#gaspereau valley

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White Rock, Gaspereau Valley, Canada,

Omar Gandhi,

Image credit: Ema Pete

[keepingitneutral]

"White Rock," Wolfville, Gaspereau Valley, Nova Scotia, Canada,

Omar Gandhi Architects

[steveskafte]

PURSUIT IN PASSING When you glance south and see four lanes on two bridges of Highway 101 traffic, roaring past at 110+ kilometres per hour – it's hard to imagine that this narrow span once welcomed most drivers between Halifax and the Annapolis Valley. Horton Bridge was covered, solid wood, but somewhat rickety and only one car wide. As the main crossing over Gaspereau River since at least the 1870s, it was only a postwar boom that started plans for replacement. When its time came up in 1952, they dynamited the structure and let the tide take the rubble, rather than deconstruct it piece-by-piece. A pre-fabricated Bailey bridge took its place until 1960, when the first of the two big green bridges used today were finally completed. Now, the old Highway 1 is marked as a dead end from both directions, but you can still walk down from either and stare off into the mud and mystery. I'm often pulled for that pursuit in passing. Just close enough to the past to keep from getting sucked in. September 20, 2024 Hortonville, Nova Scotia Year 17, Day 6158 of my daily journal.

[kandsgoeast]

Monday afternoon- quick visit with Ralph and Joan- Gaspereau Valley winery. Benjamin Bridge. Tuesday with Mary and Martin in Halifax 😁

June 19 and 20, 2023

[the-houseporn]

Two Rocks House Habit Studio, Gaspereau Valley, Nova Scotia, Canada

[atlanticcanada]

RCMP arrests impaired driver after passenger falls from SUV near popular tubing area in Annapolis Valley

A fun day of tubing on the Gaspereau River turned tragic on Monday afternoon when a man fell from a moving SUV onto Greenfield Road in Gaspereau, N.S.

Kings District RCMP says the man was unconscious and being treated by paramedics when police arrived.

"The 23-year-old Wolfville man was transported to Valley Regional Hospital with life-threatening injuries. He was later transported to the QEII Hospital in Halifax by LifeFlight," Kings District RCMP wrote in a news release. "The vehicle involved had been transporting the man and two small children to a popular local tubing area. It is believed the man had been sitting in the rear of the SUV with the hatch door open."

Police say they located the driver and said she was showing signs of impairment.

"The driver provided a sample of breath and failed the roadside test," police said. "She was arrested for impaired driving and transported to the New Minas RCMP Detachment."

A 29-year-old Kentville woman faces charges of impaired driving, impaired driving causing bodily harm, and failing a breathalyzer. She has been released from custody and is scheduled to appear in Kentville Provincial Court on Sept. 14, 2021.

from CTV News - Atlantic https://ift.tt/3fZKPFf

[theresblomidon]

Blomidon from the Gaspereau Valley

Day 17

[uberwench]

Just back from a highly successful Gaspereau Valley Fibres yarn yard sale excursion! 1st photo is my yarn haul: 2 skeins of MadTosh DK, 2 skeins of silk that I got for $8 each, and a beautiful Fiber Optic Yarns gradient. 2nd photo is gin, 3rd photo is coffee from JustUs! and cheeses from Fox Hill Cheese House, and 4th is the amazing metre of quilting cotton I got at Avonport Discount Fabric Centre. #gaspereauvalley #yarn #gin #coffee #cheese #annapolisvalley #wolfville #portwilliams (at Downtown Dartmouth)

[jorgemiroslavjarasalas]

Jorge Miroslav Jara Salas: Video: What’s New With Nova Scotia Wines?

Our guest this evening is a certified sommelier and instructor of culinary and tourism studies at the Nova Scotia Community College. She leads tastings of Nova Scotia wines for restaurant staff around the province as well as other educational seminars on behalf of “Taste of Nova Scotia” through the support of the Department of Agriculture.

And she joins me live now from her home in the Gaspereau Valley.  Welcome to the Sunday Sipper Club Amy Savoury!

  Did you grow up with wine on the family table at dinner?

Can you remember your first taste of a great wine?

What was the exact moment when you realized that you wanted to be in the wine and culinary industry? Tell us exactly where you were? What triggered the thought? How did you feel? What was the next step you took to get going on the path?

What’s the biggest misconception that people have of NS wines? Let’s be more specific than they’re not of great quality or that there aren’t many wineries

We know that NS has great limestone soils and a cool climate, but tell us something that we don’t know about NS when it comes to making wine?

Apart from tasting lots of different wines from NS and visiting the region, how would you suggest that our community here tonight really get to know NS?

How does the Bay of Fundy influence wine style — what’s the science? How high do the tides rise to?

Why is it that 60% of all wines made in NS are white and sparkling? Let’s dive deeper than simply cool climate — can you explain more?

Let’s chat about different types of acidity and how they differ: angular, crisp, firm, fresh, racy, lively, and youthful? Can you give us some food comparisons so that we understand the differences please?

What is the Tidal Bay appellation and how did it come to be formed?

  You may know that NS produces wine, but did you know that over the past 13 years the number of wineries have grown by 133%? Currently, there are 22 wineries, compared to nine in 2005.

There are now 90 grape growers.

NS has the world’s only stylistic appellation, Tidal Bay.

NS is Canada’s coolest wine region.

That’s exactly what our next guest on the Sunday Sipper Club will reveal to us this evening.

And you’re here with me on the Sunday Sipper Club where we gather every week at 6 pm eastern to meet some of the most intriguing people in the wine world on Facebook Live, YouTube Live Stream and Twitter via Periscope.

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Listen to her stories and experiences as we taste wines together:

What would surprise us about Nova Scotia wines today?

How did Tidal Bay become the first stylistic wine appellation in the world?

What are the best food pairings for NS wines?

How should we plan a vacation to visit NS wineries?

Plus anything you want to ask Amy Savoury!

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                                                                              Over the past 13 years established wineries have grown by 133%. Currently there are 22 wineries, compared to nine in 2005.

According to the Economic Impact of the Wine and Grape Industry in Canada 2015 published report, Nova Scotia’s wine industry supports 934 jobs in the province, many in rural communities. Over 112,000 tourists have come to our province to enjoy our world class wines, creating $19.2 million in tourism revenues. The total economic impact of the Nova Scotia grape growing and wine industry in 2015 was $218 million. This is an increase of over $22 million since 2011. An average bottle of Nova Scotia wine generates $36.62 in economic impact, while one bottle of international wine generates $1 in economic impact to the province.

The Winery Association of Nova Scotia winesofnovascotia.ca

The Winery Association of Nova Scotia (WANS) was formed in 2002 to represent the interests of wine producers, to serve as a voice for local industry and to promote the growth and development of Nova Scotia wines. The Wines of Nova Scotia logo can be found on bottles of Nova Scotia wines made from 100% Nova Scotia grown grapes and fruit, and that meet the Nova Scotia Wine Standards.

Taste of Nova Scotia

Taste of Nova Scotia is a unique, province-wide, marketing program, with over 200 restaurant, producer/processor and industry members who are committed to offering the most exceptional local culinary products and experiences the province has to offer.

      Nova Scotia: Good Cheer Trail, Lobster Trail and Chowder Trail

Nova Scotia, Canada – Crafted by family traditions, compelling history and exciting innovation, the Nova Scotia Good Cheer, Lobster and Chowder trails help showcase the best of Nova Scotia to locals and visitors. The three distinct trails are part of tourism programming designed to encourage consumers to travel the province year-round and to inspire and guide their local culinary journey.

“Lobster, chowder and good cheer – it doesn’t get much more Nova Scotian than that,” says Emily Haynes, executive director of Taste of Nova Scotia. “These trails are truly unique to Nova Scotia and the passports are a fun tool for exploring our province…from downtown Halifax to the Bay of Fundy to the Bras d’Or Lakes, the trails take you on a culinary journey to every corner and cove of Nova Scotia.”

The Nova Scotia Lobster Trail is the newest culinary trail with 49 trail stops featuring Nova Scotia traditional lobster dinners, lobster rolls, lobster experiences and even lobster poutine.

First launched in 2011, the Chowder Trail is back, with 59 trail stops featuring from scratch Nova Scotia seafood chowders.

The Good Cheer Trail, with 72 trail stops, is Canada’s first and only winery, craft brewery, distillery and cidery trail. Currently in its fourth year, the Good Cheer Trail celebrates Nova Scotia’s rich culinary history dating back to 1606, when Samuel de Champlain established the Order of Good Cheer in Port-Royal, Nova Scotia.

“Visitors are looking for authentic, local culinary experiences that can only be found in Nova Scotia,” says Michele Saran, CEO, Tourism Nova Scotia. “These trails showcase some of the best seafood, beer, cider, spirits and wine our province has to offer, elevating Nova Scotia’s reputation as a culinary tourism destination.”

The trails help visitors and locals plan their Nova Scotia culinary adventures. All three culinary tourism trails are developed in a joint partnership between Tourism Nova Scotia and Taste of Nova Scotia.

“The Good Cheer Trail has been valuable in making us a destination for people interested in craft beer, both from Nova Scotia and visitors to the province,” says Emily Tipton, founding partner of Boxing Rock Brewery. “We like being able to offer tourists the passport as a way to see more of our industry.”

Consumers use their virtual or paper passports to check-in to trail stop locations on each trail. Collecting stamps and submitting passports online qualifies them for some great local prizes. For more information on the Good Cheer Trail, Lobster Trail and Chowder Trail, pick up a passport at trail stop locations or visit www.tasteofnovascotia.com.

  Nova Scotia: CANADA’S COOLEST WINE REGION a snap shot of Nova Scotia Wine Essentials

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Tidal Bay is a rising Canadian star! #trythis If you love exploring the wines of Canada as much as I do, take the trek to Nova Scotia. One of Canada’s oldest regions to have vines but only recently revived; some of the most delicious glasses I’ve had come from this special place. The majority of the vineyards and wineries are tucked away in the Annapolis and Gaspereau Valleys just south of the Bay of Fundy. Despite taking advantage of the warmer #tastdIQ #InsideQ #quenchmagazine

[wamae]

Trekking the trail today on deer 🦌 island NB I found the nicest collection of botanical for a after dinner tea! Wood sorrel, raspberries & leaves, spruce tips, blueberries & leaves, uva Ursi , self heal, goldenrod & rosepetals . All to be infused into hot wood smoked boiled gaspereau valley mountain water 💦 . Enjoying it here in #newbrunswick #islandlife #wildernessculture #woodfirecooking #porpoises #whales #maritimemagic #oceanside #whalewatching #bayoffundy #copasquat #eastcoastlife #filledtocapacity with #gratitude #thankyou #mamaearth Back to work soon #oshamae #everyday #luxuryliving #grounded #outside 🦌🐳🌿🐬💫⛴ (at Deer Island Point (udde))

[twelvebyseventyfive]

In Nova Scotia, Canada

For the last four days I have been in Nova Scotia, Canada. My primary reason for visiting was to take part in the Atlantic Wine Symposium, but I also had a couple of days to tour around wine country here. This supplemented a visit last September. Vines were first planted here in the early 1980s, and it’s still a very new region, finding its feet and identifying its talents.

These are the sort of wine regions that really interest me: ones that are still developing, where everything seems new, and there’s lots of unrealized potential. Nova Scotia is a properly cool climate region where the challenge is to get the grapes ripe before the first frosts come in November. There’s plenty of acidity in Nova Scotian wines, but there are also some nicely developed flavours and modest alcohol levels.

There are now 20 wineries in the region, most of which are found in the Annapolis and Gaspereau Valleys, in a sheltered position in the bay of Fundy. This has the highest tides in the world, and acts as a lung, bringing in air as the tide rises and falls each day. Some 700 acres (280 hectares) are under vine here, and this is growing.

The distinctive red-hued shoots of L’Acadie Blanc

The majority of the vineyards in Nova Scotia are planted with hybrids, and the most prevalent is L’Acadie Blanc, which was developed here, and is well suited to the climate. Others include Seyval Blanc, Vidal Blanc, New York Muscat, Geisenheim 318, Baco Noir, Maréchal Foch, Luci Kuhlmann, Leon Millot, Marquette and Castel. These hybrids yield well and ripen before the season runs out of steam.

Increasingly, vinifera varieties are being planted, and the two leading the way are Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, usually with sparkling in mind. To ripen these, you have to have a good site and get your viticulture right.

So what is good here? What does the world need to know about?

The main story is sparkling wine. Conditions are ideal to make top quality base wines. Incidentally, the hybrids actually make surprisingly good sparkling wine, either alone, or in blends with vinifera, but the main focus going forwards will be Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier for the serious players. The leader of the field in Nova Scotia is Benjamin Bridge, whose vinifera-based wines have gained international attention. Their business model is very clever: they make the hugely successful, fun Nova 7, using hybrids to best effect, and then focus their energies on no-compromise, world-class traditional method wines. Other wineries who make very high quality sparkling include Lightfoot & Wolfville (a new producer: keep an eye out for these guys because they are making some serious wines), Blomidon and Avondale Sky (some wines).

Then we have light, aromatic, bright whites, usually made from hybrids. The big story here is Tidal Bay, which is an appellation that was launched in 2012 for this characteristic style of wine. There are 12 producers who make a Tidal Bay every year, and they are very attractive, consistent wines with clean, fresh fruity flavours, keen acidity, and a bit of sweetness to round things off. Tidal Bay is very successful, but it’s not internationally relevant. The wines are perfect for local consumption, and might find a market elsewhere in Canada, but they’d just be too expensive for what they are if they were to be exported. As well as the previously mentioned vineyards, Luckett make some very good bright, fresh whites and a very nice Tidal Bay, as do Gaspereau, Planters Ridge and Domaine du Grand Pré.

The distinctive tasting room of Avondale Sky, which is an old church moved here by boat and truck

Many wineries are quite successful making appealing, commercial, fruity wines from hybrids, and because they sell most of their production through cellar door, it works for them. But I hope that are few become more ambitious than this, because the marginal climate here is ideal for making very high quality sparkling wine, and there aren’t many places in the world where this is possible. I’ll be writing up my notes from producer visits separately.

from jamie goode's wine blog http://www.wineanorak.com:/wineblog/canada/in-nova-scotia-canada For Fine Wine Investment opportunities check out Twelve by Seventy Five: http://www.twelve-by-seventy-five.com/

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ANONYMOUS FRIENDLINESS Years ago, I knew a photographer who told me of the hours he'd spend erasing power lines from an image. All I could think was: "Must be a hard life hating reality so much." It's been a long time since I learned to lean into what's ugly, revel in the beauty found there. It's a ragged business of ordinary life lingering, here at the corner of Greenfield and Gaspereau River Road. This many-branded XTR station – preferred supplier of independent stations – has a compact Kwik-Way store inside, and a sign stating: "Gaspereau Gas & Convenience". It might seem sleepy at this exact moment, but at just past 5PM, evening traffic home from Wolfville and elsewhere makes this a popular stop. Lit by weak white lights, three-fourths shining, some dim bulbs on the building and no shelter for rain. My ears are filled from the nearby river that gives this valley, road, community, and gas station its name. Raging and slightly spilling over its banks, at the far end of another rainy day. Just a couple degrees about freezing, barely scraping by this side of blizzard weather. It's a struggle to explain how attracted I feel to places like these on the edge of night. Just a couple aging pumps, gotta pay inside, maybe grab some mass-produced snack that's not expired. Go back on your way in a couple minutes, deeper down the shadows of South Mountain. Maybe you're heading to one of the many dead ends in Wallbrook, Robinson Corner, or Greenfield. Slipping off secretively into Black River Lake, or the lands of Lumsden Dam. Driving until the road runs out is always my favourite experience, and I've been all over those today. Watching out the window for what stares back through the trees, wondering which windows are watching me. A man parked his truck out of frame as a favour to me, and we waved to each other's shadowed faces we couldn't see across the way. Blank and anonymous friendliness – some days, it's all I want or need. January 16, 2023 Gaspereau, Nova Scotia Year 16, Day 5545 of my daily journal.

[kandsgoeast]

Lucketts Winery- Gaspereau Valley

30-8-23

[atlanticcanada]

Coronavirus: Nova Scotia wineries, tourism sector grapple with uncertain future

Luckett Vineyards attracts thousands of visitors annually, but right now, its wine tasting room and restaurant in the Gaspereau Valley sits empty. from : Halifax https://ift.tt/3crGWEM

[floraborealis-blog]

just dropped 100 on wool and met a v special boy named willie (at Gaspereau Valley)