Maria Van Bommel, MPP Lambton Kent Middlesex
with Rush Creek Wine proprietors Kim and Wendy Flintoft

Kim and Wendy Flintoft (Rush Creek Wines)
with Dave Mennill (Elgin County Warden)

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Ontario's local farmers are growing innovative ideas that drive our local economies and strengthen our agri-food industry. These ideas were celebrated at a ceremony in Strathroy honouring regional winners of the Premier's Award for Agri-Food Innovation Excellence.

Among the proud recipients was Rush Creek Wines Ltd., Elgin County. Maria Van Bommel, MPP Lambton Kent Middlesex presented this award to Wendy and Kim Flintoft for Decadence, a best-selling wine at Rush Creek.

Decadence is not just a best-selling wine at Rush Creek Wines. It is a product innovation that has spun into wine jelly, body cream, body sugar scrub and body spritzer. The combination of chocolate and strawberries has created jobs, increased tourism dollars and given business to local honey, fruit and chocolate producers. Llocated just south of Aylmer, producing 21 varieties of fruit wine, growing 65 per cent of its fruit supply and sourcing the rest locally. Sales have risen 15 per cent since the owners developed and delivered the first bottle of Decadence, which is so much in demand that production has increased to 500 imperial gallons or about 2,200 litres.

PRESS RELEASES:

	Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
	Announcement on Relish Elgin web site
	Innovative Ideas Thrive in Southwestern Ontario - 2011
	Backgrounder June 6 Strathroy (PDF)
	News Release June 6 Strathroy (PDF)

Rush Creek Wines are proud members of:

Savour Elgin

Fruit Wines of Ontario

Ontario South Coast Wines