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en Santé News Items Sept 9 2007
en Santé Winery featured a trade booth in the Red Barn at the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village
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Jul 12 2007
Continuing a lifetime of innovation, Alberta couple pioneers organic fruit wine enterprise
Featured story in The New Farm.
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Mar 19 2007
en Santé Winery Included in Edmonton Journal "From Farm to Fork" Special Section
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Feb 21 2007
en Santé Winery Announced as Winner of Best Practices Renewal Award
The Best Practices Renewal Award is part of a Federal-Provincial initiative aimed at positioning Canada as a world leader in agriculture.
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May 16 2006
Fresh From Farm and Forest: Media Visits Producers
St Paul, AB - Organic food production of today and long ago was the focus of a familiarization tour which visited Elk Point, Stony Lake and Lac Sante areas last week. Food and travel writers from as far away as Saskatoon, SK, and Calgary, AB, were joined by those involved in tourism on a provincial and regional basis for the tour, hosted by Fort George and Buckingham House Provincial Historic Site, JVM Farm [...and] Orchard Palace/En Santé Winery...
St Paul Journal
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May 14 2006
Elizabeth Chrapko Honored as Special Mom
Edmonton, AB - Lots of farm moms are up all hours of the day, multi-tasking, but my Mom also did a lot of community stuff -- she championed wound-therapy alternatives and was a key motivator for the establishment of a local Alzheimer's home -- and also worked part-time as a registered nurse. Growing up, my memory of her is not of a "working" mom but of an "overworking" mom...
Edmonton Journal
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en Santé Events November 02 2007
On November 2, 2007, the Red Deer College Food and Hospitality program hosted the fourth annual wine tasting event. En Sante Winery was invited to showcase our product and offer tastings, along with about 20 other suppliers. We were well received by the public and graciously accomodated by the college.

June 14 2007
En Santé Winery Wine Tastings
Join us on Thursday, June 14th from 1-5pm in St Paul, Alberta for an afternoon of tasting at the following locations:
• M.G's Liquor Mart-Westbrook Mall
• Speedee Liquor


June 08 2007
en Sante Winery provided the wine for a Farmers' Day Dinner honoring Premier Stelmach and Mrs. Stelmach organized by their hometown of Andrew, AB. A special label on Adam's Apple wine was designed, featuring a portrait of the premier and his wife. The bottles were valued as souvenirs by guests. A limited number of bottles are available for sale.


May 27 2007
CBC Television films at en Santé Winery as part of a new series on eating local. The series is to be aired beginning June 11 on CBC Television.

May 18 2007
En Santé Winery Wine Tastings
Long -weekend wine tasting saw many lakeside participants starting off the summer campground season with a taste of wine to check out our product.

Throughout the summer, regular wine tasting will occur on Friday, from 7 - 9 p.m. on the following dates:

June 8th & 22nd
July 6th & 20th
August 3rd, 17th & 31st

Tours and group wine tasting can be arranged by appointment.

April 18 2007
En Santé Winery provided the wine at an event held in Viking, Alberta where residents organized a 100 mile dinner and trade show to profile the strength of Rural Communities.

April 14, 21 2007
En Santé Winery participated in the Fort Saskatchewan and Sherwood Park Trade Shows in co-operation with Calyna Country booth.

August 17 2006
En Santé Winery tour & tasting ....on the premises!
2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Please RSVP if you can:
(780) 657-2275

July 23 2006
Bonnyville, Alberta
A Taste of the Lakeland
11 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Cold Lake Exhibition Park

July 16 2006 - SOLD OUT
St. Albert, Alberta
Taste of the Stroll....wines & ales of Alberta's countryside
Cocktails at 4:30 p.m.
Dinner at 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Location: Grain Elevator Park
(at Mission & Meadowview)

May 19 2006
en Santé winery hosted a local wine tasting attracting visitors from different developments & campgrounds around Lac Santé. The turnout was excellent, especially considering that the Edmonton Oilers were making their debut in the Western Conference final for the first time in 14 years, playing game #1 of 7 at Anaheim!

May 14 2006
en Santé winery is mentioned in an Edmonton Journal article profiling Elizabeth Chrapko as a winner of their "Special Mom" contest.
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May 11 2006
en Santé Winery Hosts Media Tour Brosseau, AB - Vic & Lyz Chrapko hosted a Media & Tourism Familiarization tour on Thursday, May 11, 2006. 22 reporters, provincial government officials, tourism executives and others from around the province arrived by bus. They stayed about 2 hours, touring the organic orchard, seeing the winery, and sampling all the wine & food. A "Taste Test" was conducted, with many pleasant surprises.

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