Westben Celebrates 20 Years Music Is the Key in Durham Waring House Cooking School Celebrate Earth Day Complimentary
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SPRING 2019 Prince Edward County Kingston I Quinte I Hastings I Northumberland I Peterborough I Ottawa I Durham Westben Celebrates 20 Years Music is the Key in Durham Waring House Cooking School Celebrate Earth Day Complimentary www.grapevinemagazine.ca PUBLISHER Tracey C. Keary @GrapevineMag EDITOR/IMAGINEER Jeff Keary CREATIVE DIRECTORS Piper and Neil facebook.com/grapevinemag COPY EDITOR Kate Gordon SOCIAL MEDIA Alexander Keary Grapevine Magazine is published quarterly by Grapevine Magazine. Opinions expressed are those of the writer(s) ACCOUNTS EXECUTIVE Lisa Mele and do not reflect the opinions of Grapevine Magazine, its editor or publisher. No part of this publication may be reproduced without prior written consent. PHOTOGRAPHY ADVERTISING Mark Abbott Gary Mulcahey [email protected] Denise Grant Dave Robinet Bob House Jeff Stop Distribution Sandor Johnson Marion Voysey [email protected] ‘Bear’ Maloney Mike McColl Contact Office 613.480.5368 and 613.243.0079 Toll Free 1.855.550.1685 Grapevine Magazine I Spring 2019 1 FROM THE EDITOR Alternatives for Women. Check out their calendar. For foodies, Herma’s offers us tips on how to contents & ad index prepare an impressive but trouble free dinner party using charcuterie. We also visit the Spring 2019 Waring House’s cookery school for a lesson in creating a coffee and spice rubbed rack of lamb. Anna Olson, Andy Wunsch, Alex Ojan and Season’s art Fine Foods of Napanee all tempt our taste buds with their suggestions to get us active Lake Scugog Art Tour 4 in the kitchen. The Vibrant World of Fibre Arts 10 Meet the Makers 34 Seems like spring’s been a long time coming and Earth friendly wine is an on topic issue explored PECADA 59 by Priya Rao. Apparently we can drink wine, I cannot wait to get out and about. Fortunately Colborne Art Gallery 74 it is not too long before we will be able to visit celebrate Earth Day and still save the planet the Lake Scugog Studio Tour, the Warkworth which seems like an ideal combination. Lilac Festival and the Colborne Art Gallery. Konrad Ejbich looks at activity in County Marcia previews the Prince Edward County Fibre wineries over winter, and Michael Pinkus culture Festival and we learn that interest is spreading drops in for a chat with Frederic Picard of Journey of a Stone Huff Estates, Paul Battilana of Casa Dea in this traditionally female realm and apparently Mason’s Hands 16 Estates Winery, and John and Sacha Squair at men are also taking up knitting too: good for Artivism 20 them! Three Dog Winery. Quinte Ballet School 26 For later in the year, we have a major feature by If you’ve lost touch with your inner Ukrainian, Keeping Music Live 28 Sharon Harrison covering Westben’s twentieth make a point of connecting with Kingston’s Westben Feature 38 anniversary. What a fantastic achievement. We Ukrainian Festival. To shed a few pounds and Music is the Key 44 are so fortunate to have such a cultural icon in have fun outside why not try out an electric Great Reads 68 bicycle at Pedego, in Bloomfield. our midst. The pursuit and enjoyment of music is Day Tripper Bath 70 documented for us by new writer, John Arkalian, The Last Bite 80 who brings welcome news of a classical and Finally I would like to bid “au revoir” to outgoing jazz music programme in Durham encouraging designer Marisa Howard and thank her for her musical appreciation amongst school children. endeavours. We welcome Natalie Piper and Frank Horvat provides an update of his string Hri Neil to the hot seat and start the year with food quartet For Those Who Died Trying, which some new design initiatives whilst not straying too far from the familiar Grapevine Magazine Waring House Cookery School 21 has now been recorded by string quartets all Hope Springs Eternal 24 over the world, in protest against the abuse of enjoyed by so many. human rights. We salute ‘the feisty females of Feedback welcome at grapevinemagazine.ca Seasons Fine Foods Recipe 28 Wellington on the Lake,’ for stripping down to Herma’s Feature 36 their bare essentials in an effort to raise money for Fennel and Apple Gratin 59 Jeff Andy’s Original 58 Anna’s Kitchen 65 contributors wine VQA and the Marquette Grape 18 Kingston Heard it Through the Grapevine 50 Konrad Ejbich Anna Olson Writersfest Celebrating Earth Day 56 Michael Pinkus Interviews 60 Cool Climate Australia 66 Lillie Normille Marcia Masino Priya Rao special features Downtown Belleville 6 Warkworth Feature 14 Campbellford Feature 42 Michael Pinkus Christine Peets Deidre Reitev Port Hope Feature 48 Kingston Ukrainian Festival 52 Ladies on the Rocks 53 Bear and Gillian Maloney 54 Angela Hawn Lexus Review 62 Sharon Harrison 2 Grapevine Magazine I Spring 2019 A&B Precast 72 Kingston Royal Rugs 1 Apple Falls Cider 55 Lake Scugog Studio Tour 5 Artisanthropy 48 Lavish 75 Bathworks 69 Lexus of Kingston 4 Books & Co 73 Lisa Van Meer 66 Luke’s For Home 5 Belleville Page 6/7 Marmora & Lake 47 Flowers By Dustin Meta4 Gallery 5 Kate’s Kitchen Mindful Movements 72 Lafferty’s Men’s Wear Lily’s Café 73 Maison D’Eva Montrose Inn 72 Stuff Napanee Chamber 28 Thomas Estevez Design PEC Foods 72 Upfront Gallery & Home Pedego 73 Glanmore House Tina Monod 29 Brighton Page 33 Port Hope Page 48/49 Apt One Bibelot Downtown Brighton Dwellissimo Dragonfly Exit Realty Goods’ Garden Cat Resort Local No 90 Bar & Kitchen Municipality of Brighton Port Hope HBIA Special Effects Decorating Sugar Dust Bakery The Birdhouse The Social Campbellford Page 42/43 Real Estate Classic Cleaners Chestnut Park 79 Dooher’s Bakery Elizabeth Crombie 77 Empire Cheese Keller Williams Energy Real Estate 79 Innovative Interiors Sandra Foreman 78 Rabethge’s Jewellery Sotheby’s International Realty 78 Royal LePage Sideways Bar & Grill Quinn’s of Tweed 17 Zazu Boutique Quinte Ballet School 8 Sage Design & Construction 25 Carbon Art & Design 29 Side Street Gallery 55 Casa Dea 29 Simply Eclectic 48 Cellar Door 51 Stitch by Stitch 73 Ceremonies by Lisa 74 Studio 22 47 City of Oshawa 5 Tessler Model S Wine Tour 19 Colborne Art Gallery 48 The Apple Store 19 Cornerstone 75 The Green Root 19 County Fireplace 25 The Loft Cinema 31 County FM 76 The Waring House 22 Cumberland Private Wealth 8/9 Tugg’s Furniture 32 db silversmith designs 5 Deerhaven 72 Warkworth Special Feature 11-13 Ecstasy Crafts 32 Centre & Main ExecuTran 73 Frantic Farms FibreFest/Rosehaven 13 The Village Pantry Greater Napanee 28 Winker’s Nook Hatch Gallery 76 Herma’s 37 Waterside Summer Series 47 Herrington’s 3 Wellings of Picton 17 Huff Estates 60/61 Wentworth Landscapes 25 Interiors by Cindy 73 Westben 38/39/40/41 James Reid 75 William O’Kane 74 KC Closet Fashion Boutique 55 Grapevine Magazine I Spring 2019 3 Lake Scugog JoinStudio a Creative Tour Journey Why not fill up the car with a group of friends and take the Lake Scugog Studio Tour as an antidote to the winter blues? By Caroline Williams pring has been a long time coming and the delights of a night in Port Perry, which A special opportunity this year will see I think I’m developing symptoms of is not lacking in attractions, and attack the Michael Reeves’ studio and cottage open Scabin fever. What’s the best antidote outer circle the following day? as part of a year long retrospective that for cabin fever? Some work in the garden? will offer the rare chance to see works Well it should have warmed up a bit, but With the works of over fifty artists on show from the private collections of family still not warm enough for planting. I’d in a wide variety of media, from ceramics and friends. Additionally a book will be vote for an art tour, with the chance to get to photography, print making, paintings in launched ‘Persephone’s Eden’ that will out and about, meet artists in their lairs, oils, acrylic, watercolour and encaustic, be available for purchase at Lake Scugog engage in illuminating conversation and three dimensional works in metal, wood Centre for the Arts. enjoy their creations. and stone, as well as fabric, fibre arts and weaving, jewellery, glass and ink and even Why not fill up the car with a group of Coming up shortly is the Lake Scugog someone making flutes, there’s definitely friends and take the Lake Scugog Studio Studio Tour. May 4 and 5 are the dates to going to be something to please all tastes Tour as an antidote to the winter blues? If remember and its twenty sites are open and interests. you are unfamiliar with the geography you from 11 to 5. From an idea conceived by can pick up a tour map from, the Scugog just three people, the tour has evolved Many of these artists participate in other art Library, the Chamber of Commerce, Meta4 over the years to a current membership of shows in regimented booths, but in their own Gallery, Scugog Council for the Arts, or fifty artists and artisans. In just a few short studios they are much better able to offer indeed at any of the locations. It can also be weeks the event will celebrate its twentieth demonstrations of their artistic practice. You viewed on the website where you will find a anniversary, which is quite an achievement will be able ask questions and gain a better host of other useful information. E for a volunteer run organisation. understanding of their working methods.