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Article: From whine to wine; Canada's native peoples.(Canada's entrepreneurial native peoples)(Brief Article)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- October 19, 2002
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Chief Louie's new vintage
The new generation means business
WHAT with teenage suicides, sexual abuse, financial scandals and squabbles about stalled land claims, good news is rare for Canada's 1.5m native Indian people. So the opening in British Columbia last month of North America's first native-owned winery is welcome--especially because it signals a new trend.
Nk'Mip (pronounced in-ka-meep) Cellars is a joint-venture between the Osoyoos Indian band and Vincor, a large Ontario-based wine firm. Under the deal, Vincor, which has been leasing vineyards from the band since 1979, will get 520 hectares (1,300 acres) of new vines in Canada's warmest ...