CENTRAL ONTARIO VINICULTURE ASSOCIATION
Seminars Year Five, April 25, 2004

The fifth annual day of seminars will be held Sunday April 26th 2004 at Willow Springs Winery near Stouffville {Directions to Willow Springs 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 again be available for the price of $35 at the AGM and the seminars.
The day is planned as less formal than previous meetings, more discussion than seminar-driven.
9:30 a.m.: Registration and collection of membership dues ($25.00 per person for the year). Anyone who wishes a lunch should register with Larry in advance at littlefatwino1@cogeco.ca
10:00 a.m: Annual General Meeting
Welcome by Carl Kimmett, Vice President
Introductions
Call to Order for AGM of COVA
Business Meeting
Election of Officers for 2004 / 2005
Adjourn the Business Meeting
10:50 Break
11:00 a.m.: Speaker # 1, Ken Tuccoli, "Marketing the Small Winery"
12:00 noon: Speaker # 2, Simon Shum, Graduate Student, Trent University, "Climate Study for Grape Growing in the Central Ontario Region"
12:30 p.m.: Lunch (Informal Wine Evaluation)
1:30 p.m.: Speaker # 3, Wm. Dowson "Insurance Needs for the Small Winery"
Emmerson Insurance Brokers, 193 Queen St., Port Perry, Ont. L9L 1B9, 905-985-4102
2:30 p.m.: Discussion of Current Issues
Bert Andrews - "Fruit Winery Issues"
Neil Lamont - "Marketing in the Local Area"
Other Issues
3:30 p.m.: Thank you to our hosts and safe trip home
President: Dr. Bryan Pell
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Vice President: Carl Kimmett
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Treasurer: Dr. Liang Liu Email Liang Liu
Secretary: Paul Ward
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Director: Bert Dunn
Director: Irwin Smith
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Director: Larry Paterson
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Director: Neil Lamont
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Director: Rick Wagner
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Director: Wally Henry
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