Old-Time Country Dance: Now on October 9
Old-Time Country Dance scheduled for July 31, 2010 has been POSTPONED to
Saturday, October 9. We apologize for any inconvenience. But we sure hope to see you there!
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Coronation Hall racks up the Awards!
We’ve been open for about a year and a half now, and we have two awards to show for it. The first was awarded by the Pontiac Chamber of Commerce and CLD Pontiac for the ‘Entrepreneurship Award – 2009 Outstanding Business’. You can read more about it here.
Then if that wasn’t enough, we had the great fortune to be nominated by our local SADC (Pontiac Community Futures) in the 20th Soiree Action-Valorisation (Outaouais agri-food gala), which was held on March 27th in Buckingham (Gatineau). The gala honours regional businesses and individuals, and we were pleasantly surprised to win the ‘CREO – Sur les traces d’Erard-Seguin’ Bursary. This bursary is awarded annually to a young business that stands out for its great potential. Thank you very much to the SADC Pontiac as our sponsor, the MRC Pontiac as a supporter of the event, and to the ‘Table de concertation agroalimentaire de l’outaouais (TCAO) for organizing the event.
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Guided Tours
We are always happy to show visitors around our cidery. You can call to make special arrangements, or drop by throughout the week, Tuesday to Saturday at 10, 12, 2, or 4, and we’ll have someone who can show you around!
Pontiac’s First Wine License
We are pleased to announce that Pontiac County’s first artisanal cider/wine license was awarded to Coronation Hall Cider Mills – permit # AC – 063.
Bristol Light Cider – Honest and True.
A refreshing dry ‘English-style’ 5.5% al./vol. cider.
In days gone past, a successful farmer depended on the quality of his farm hands. The smart farmer attracted, and kept, the best hired help on the strength of his cider. In keeping with that tradition, every harvest, we pick the best apples from the 12 different varieties that grow in our orchard to make a traditional light refreshing cider. Allowing it to ferment to dryness, we cold filter it three times, enhancing its natural colour and glow while preserving its unique profile. The result is a cider whose subtle tastes change with the seasons, a cider whose roots are firmly in Bristol Township. Enjoy it the way an honest cider is meant to be enjoyed, after a hard day of work in the fields.Bristol Light Cider: Honest and True.
Haunted Hall
A great way to start off your evening of trick-or-treating or a great place to finish. Games, treats, scary candied apples, and you could even learn of the legend of the Coronation Witch! Halloween evening (Oct. 31st), 4pm – 8pm. everybody welcome, young and the young-at-heart!
Portes ouvertes sur les fermes du quebec
This past Sunday (Sept. 13th), Coronation Hall Cider Mills, along with its brother enterprise, Third Line Orchards, participated in the ‘Portes ouvertes sur les fermes du quebec’ (Quebec Farms open house). Over three-hundred visitors came, with a large number of new visitors from the towns of Aylmer, Hull, and Gatineau, as well as across the river in Arnprior and even Petawawa! Kids pressed and drank their own cider, coloured coloring sheets, and participated in apple-variety guessing games, while adults took part in a presentation on apple cultivation and basic pruning techniques. The mill was running all day, with visitors able to see our production in progress, as well as the tea room, where many took advantage of our excellent baked treats and ‘fresh-off-the-press’ cider. The local branch of MAPAQ (Ministre d’Agriculture et Pecheries au Quebec) also participated, and their booth and presentations were greatly appreciated by all. A special thank you goes out to the local and regional members of the UPA (l’Union des producteurs agricole) which sponsored the day, providing us with volunteers, t-shirts, hats, and a draw for two gift baskets (of our products) worth $150 each. The winners were Mdm. Lanouette of Aylmer, Quebec, and Ms. Ann Hodgins of Shawville, Quebec – congratulations!
Shawville Fair a great success!
The 153rd Shawville Fair has come and gone, and Coronation Hall Cider Mills was proud to be a part of it. Not only did we sponsor the apple pie contest (seeing as how one of our bakers one the Ottawa Super-Ex’s), we also sponsored the award for the most points in the baking division. Congratulations to everyone who participated. We also had a booth in the ‘buy local’ section (the arena lobby). All of our cider supplies quickly went, and a surprising number of baked goods. Thank you to the CLD Pontiac for sponsoring the booth, and to the Pontiac Agriculture Society for their hard work.