Recent studies report that the craft beer industry in Ontario is booming! There are about 50 licensed craft brewers from the Ottawa Valley to South West Ontario developing premium, high-quality beer based on their unique brewing styles. According to the Ontario Craft Brewers, the craft brewing market share has more than doubled since 2002 and continues to be the fastest growing LCBO beer segment with annual sales increases of 30-50 percent.
Hastings County's "Opportunities in Tourism" Working Group - or "HOT", has partnered with www.ComfortCountry.ca, to organize and host the first ever "HOTie Awards". They will be handed out at the upcoming Tourism Dinner & Awards Celebration in October to celebrate the tourism season of 2012 and recognize significant achievements made by tourism businesses and organizations within Hastings County.
The following is reprinted with permission from the Tweed News:
By LACY MEEKS
The Tweed News
Most ground breaking celebrations are nothing more than ceremonial. A group gathers to watch as a dignitary or two gently tosses a shovel full of dirt to commemorate the beginning of a project. This kind of ground breaking celebration, as lovely as it is, would simply not do for a project as complex as the new winery at Potter Settlement Vineyards and Winery.