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Newark Neighbours has been busier than ever this year: There have been 1,578 visits in just the first nine months of this year, compared to 918 visits to the food bank in 2022.
Newark Neighbours has been busier than ever this year: There have been 1,578 visits in just the first nine months of this year, compared to 918 visits to the food bank in 2022.
Harvest may be nearing a close, but Oral Walters and Wayne Blake won’t be going home until the last grapes are picked and sorted. Together, they share their experience working at Stratus Vineyards this fall during harvest season.
Three of the workers at Chateau des Charmes sit down in the warm October sunshine to talk about the season — they have been in NOTL since March and will be going back home in November.
“It’s a little hard squatting down for most of the day but as long as you enjoy it, especially with the people you’re with, the time flies,” says a Niagara College student, one of several who helped out this fall at the Teaching Winery.
There’s a whole lot going on at the production facility at Trius during harvest season, and Emma Garner is in the thick of it — “Once the fruit’s ready, we’ve got to go. That’s the biggest thing,” she says.
The magic of harvest is much more than that pivotal moment in the vineyard when the grapes are picked. It starts long before and extends long beyond.
A buzz of anticipation and excitement pervades the scene, as a new tradition for Chateau des Charmes is inaugurated.
Last Friday, Paul-Andre Bosc handed off the ownership and operations of the winery to the new CEO, Marco Piccoli, and a group of young Canadian investors.
Staff gathered at Chateau des Charmes winery Friday morning for a meeting where owner Paul-Andre Bosc announced the sale of the family business, one of Niagara-on-the-Lake’s premier wineries. Marco Piccoli, who has extensive
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