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• Huge Weekend for Niagara College ar Cuvée 2010 - March 2010

  Niagara College News

  Niagara College is celebrating an award-winning weekend at Cuvée, where the College and it’s teaching winery captured three awards, including a Gold designation for its Dean’s List Pinot Noir Canadian Oak Project 2007. Key personnel, including Jon Ogryzlo, Dean of Food and Wine Sciences, and faculty member Jennifer Wilhelm were also honoured for their contributions to the Ontario wine industry.
  
  The awards, often referred to as the “Oscars” of the Ontario wine industry, are the only awards in Canada where winners are selected by winemakers. This year, 45 winemakers tasted more than 200 wines from 56 wineries to determine the winners. The Niagara College Teaching Winery’s (NCT) Dean’s List Pinot Noir Canadian Oak Project 2007 was named top Limited Edition Red Wine. It’s the second year in a row an NCT Winery Dean’s List Pinot Noir has won at Cuvee – another feather in the cap of Winemaker/Professor Terence Van Rooyen and students from Niagara College’s Winery and Viticulture Technician program. It sells for $38.95 and is available at the Wine Visitor + Education Centre at the Niagara-on-the-Lake Campus.
  
  Ogryzlo was recognized with the Tony Aspler Cuvée Award of Excellence for Leadership and Vision in the Ontario Wine Industry in recognition of his role in the creation of the state-of-the-art Niagara College Wine Visitor + Education Centre.
  
  Jennifer Wilhelm, coordinator of the College’s wine programs, was also named Wine Educator of the Year in the Promote the Promoters Competition.
  
  Students and staff from the Niagara College Teaching Winery and Niagara Culinary Institute (NCI) students were on-hand at the Gala to share in the success. Culinary students prepared and served food for guests and students from the College’s wine programs poured wine for the NCT Winery and other area wineries.
  
  

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• Wine Visitor + Education Centre wins Architecture Award - January 2010

  Niagara Region

  Niagara College Wine Visitor + Education Centre wins Niagara Community Design Award!
  
  These design awards encompass community design features such as architecture, planning and related disciplines and includes buildings, a group of buildings, subdivisions, parks, master and community plans.
  
  The specific award category honoured by Niagara College’s Wine Visitor + Education Centre was in Architecture.
  
  This award recognizes architectural excellence by a Niagara architect, and may be a new building, or addition to an existing. Architectural excellence may include use of new technologies, design, building layout, or integration of styles.
  
  Congratulations to Raimondo + Associates Architects Inc., of Niagara Falls.
  



• NEW!! Join our Wine Club Today - December 2009

  Niagara College Wine Club

  Join and become a member of our 'Top of the Class' Wine Club. Enjoy carefully selected VQA wines crafted by our students, under the tutelage of professional winemaker Terence Van Rooyen. Membership consists of either two or six bottles per shipment, delivered to your home or office each month.
  
  Review Wine Club benefits on-line and JOIN on-line. Our first shipment for friends of Niagara College Teaching Winery ‘Wine Club’ members is scheduled to take place the week of December 15th, just in time for the holidays!
  

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• PRINCE CHARLES TO VISIT NIAGARA COLLEGE NOV. 5 - November 2009

  Niagara College News

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
  October 30, 2009
  
  Prince of Wales will commemorate the opening of the Wine Visitor + Education Centre
  
  His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales will visit Niagara College November 5.
  
  The Prince will commemorate his visit to Niagara College’s new Wine Visitor + Education Centre at the Niagara-on-the-Lake Campus as part of the Royal Couple’s Canadian tour.
  

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• InterVin Medals for Niagara College Teaching Winery - October 2009

  Niagara College News

  The Niagara College Teaching Winery continues to sit at the head of the class after winning five medals at the recent InterVin International Wine Awards.

  


• New teaching winery to be learning hub - August 2009

  The St. Catharine's Standard

  For nine years, Niagara College has taught aspiring winemakers the craft of fermenting grapes into delightful drink in an old, cramped barn.

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• Master Taster Grads Earn Certificate - August 2009

  The Windsor Star

  An in-depth wine tasting course offered by Niagara College and hosted by Colchester's Viewpointe Estate Winery will continue this fall.

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• Winemaker goes from defusing mines to making wines - August 2009

  The St. Catharines Standard

  Colin Ferguson, alumnus of the Wine and Viticulture Technician program at Niagara College, went from defusing landmines to tending vines.

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• 'The Heartland' of wine - August 2009

  Metro News - Torstar

  The vineyard is a classroom at Niagara College.

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• Niagara College winery's vintages are palate pleasers - July 2009

  The St. Catharines Standard

  The wine world is populated with Niagara College Teaching Winery grads.

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• Double Gold Medal win for 2007 Dean's List Cabernet Franc Icewine - May 2009

  The Tribune

  The Niagara College Teaching (NCT) Winery turned Icewine into gold by winning a Double Gold Medal at the 28th Annual All Canadian Wine Championships, held recently in Windsor.

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• 2nd Year Winery and Viticulture Technician student hounoured Opimiam scholarship - April 2009

  The Business Link Niagara

  Opimian, Canada’s largest wine club, is very proud to announce the presentation of its first scholarship award of $1,000 to Casey Kulczyk, a second year Winery and Viticulture Technician student at Niagara College.

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• A Course in Corks - December 2008

  National Post

  Niagara College was recently featured in an article in the National Post!

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• Premier's Awards Of Excellence - November 2008

  Niagara College News Release

  Niagara College has many outstanding students, staff, faculty and alumni who have achieved significant accomplishments in their academic, personal and/or professional endeavours.
  
  Jordan Harris, Graduate of Niagara College’s Winery and Viticulture Technician program (2004), has been selected to receive a prestigious Premier’s Award.
  

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• The Next Crop - October 2008

  Wine Access

  In an industry where maturity is paramount, Canada's winemaking ranks are ripe with young talent.

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• A Creative Addition To Any Rack - October 2008

  Niagara Interiors

  Niagara's newest wine labels should read - beware: not for the faint at heart.

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• College students get right back to work - September 2008

  Niagara This Week

  It's the start of a new school year and for the students of Niagara College's Winery and Viticulture program back to school starts off
  with one of the students' biggest tests ever -- harvest!

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• Top of their Class - August 2008

  Wine Access

  Niagara College Teaching Winery turns out tomorrow’s awardwinning winemakers

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• The Name Game - January 2008

  Wine Tidings

  Design and marketing company Brandever Strategies owner Bernie Hadley-Beauregard makes over creative wine labels.

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• Top marks for local Teaching Winery - April 2007

  The Toronto Star

  Niagara College Teaching Winery has been graduating outstanding young local winemakers since its inception in 2000.

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Coming Soon

Our vision is evolving and includes the creation and development of the following initiatives in 2009-2010:

• Online Wine Shop Coming Soon