CBC News featured NC’s annual grape-stomping competition, highlighting first-year Winery and Viticulture Technician students as they harvested grapes from the College’s vineyard at the Daniel J. Patterson Campus in Niagara-on-the-Lake before competing to extract the most juice through traditional foot stomping.
The article featured Professor Gavin Robertson, who described the harvest and stomp event as a “baptism” into the wine industry for students. “We call it our ancient winemaking project because it sort of emulates the 8,000- or 10,000-year-old origins of wine,” he told CBC.
CBC also spoke with NC students Nora Humphreys and Monica Salas about their interest in the wine industry and their excitement to participate in the annual tradition.
The coverage included several photos of students harvesting grapes and taking part in the competition.
Read the September 23 article here.
