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Home Made Wine at the Fair

The 2006 Orangeville Fall Fair saw an
opportunity for home winemakers to
proudly enter their fermented juices for
judging. Nick Petruzzella, a member of
the Wine Judges of Canada, rated
each wine using a 100 point scale.
Colour, clarity, nose, flavour, balance,
and faults add up to how each wine
scored.

Public Invited to Judging
It is 10:30 Saturday morning at the
Fair. It is a little strange to watch the
gentleman sitting in front of us,
casually drinking wine and not offering
us any. With an array of glasses
before him, he looks intently through
each glassful, deftly swirls and sticks
his nose deep into each glass, sips

                                                 Orangeville Agricultural Society Fall Fair
                                                            Strong Roots, Healthy Future
                                                                    Labour Day Weekend

WINEMAKERS is again supporting the Homemade Wine Section with 3 prizes for Sections 14-18:
                            1st: $25 Gift Certificate
                            2nd: $10 Gift Certificate
                            3rd: $5 Gift Certificate

14. Homemade dry WHITE grape wine from a kit, fresh juice or grapes
15. Homemade dry RED grape wine from a kit, fresh juice or grapes
16. Homemade dessert or ICE wine (may be in 375 ml bottles)
17. Homemade Country Wine from sources other than grapes
18. Homemade Social Wine – described as sweet wines used for drinking at backyard poolside party
     or BBQ

Rules:
1.        Entries must be the work of exhibitor
2.        Wine displayed in clear 750 ml glass bottles, except red wines may be in coloured 750 ml glass
          bottles
3.        Wine corked or screw caps
4.        Wine must be labelled (variety or fruit type and date bottled)

Cost is $5 per entry

Deadline for entry is August 18.
Note: Extended hours during Week of Aug 13.

Live judging is open to public at 10:00 am on Saturday.

Phone: 519 942-9597
Fax: 519 942-8761

and slurps each, and to our dismay, spits out the wine! That one couldn’t have been any good! He repeats the
routine with each category. There are Dry Reds, Dry Whites, Dessert or Ice Wines, Country Wines not from Grapes,
and Social/Patio Wines. This is a tough job Nick has, but someone has to do it.

Sponsorship by Winemakers
This is the seventh year Winemakers, 283 Broadway, has sponsored a home made wine division at the Fair. While
Winemakers today makes on-premise wines for the public, owner Bob Collin’s roots are in the hobby not the
business. Twenty five years ago his Shelburne farm provided plenty of elderberries, dandelions, choke cherries,
and the like. A little fruit, a pinch of yeast, and a sense of adventure mixed together can create wines to be proud of.

Bob says: “The quality of the judging and the feed back available to wine hobbyists is a wonderful opportunity that
this annual event provides.”