{"id":349,"date":"2021-06-28T19:25:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T19:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thewatertowergrill.ca\/?p=349"},"modified":"2023-12-13T00:47:31","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T07:47:31","slug":"little-gem-a-wild-winery-rooted-in-wild-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thewatertowergrill.ca\/blog\/little-gem-a-wild-winery-rooted-in-wild-land\/","title":{"rendered":"Little Gem \u2013 A Wild Winery Rooted in Wild Land"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
At The Water Tower, we love local. From the ingredients we use to the beers we serve, we take great pleasure in showing off the amazing produce and products southern Alberta has to offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, we\u2019re always happy to be the first restaurant to feature a new craft brewery on the menu (well, usually behind the Telegraph). But, when Little Gem Winery<\/a> popped up in southern Alberta, we let The Telegraph take a back seat and jumped at the chance to feature a new fruit wine from our very own corner of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But, we\u2019re getting a little ahead of ourselves here, so let\u2019s hit rewin(e)d because this wine isn\u2019t your average Malbec or Shiraz. In fact, Little Gem wines don\u2019t come from any grape varietal \u2013 or even a vine. They begin life as plump little haskap berries from the winery\u2019s very own haskap bushes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, just like the wine, we\u2019ll start with the berries, then go from there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Alberta farms specialize in meat and grains \u2013 and we\u2019re proud of that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, while we produce some of the best beef, pork and cereal grains in the world, we\u2019re not really known for fruit production. That\u2019s because it\u2019s hard (some might say even impossible) to get fruits to grow here on a commercial scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But, the mighty haskap berry grows where many do not. In fact, it does more than just survive here – it thrives<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Haskap: Alberta\u2019s All-Star Berry<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
What is haskap?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n