{"id":9273,"date":"2021-06-28T08:35:08","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T12:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tourismebrome-missisquoi.ca\/?p=9273"},"modified":"2021-06-29T11:07:18","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T15:07:18","slug":"les-soeurs-racines-offering-their-heart-and-their-vitamins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tourismebrome-missisquoi.ca\/en\/blogue\/les-soeurs-racines-offering-their-heart-and-their-vitamins\/","title":{"rendered":"Les S\u0153urs Racines, Offering their Heart and Their Vitamins"},"content":{"rendered":"

Plants, animals, but also, and above all, a lot of human spirit. Welcome to the emerging organic vineyard and the family-run enterprise Les S\u0153urs Racines<\/a>. The offer: fresh air and good food!<\/p>\n

When they left the macadam and their 4 \u00bd in the Saint-Henri district of Montr\u00e9al, environmentalist Sophie B\u00e9lair Hamel and sommelier Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Ouellet-Lacroix established their sandbox in Saint-Ignace-de-Stanbridge<\/a>. They did so, yes, for their own wellbeing because they wanted to make a move to the country, but also they wanted to offer their daughters Simone and Marine a magnificent playground.<\/p>\n

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Moving to the country is saying the least! Motivated by food self-sufficiency (pre-pandemic version!), by the quest for their life\u2019s purpose and by their lasting attachment to the diversified terroir here, with the help of some family capital, Sophie and Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric bought this eight-bedroom country house. In fact, three of these bedrooms are located in a self-contained unit, capable of accommodating eight people or two families of four. This rental unit opened in June 2020, and is well equipped to prepare meals using their farm\u2019s products (fresh eggs, sourdough bread, honey, maple syrup, fruits and vegetables, herbal infusions) or with products purchased from local farmers\u2019 markets.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAgritourism?\u201d \u00a0S\u0153urs Racines is more about an agricultural revolution, a total \u201cagri-immersion.\u201d Outside, luxuriant gardens, plump chickens, egg-laying hens, pigs, calves, lambs, and beehives maintained with the help of beekeeper Annie Patenaude. Can you envision the nurturing ecosystem here? \u201cIt took a bit of organic matter<\/em> in the system,\u201d explains Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric metaphorically, to avoid using the word \u201cmanure.\u201d On the edge of the forest, ten hectares of woodland and five kilometres of trails offer an intimate contact with the Laurentian flora, wearing boots in the summer, snowshoes or skis in winter, and with our skates on their frozen pond.<\/p>\n

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From the garden, we move on to the vineyard, which they began to develop in 2018 while trying to stay away from a monoculture-style production. This spring, they\u2019ll be planting more vines. The area will cover three hectares, almost the size of an average Qu\u00e9bec vineyard. Muscadet, Chardonnay, Gew\u00fcrztraminer, Pinot noir, Seyval, Frontenac Gris, their rustic, semi-rustic or non-hardy varieties are expected to produce some interesting, lively and floral blends. Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric is especially inspired and mentored by the well-known Farnham vineyard, Vignoble Les Pervenches. This pioneer of natural wines is a personal favourite of Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric, Sophie, and Mike and V\u00e9ro as well. With their project for a wine cellar to vinify their grape juice, they expect to reach profitability in 2022.<\/p>\n

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Having both worked in the restaurant business, Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric and Sophie\u2014the latter being the full-time general manager of her municipality\u2014have been around, and collected enough experiences to know how challenging food production can be. Along with their collaboration with Les Pervenches, to facilitate their work, and to bring about beautiful encounters, the couple has established several partnerships; Here with the Dunham Brewery to add a touch of wine to one of their brews; There with chef \u00c9ric Gendron of the Coin Meigs (Saint-Armand), allowing guests to reserve a supper directly at Les S\u0153urs Racines\u2019s B & B. \u201cBecause of the pandemic and the imposed confinement, we really feel the need to reconnect with people, to share, and exchange with one another,\u201d explains Sophie.<\/p>\n

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Following a diversified ecosystem, a human-scale ecosystem!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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