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‘ HOPLAND, SONOMA: magine a summer without rain, from May to perhaps as late as - the middle of October, where 'e daily temperatures are mostly' in e high 30’s but with absolutely no umidity and where it cools down Ech evening to about 18 or so. This is he wine region of Sonoma in alifornia ‘ I have been here before at Fetzer {ineyards, but that was to get bquainted with the wines and the pro- hction, not with the methods of Eowing grapes organically as is the jse more and more in California E Of course there can be a number of >tasons why one grows grapes organi- Elly, with the obvious reason being lat of smart marketing It was exactly tat question that brought me back to iopland and the Fetzer Winery. l ‘Organically grown’ means only tat there have been no chemical fer- lizers added to the grapes vines, no erbicides are used to control the reeds between the vines and the num- er of times the actual grapes are prayed is strictly limited and con- i'olled to a few relatively low toxic plutions. I It took me only a few days here in lonoma to realize that the reason for he organic farming had nothing to do {ith promotion, but rather with the my new parent today can tell you that the amount of advice ‘ (1 information on child care 5 often overwhelming. One expert gays babies should always sleep alone, mother recommends sharing a family Jed with baby. { One warns about the dangers of lspoiling the child with too much affec- ‘tion and cuddling, the other feels equally strongly that children needs lots of attention and physical affection. How do parents decide what to do? 1‘ Author Katherine Amup takes a historical perspective on the topic of teaching women to care for their chil- dren. She quotes from advice manuals and magazine articles published since the early 1900’s and shows not only how ideas have changed, but how the advice given reflects attitudes towards omen. 'ducation For Motherhood v Katherine Amup ’niversity of Toronto Press For example, most publications :ontinually advised women to seek heir doctors’ advice on almost every :hild-rearing topic. Somehow things ike toilet training, breastfwding, and sleeping were transformed into medi- Early in this century the penchant for "scientific” approaches to everything led to the idea of scheduling infants and children in every aspect of their lives: they ate at set times, slept at set times, even played at set times. Remnants of that approach still linger, although the ideas have long since been disproven. Reading this book may help new parents of today understand where their own parents got some of their ideas, and should encourage all of us 0 evaluate the parenting advice we given with a critical eye. Tritical View of 'hild rearing a1 issuEs, even though physicians had 10 actual education in these areas. alifornia wines g0 orgWste the environment 2 honest belief of many grape growers that it is much healthier to grow the fruit organically than by the older, tra- ditional methods. Although the majority of the Californian wines are still produced traditionally, organically grown grapes are being used on an everâ€"increasing scale and in my estimation could account for close to 10% of all the California wine here in Ontario that is designated as “Organically Grown”. “First of all it is the law, and sec- ondly we would like to produce the best wine without any fuss,” rationalâ€" ized Torn Piper, the vineyard manager CANADA’S‘SEERRGALLERY - YOUR ONE-STOP SIMMONS HEADQUARTERS for Fetzer. "The law in California is so strict that even if one bunch of non- organically grown grapes is added, we no longer can call it organic. Take for instance our Valley Oaks Cabernet Sauvignon, which is about 80% organically grown, cannot be called organic until all is grown by this method. Even then we may never call mb<mIva=< DZ_Imm w<DZDQ “IO MOS» “w j~IOaDIO 20.52.; Zwm>>mm 3050 JOBâ€"an oumu HOURS MON, THU, FR| 10-9 TUEâ€"WED it such,” he went on. “After all, I drink my own wine and like to have the best without unnecessary chemicals. Besides spraying kills all the bugs.” “The bugs?” I asked, somewhat puzzled, “I thought that is what you spray for in the first place.” “The rest of the world does per- haps,” he laughed, “but here in California we are different, we like our bugs.” But that is my story for next week. During my visit to California I will be visiting a number of wineiies, but for today I will confine myself to those wines that are available in 1 0â€"7 SATURDAY SUNDAY 1 1-5 VDUNDAS SOUTH SIDE OF DUNDAS ST‘ BETWEEN 427 DIXIE 1862 DUNDAS ST. QUEENSWAY Ontan'o from the Fewer Vineyards of Sonoma AXVO Fetzer Sundial Chardonnay, CSPC 291674 lists at about $10.85 and the Fetzer Fume Blane, CSPC 255448 for $8.85. Then there is a semi-dry Gewuerztraminer , an outstanding wine which I had more than once the last few days, and a wine which should be available by early September in Ontario for less than $9.00. As a red wine I suggest he Valley Oaks Cabemet Sauvignon which is a general listing under CSPC 336974 for $10.85. VISA INTERAC DIRECT PAYMENT