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Judy Reimche

Peninsula. News Review

Plans for the Victoria Es-
tate Winery on West

Saanich Road are now com-
ing together quickly. The
last hurdle before construc-
tion can start was cleared

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last week, when approval for
land use came from the
Agriculture Land Commis-
sion.

And now, recent changes
in the liquor laws in B.C. will

help in planning for the win-

ery. The new laws will allow
wineries to operate licensed

picnic areas and to charge
for samples of wine. Golfers
will have access to alcohol
from mobile carts at the
course, as long as the golf
course has a Class A liquor
license.

Those changes, along
with a recent $200,000 grant

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“We're pleased to see
them relaxing the rules,”
said Fraser Smith, president
of the Southern Vancouver
Island Grape Growers Asso-
ciation.

While he didn’t think it
would make a lot of differ-
ence to his plans for the win-
ery, he said some of the ele-
ments are very complemen-
tary. ;
He plans to build his win-
ery on approximately 10
acres of land at the corner
of West Saanich and Ben-

‘venuto roads, next to But-

terfly Gardens. Grapes will
be grown near the front of
the property, with the win-
ery at the rear, abutting a
hillside. There are further

plans for a cave to be con-
structed into the. hill for

wine storage... :

“If [the government] i is
talking about picnic areas,
that’s great for us,” Smith
said.

“We have plans to de-.
velop a picnic area around.
the pond that’s on the prop-
and. for

erty,” for kids,
tourists.”

“BC. used to- fave ‘some

fairly archaic rules, and that

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business .— it's bringing —
agriculture © back. to the

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sociation is getting quite big
now. and fairly organized.

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__ Wednesday, June 14, 2000,

- We're participating at the

Farmer’s Market on Satur-
days and going to be part of
the Farm Tour this year.”

Grape-growing on the
Peninsula is becoming a
solid industry. Recently, 20
growers conducted the
meeting of the South Van-
couver Island Grape Grow-
ers’ Association held at
Ganges on Saturday, May
20.

On June 3, they were on
the ferry again, this time on
Saturna Island, to visit the
60 acres of vineyards at the
southwest corner of the is-

_land.

Smith expects to start
preparing the winery land in
the fall, and begin actual:
construction by end of year.

“We've been approached
by Roy Henry Vickers and
Andy Paul about the possi-
bility of having native theme
for the architecture of the
winery,” Smith said.

“The architect is quite in-

‘terested in that. We wanted

west coast style and I guess
there’s not much more west

~ coast than native. It’s some-
- thing: we’ re going - to. ex-

plore.”
All other planning is in.
place. Approval from the

“We've been blessed: by
the ALR, and we feel pretty —

good . about. that. Which ae
z - means: we’ re on our, way,”
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