CENTRAL ONTARIO VINICULTURE ASSOCIATION
Seminars Year Four, April 27, 2003
The fourth annual day of seminars will be held Sunday April 27th 2003 at Ocala Winery near Port Perry {Directions to Ocala Winery.} The Annual General Meeting (AGM) is free. By special arrangement with Alain Breault, the Canadian Distributor of Northern Winework, the cold-climate grapegrowing and winemaking book will be available for the price of $35 at the AGM and the seminars.
Members of the Central Ontario Viniculture Association, the Prince Edward County Winegrowers Association, l'Association des Viticulteurs de l'Est Ontarien, or of the Amateur Winemakers of Ontario can register for the annual seminars by sending a cheque made out to "COVA" in the amount of $35 to: Liang Liu 133 Parkdale Ave, Peterborough, Ontario, K9L 1K5. The seminars are open to others at the price of $40. The price includes the lunch.
Agenda for the Annual General Meeting 2003
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. 
11:00 a.m. until 4 p.m.
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. 
Kevin Ker is an expert consultant in growing grapes and tree fruit. Kevin will make a presentation about growing grapes in general, with a particular emphasis on winter hardiness in Central Ontario, and can answer any questions about tree fruit as well. For further information about Kevin please take a look at his professional profile. Also, take a look at his consulting firm, Ker Crop Management Services (KCMS).
Following Kevin's presentation Peter Bennell will make a short presentation about "Mead quality & the AGCO - A personal perspective". Peter finished second in the 2002 National Amateur Winemakers of Canada competition. This was based on three Meads in a competition that does not have a Mead Class (Dessert, Country & Social). 
He has also won Best Mead of show and only Gold medals(2) for at least two years at the Amateur Mead Class of the Indy International Wine Competition - and a Gold Medal in the Dessert class at the American Wine Society for another mead...
LUNCH 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. 
At registration (10:45-11:00): coffee, tea, juice, breakfast pastry
Lunch: Cold Buffet
Locally baked dinner rolls
Mixed Tender Greens with Raspberry Vinaigrette
Roasted Ontario Back Bacon glazed with honey and Pear wine
Tri-Pasta with Mixed fruit dressing
Italian Marinated Mixed Vegetables
Potato Salad with herbs and roasted garlic
Ocala Apple pie with homemade caramel drizzle
Coffee, Tea
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. 
Jim Warren (of Stoney Ridge Winery fame) needs no introduction as a winemaking consultant and multiple wine award winner (he's won just about everywhere!). The picture to the left shows that he can, on occasion, accomplish whatever he sets out to do - great fish, Jim! 
On this day, we will be tasting experimental wines from new varieties, and Jim will be commenting on the wines, saying what he would do as a winemaker to bring them to market in his highly successful way. We will also press him for information about how to make soft and silky wines in difficult years such as 1992 and 1996...
His real accomplishment this day will be sharing the winemaking seminar with some 
little fat wino who will be presenting information about some new winemaking tannins, enzymes, malolactic cultures and yeast strains. This information will be distilled from the Scott Laboratories fermentation handbook and personal winemaking contacts. Much can be done to help when nature fails to deliver completely ripe grapes...
Bryan Pell, Liang Liu, Sarah Tedford, Kevin Ker, Peter Bennell, Jim Warren and lfw.
President: Dr. Bryan Pell
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