015 – St. Catharines Standard – Flashy bird scarer needs more data

  Dec. 2, 2015 – St. Catharines Standard – Grape crop stages late season comeback

  Sept. 9, 2015 – St. Catharines Standard – Kestrels could hold key to grapes

  Sept. 2, 2015 – Globe and Mail – Oenology’s ABC’s – getting a crash course in grapes

  Aug. 4, 2015 – Windsor Star – You serious about the grape?

  June 12, 2015 – Godello – Master classes of Terroir

  June 4, 2015 – ASEV-ES to hold 40th meeting

  May 14, 2015 – St. Catharine’s Standard – Garner top winemaker

  May 13, 2015 – Windsor Star features CCOVI expert on story about the life-cycle of wine barrels

  April 21, 2015 – Globe and Mail – MBA skills put to work on real world problems

  April. 10, 2015 – Weather Network – Niagara vineyards take a beating after brutal winter

  March 23, 2015 – CBC – Brutal winters leave untold damage in Niagara wine crop

  March 13, 2015 Toronto Star – Effects of cold winter on Niagara wine country unclear

  Feb. 28, 2015 – St. Catharines Standard – Big turnout for Cuvée 2015

  Jan. 13, 2015 – St. Catharines Standard – Winery’s work is paying off

  Categories: In the news

• 2014-15 Year-in-Review

  Saturday, October 18, 2014 | By sackles

   

  

  Categories: Annual Reports

• CCOVI in the news – 2014

  Sunday, September 14, 2014 | By sackles

  Dec. 1, 2014 – The Grower – Spend your silver on Canadian Sparklers

  Nov. 24, 2014 – Toronto Star – There is a wine class to suit all palates

  Oct. 20, 2014 – Breakfast Television appearance by Don Triggs

  Oct. 10, 2014 – Bullet News Niagara – Cuvée event set for Feb. 27, 2015

  Oct. 9, 2014 – Job Posting Magazine – Grape expectations: viticulture and the wine industry

  Sept. 25, 2014 – Research Matters – It’s astringent! It’s an oak finish! It’s … supertaster!

  Aug. 6, 2014- The Chronicle Herald – Frigid winter does a number on Niagara’s vines

  Aug. 3, 2014 – Toronto Star – Niagara wineries take a hit after harsh Ontario winter

  Aug. 3, 2014 – Macleans Magazine – Merlot, sauvignon blanc among casualties of Ontario’s hard winter

  Aug. 3, 2014 – CTV – Merlot, sauvignono blanc among the casulties of Ontario’s frigid weather

  Aug. 3, 2014 – Global News – Polar vortex lays waste to Ontario Merlot, Sauvignon Blanc

  July 28, 2014 – CBC – Ontario wine: good quality but smaller crop after cold winter

  July 1, 2014 – Greenhouse Canada – A new home for fine wine?

  July 1, 2014 – Crush Magazine profiles CCOVI`s research and outreach activities (p. 31)

  June 15, 2014 – St. Catharines Standard – Honouring Niagara’s leading women entrepreneurs

  June 9, 2014 – Godello.ca – New Fizz on the Block

  May 28, 2014 – Wine Searcher – Ontario vineyards escape ‘total disaster’

  May 27, 2014 – St. Catharines Standard – Honouring Niagara’s top businesswomen

  May 16, 2014 -Brock News: Educational wine tasting raises funds for local charity

  April 20, 2014 – Paul van der Merwe recognized as Brock University’s Co-op student of the year

  March 17, 2014 – Research Matters – The grapes of research

  March 15, 2014 – Canada.com Godello’s excellent Cuvée adventure

  March 8, 2014 -St. Catharines Standard – Fans hot items for cold vines

  March 6, 2014 – St. Catharines Standard – Wine industry leaders recognized

  March 6, 2014 – Canada.com – Wine experts Brock and roll on

  March 4, 2014 – Decanter – Extreme freeze damages ontario vineyards

  March 4, 2014 – Canada.com – When experts break wine together

  March 3, 2014 -Welland Tribune – Non-hardy vines take a beating this winter

  March 2, 2014 – Niagara This Week – Brock’s CCOVI continues grape and wine lecture series

  March 1, 2014 – Cogeco TV – Cuvee Grand Tasting

  Feb. 25, 2014 – Canada.com – Are you getting your daily serving of wine?

  Feb. 10, 2014 – CBC – Ontario wine grower’s crop devastated by bitter cold

  Feb. 7, 2014 – TFO – Portrait D’un Sommelier

  Feb. 6, 2014 – CHCH TV – The science of wine

  Feb. 5, 2014 – University Affairs – Brock programs alerts grape growers to potentially damaging weather

  Feb. 1, 2014 – The Grower – Early leaf removal found to increase quality of Pinot Noir wine

  Jan. 9, 2014 – CHCH TV – Looking for damaged grape crop

  Categories: In the news

• CCOVI in the news – 2013

  Saturday, September 14, 2013 | By sackles

  Dec. 1, 2013 – The Grower – Tannin alert: a new tool to improve wine quality

  Dec. 1, 2013 – The Grower – Geotextiles can reduce freeze injury

  Nov. 23, 2013- St. Catharines Standard – New bird scarer bright idea

  Nov. 21, 2013 – NOW Toronto – Where to Study

  Oct. 22, 2013 – St. Catharines Standard – Regional study explores grape drying

  Sept. 19, 2013 – St. Catharines Standard: Bumper crop comes in late

  Sept. 19, 2013 – Niagara This Week – Education meets entertainment at the Niagara Wine Festival

  Sept. 17, 2013 – Wine Festival: Educate your Senses seminars return to Montebello Park

  Sept. 9, 2013 – Vine Talk: Celebrity Wine Endorsements Influence Consumers

  Aug. 6, 2013 – Canada.com – I4C a future filled with Chardonnay

  July 30, 2013- Blouin Artinfo – Canadian wine: A toast to global warming?

  July 22, 2013 – Crush Magazine – Harvesting knowledge – How Brock University is using research to support grape and wine research

  July 18, 2013- Ontario Restaurant News – Belinda Kemp joins Brock’s oenology team

  July, 13, 2013 – Ag Annex – New oenologist at CCOVI

  June 14, 2013 – Wine sector pops cork on research program

  June 12,2013 – CHCH News features Brock wine conferences

  May 29, 2013 – CBC News: How to stand out, while blending in

  April 12, 2013 – CCOVI director Debbie Inglis on 900 CHML talking about the Research Matters campaign

  Apr. 10, 2013 – Niagara This Week – Brock-hosted research panel to share vision of life in 2030

  March 27, 2013 – The Globe and Mail – This is one of the best Ontario chardonnays this year Globe and Mail

  March 21, 2013 – St. Catharines Standard – Ontario wines seek niche: Professor

  Categories: In the news

• CCOVI in the news – 2012

  Friday, September 14, 2012 | By sackles

  Dec. 2012 – The Grower – Special Grape and Wine Edition

  Oct. 22, 2012 – The invention of a wine – Research Matters Blog

  August 28, 2012 – CBC Radio’s Ontario Morning talks to Jim Willwerth about the 2012 harvest (last segment of the show)

  August 23, 2012- Vineyard harvest shines with summer heat

  August 15, 2012 – MA student honoured internationally

  May 2012- The Grower features Dr. Jim Willwerth “The winds of climate change challenge growers”

  May 1, 2012- How to build a better grape- Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation blog

  April 23, 2012- Wine Spectator: Is wine expertise genetic?

  April 18, 2012- CNN: It’s pronounced hos-pi-tal-it-tee- Antonia Mantonakis featured in CNN’s Eatocracy

  April 12, 2012- Grape Hardiness Update – Critical temperature and Growth Stages

  April 11, 2012- Radio Canada interviews Jim Willwerth about the climate’s impact on vine hardiness

  April 10, 2012- We need to talk about ladybugs

  March 27, 2012-Sleepless night for fruit growers- Debbie Inglis interviews with CHCH

  March 21, 2012- Why wine reviews are irrelevant for most drinkers

  March 6, 2012- Most of us just can’t taste the nuances in high-priced wines

  March 2, 2012- How growing season weather patterns affect vine hardiness, Kevin Ker- TV Cogeco

  Feb 28, 2012- Wine consumers pay more for bottles with hard-to-pronounce names

  Feb, 22, 2012- If the wine is hard to pronounce, is it worth more?

  Feb.9, 2012- Consumer Tastes, Antonia Mantonakis- TV Cogeco

  Jan. 13, 2012- Brock Webcasts Cool Climate Grape/Wine Series

  Categories: In the news

• CCOVI in the news – 2011

  Wednesday, September 14, 2011 | By sackles

  Nov. 26, 2011- Dr. Gary Pickering on CBC’s Quirks & Quarks

  Aug. 11, 2011- Wines and Vines- Ontario Funds Grape/Wine Climate Studies

  July 22 2011- Trouble in the vineyards; Three big challenges: Warmer weather, less water, debilitating pests

  July 21, 2011- Climate change threatens to spoil Ontario’s signature wines

  July 19, 2011- Radio Canada: Le Téléjournal Ontario; Émission du mardi 19 juillet 2011

  July 12 2011- Grant will help winemakers fight climate change

  July 12 2011- Hardier grapes is the goal of Brock study; Province chips in $2.8 million

  July 11, 2011- Support For Research In St. Catharines McGuinty Government Helps Protect Ontario´s Wine Industry

  July 11, 2011- Brock U wine program getting cash from the province

  July 11 2011- Brock University study seeks to find hardier grapes

  July 11 2011- Seeking hardier grapes $2.86 million to help grape and wine industry develop strategies for climate change

  July 11, 2011- Brock takes lead on climate change research for Ontario’s grape and wine industry- The Brock News

  March 2, 2011 – College puts wine lecture series online

  Feb. 1, 2011 – CFBU 103.7 FM interview with CCOVI Fellow Michael Ripmeester on the heritage of the Niagara grape and wine industry

  Categories: In the news

• CCOVI in the news – 2010

  Tuesday, September 14, 2010 | By sackles

  Oct. 2010 – Cool grapes, hot science

  Sept. 23, 2010 – Virgil grower crowned

  Sept. 16, 2010 – TV Cogeco coverage of the 2010 Grape King

  Sept. 15, 2010 – Grape king has deep roots

  Sept. 14, 2010 – Meet Debbie Inglis, the 2010 Grape King

  Sept. 4, 2010 – Keeping watch over Niagara’s vineyards

  Aug. 20, 2010 – TV Cogeco coverage of the 10th anniversary of the OEVI program

  Aug. 11, 2010 – Alumna comes home to celebrate CCOVI

  Aug. 10, 2010 – Why pinot noir is good for your heart

  July 9, 2010 – Grape and wine scientists join Brock

  April 27, 2010 – Canadian wine institute takes lectures online

  April 27, 2010 – Report: Explaining support for VQA wine in the Ontario restaurant industry

  April 13, 2010 – Provinces link for wine research

  April 12, 2010 – Federal research money and Brock grads win big at Cuvée

  March 31, 2010 – Brock University opens its testing lab to the grape and wine industry

  March 19, 2010 – Little things make a big difference at tasting bar

  Feb. 12, 2010 – Ontario industry needs to find itself

  Feb. 2010 – Report: Ontario wine industry – moving forward

  Jan. 8, 2010 – Fenwick man proposes Grape and Wine Learning Network

  Categories: In the news