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saturday oct 25 2003 23 economist sunsuntribune with the help of a growing number of wine stores oeriophiles are bottling vintages to call their own by roger varley staff writer ohn arthurs swirled a small glass of red wine making note of its clarity bouquet and taste before giving his expert opinion to ed and mary lou chuter this was not a winetasting party however the scene was the wine kitz store in mafkham which the chuters visit frequently on their trips down from bracebridge mr arthurs said the chuters are not unique the store has cus tomers who come from as far away as lindsay peterborough andminden the wine is just as good quality as storebought wine friends will come over with wine they bought at 10 or 12 a bottle and mine is every bit as good or better the chuters brought a small sample of a wine they werent happy with made from a kit they purchased 18 months earlier for mr arthurs senior vicepresident of product development there was no problem he replaced the kit free of charge thats all part of the allure of home or instore wine making that attracts a growing number of people to the hobby the attraction is the process and the price said mr chuter who has been making his own wine for about seven years the wine is just as good qual ity as storebought wine friends will come over with wine they bought at 10 or 12 a bottle and mine is every bit as good or bet ter mrs chuter saidfiiends rave about their sauvignon blanc and some of their family and friends now make their own wine either at home or instore cesar valente product special ist at festa juice in vaughan the home winemaking subsidiary of magriotta wines is not surprised we have no way of measuring accurately but home wine mak ing has experienced an extraordi nary growth in the last 10 years he said its typically associated with people from winemaking backgrounds in italy portugal and germany but were seeing a dra matic change to people from the orient east asia and the caribbean getting into the hobby that was practically unheard of 10 g years ago he said the hobby is so popu- lar festa juice ships winemaking juices across canada and the united states mr valente listed three major factors in the increase in home wine making tradition enjoy ment- and pride in producing wine and the cost you dodge the taxman for the most part it results from canadians in general hav ing a greater awareness of wine and food he said that came oh the heels of ontario becoming a major producer of wine were not taking a back seat to anyone numerous outlets in york region provide kits for making wine at home as well as providing the facilities for customers to make wine at the store provincial rules arid regulations demand customers using store facilities participate in some of the various stages including mixing wine kit contents for theinitial fermentar tion process the stores monitor the process over the next few weeks and then the customer comes in to transfer the wine into bottles put in the corks and add the labels the average wine kit can produce staff photosjoerd witteveen john arthurs of wine kitz in markham inspects a glass of wine making wine at home or in a store is catching on because it gives you quality wine at a low price and because its fun about 30 bottles of wine at a cost of between 2 and 350 a bottle pat and fred parker of thornhill know the joys of home wine making although they now have resorted to the instore process mrs parker said the couple used to make wine at their cot- j tage carrying special water from a nearby spring up 48 steps to the cottage- did the finai product taste better who knows she said but what a fun thing to do now that she and her husband have sold the cottage and moved into a small condominium they have no space to store their equipment making it necessary to use the instore facilities mr valente pointed out little space is required for the hobby all you need is two cubic metres ofspace or a corner small er than the size of a closet as long see follow page 24 kevin greenspan entertainment for youth its only rocknroll butitvfunny jackblack rocks away as dewey finn in the school of rock after getting kicked out of his own rock band dewey takes a job as a substitute teacher at horace green prep school impersonating ned shrieebly his wimpy roommate while at horace green dewey tries to turn his snooty students into a rock n roll band by switching them from play ing acoustic guitar to electric guitar from classical piano to keyboards and from drums to well drums but loud er and more like a rock band dewey tells the students its just a school assignment but its really a plan to get revenge on his old band by beat- ing them with his own student rock band in the local battle of the bands along the way dewey runs into a whole bunch of problems such as parents night and even getting to the competi tion is a struggle but dewey never gives up arid that is a valuable lesson in me movie always believe in yourself and never give up no matter what if your kids are interested in music comedy or musical comedy then i guar antee they will love this movie school of rock is appropriate for a wide range of ages but would likelly be most enjoyed by seven to 14yearolds if your children are fans of anyone in the cast such as mr black or joan cusack who plays the principal at horace green prep school then its a good bet theyll like the movie the school of rock is definitely one of the best movies i have seen in a long time see multitalented page 24 i it it fit i ihfe renowned duo has jifor laughs i98lnd has been ssgxfib and television jfpljfmakeyou laugh ltnoy222003 therms ng call to get your tickets 90s305show or tollfree 18667688801 imncmwxacodti boxomcehours mon to sat 11 am 6 pm 171 town centre ejvdmbbi on 13r8gs etfiii join world theatre as of robert family en suanov adsfshsf 1 1