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lbmt economist surutribune community thursday nov 18 1999 33 l i m fi fe photoandrew palamarchuk brothers dave mike and frank whittamore expanded their berry farm business sj to include wine making ihltiamurfes create toast of the win by patrick casey staff writer a chance meeting between dave whittamore and brian moreau has created a new business alliance thats quickly satisfying the palate ofyork region wine lovers along with his brothers frank and mike whittamore oper ates whittamores farm in markham a 120hectare property thats been in the familys name since 1802 it has grown over the last 40 years to become ontarios largest pickyourown country farm market moreau meanwhile is a former canadian national employee who dabbled with his first winemalting kit as a kid and then left his job seven years ago to dedicate himself to cre- atmg wine on a fulltime basis together the pair have opened whittamores farm winery and moreau will use the farms 32 hectares of strawberries raspberries gooseberries and currants to create a new line of fruit wines i met brian during an ontario berry growers conference and we just seemed to hit it off whittamore explained during a recent tour of the farm and winery where moreau has more than 50000 in manufacturing equipment on sitei there has been quite a bit of growth surrounding fruit win during the last few years and we had been shipping our fruit to various wineries this is another draw for people to to our farm market and we already are getting people in here that really like what we have were just always trying to do a little bit more retailing between 7 and 25 a bottle moreau has been busy bottling the likes of a red baco noir a house blend a dry cherry blossom and a sweet white ice 98 blend thats 95 per cent alcohol- and with the help of his wife dawn and fatherinlaw vaughn madill they expect to produce more than 30000 bot tles before the spring thaw as soon as you mention fruit wine to people they believe its sweet however i make mine dry and if there is a demand then ill sweeten it up pointed out moreauicjbradford resi dent who moved his facility to markharnvfrqmtriehofland marsh it tastes just like a chardonhay jiy-riyr- in europe fruit wine is a close second to grjapejeandit has really caught on in the united states buty6uiiu8tiir find one or two brands in canadian uquorstorwsways5 seem to be a little bit behind in terms of accepting new things including fruit wines fjj but acceptance is definitely in the wind considering there were just two fruit wineries in ontario five years ago com pared to 22 today s the whittambres are good at many things btit they had no experience making wines added moreau who was over- seeingthe bottling of a peach wine they triedmy wines and appreciated their certain qualities it reauyfe a perfect mar- riage were doing a little bit of recipe development and well havel4 different types of fruit wine on the shelfbythe end of the season ill put my grape wine up against anybody in the niagara region but fruit wme is a nice alternative to satisfy me liquor control board of onfemb wwttamore spent nearly 30000 in renovations beforelreceiving his fruit wine licence induding constructing mbreairs prpduction facility and erecting a small wine store within ms farm market i the licence also allows the business to sll 2qjpftcentpfii products as traditional grape wine jslss mz whittamore admits the business has come ailqrayfrqm the days of his ancestors yvflio originally purchased the prppr erty in 1804 before it was turned into a smau strawberry patch in the early 1950s k si m0m people want to try something new and bheqf thereasphis5 tyfruitwines are becoming popular is because merarerio artificial flavours certain wines appeal to dwerehjiaiates and people soon get their favourites he said i its like anything else if you produce a good product peoj pie vyiil like it arid people will come back if you are jrijgfp to pick up some fruit or a pie people will often pigom tie of iyme espeicially if they cant find it in the liquor store theres a new car on the block kiaiuitfi one outlet in markham has opened a second shop in newmarket by roy green v staffwriter the new guy in town automotivewise is facing a tough chengeiriavery kia of newmarket has opened for business in a former auto repair shop on isue street bringing two more car mode to ah eadybustlirig market this is the secondkia outlet in york region saidbrad valentini salesmanager of kia of newmarket there5s one in markham and soon there will be another in richmond hill weve only been open a few days and people have been callirig about the cars saying they knew menrin europe arid they are very interested in uiem kia a korean automaker enters the canadiarimaiketwith two compact cars aimed at the lower end of the market the sephia sedan and the sportage sport utility vehicle the sephia ranges from- 12995 to 16995 and the sportage a true offroad vehicle goes frorri 20995 to 726995 yderitini said theyre good cars at the compact end wim excellent warranties that competition said valentiriii includes the toyota qiroua and the honda civic thafsthem irig and option for option theyre up to 5000 cheaper but john chapman coowner of aurora toyota isnt wor ried about price comparisons v honda and toyota have established abenchmaikyvhy would i buy a noname brand for just a little bit less chapman said if its half price ok but just a littielessithink id prefer the real thing kia which began as a bicycle parts mufacturer in 1945 is wellestablished in europe the company arrived in the us i lastyear selling more than 100000 vehicles majority bwnferv swpfomecdmpanywas acquired by another korean- automaker hyundai earlier this year v t i lis rj j u earce tackled with style and energy by isobel thompson correspondent energy there was aplenty at markharris theatre last week with markham little theatres production of michael fraynes farce noises off mki s the actors needed every ounce of eheitheyrpossessed to cope with fraynes clever farceabbufa group of fetors and the show inwhich they were involved fl- the first act showed the exhausted actors at thetechmcai rehearsal where everything goes wrong this is followed by the same act bemg performed before an audience a mralftv later only this time from back5e- enough forthe stage crew to manage the set was turnedf back to the audience side tqshow the same performance after a threemonth run -j- s farce comedy requires a tremendous amount of rushirife about and dashing through dqofs this set had four or fiyijp doors upstaus and i think mdlwrthan that downstairs jf dkectbtgloriathomashadtoeeptheactibrigoin timed to thesecond this shemariaged splendidly f on operiuig night the actpftpbk a fifdetinietogetihtig gear because they were gprating on tiieigerigs accents bulonce they goggey dd a great job a managed allsorts of escapades such as falling down stairsj breaking windows andayoiding axes with amazing timing 5 andnpdoulalototprafctice m michelle browne playedthe housekeeper mrs clackett and was adelighttb watch her walk her facial expressions and hersheer exuberauice were the centre from which allj jheartoregottheirenergy v john grammatikps and susan stanford as garry ljeune and brooke ashtbrihad i some veryfunny momentssanb grammatikoslumpmgpme stairs with legs entangled in a telephone wbrbugbt trfehouse down f adrian falconer as the earnest actor who insisted on an explanation fprihislm was yirellhiatcffed bylmda m kristme browne as poppy ashtph tiie putripon assistanmi stage manager gave a nice perfprmariceahdhersce me second act were particularly well done j alan white played lloyd dallas the director arid he was good but in the first act i wotild ihaye likedtphaye seen him better utandraised on a dais where he wbdhayebeenl mpreiri cpritrbl of the rehesal sfi yj terrybrowne as the alcoholic actbrand mike gimeraas theiiam pressed stage manager both did good jobs jl this production dependedori a very skjlledibackstage crewsp lwptild partiapyljkex jdirfector producer lighting sesbund and cpstume4esigni efestegemahagerandiisjjs gahdkflhey had pptejg smoothly and professionally group of six exhibit vvork merexhibitingtheir art in solo showoverthe past 20 year5ax artisfe joined together to become the cpttage country artists s- thfel ijfljeirtishpvat thejcathleen gorrnleyjvicyartgentre ssyi fi 4 stouffvilles victor sandeis and kent taylor along with four artists from putsideyork region willbejoinedbyasev- enth guest artist sanders banhis career as a professional artist in 1989 working in oil and covering a broad range of subject matter from landscapes to florals and the human form taylor works mainly in pen and ink sonietirnes making lise of coloured inks in addition to black adding to the collected works of the cottage country artists they all have summer homes in muskoka are watercolours soft pastels acrylics and soilptures v the gallery is closed moridays and tuesdays for hours of operation or more information call 4779511 ext 222 randall celebrates milestone if youre part of the randall public school community mark dec 16 on your calendar the school is celebrating its 10th anniversary and allfpr- tner students parents and staff members are invited to help markmepecasion relive the memories and see whats new at the markham sichbol photos of the school en during the past decade will be bri display along with students art guests ard cur rent studentsare urged to dropby to record their favourite memories prifoemembiywaflv vv the open housed a w h f i 1 i m i 0 i hyp t a5 a w m i i s 7 1 i m w w i- i 4 i w 1 a i