{"id":17873,"date":"2014-02-23T04:05:50","date_gmt":"2014-02-23T09:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/?p=17873"},"modified":"2014-02-23T17:28:36","modified_gmt":"2014-02-23T22:28:36","slug":"bc-winery-james-cameron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/bc-winery-james-cameron\/","title":{"rendered":"Director James Cameron Buys BC Winery"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"James<\/a>Director James Cameron recently bought Beaufort Winery in Comox Valley on Vancouver Island, British Columbia for an undisclosed price. (Wouldn’t we like to know.)<\/p>\n

Cameron joins a growing roster of movie celebrity winemakers<\/a>. Husband-and-wife team, Susan and Jeff Vandermolen, founded the winery in 2006, and will consult for at least a year.<\/p>\n

James, the director of blockbuster movies such as Avatar ($2.7 billion), Titanic, Aliens and The Terminator, wanted to buy agricultural land in the region as a way of spending more time with his family in Canada; he was born in Chippewa, Ontario.<\/p>\n

Even though winemaking wasn’t his first interest, he thought it would enhance his plans in sustainable agriculture, having already purchased a cattle ranching operation. He’s also recently become a vegan.<\/p>\n

Beaufort Vineyard and Estate produces about 2,000 cases a year, including several red blends wines, Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Pinot Noir, Pinot Noir ros\u00e9 and a traditional method sparkling red wine, all in the moderate range of $16 to $24. There are about 8 acres of vineyards planted on the 84 acres of property.<\/p>\n

Even though his roots are Canadian, Cameron could afford to buy a luxurious estate in Napa or even newer wineries on the outskirts of Los Angeles, where much of his business interests take him. Instead, he decided to invest in B.C. I think that decision deserves an Oscar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Director James Cameron recently bought Beaufort Winery in Comox Valley on Vancouver Island, British Columbia for an undisclosed price. (Wouldn’t we like to know.) Cameron joins a growing roster of movie celebrity winemakers. Husband-and-wife team, Susan and Jeff Vandermolen, founded the winery in 2006, and will consult for at least a year. James, the director of blockbuster movies such as Avatar ($2.7 billion), Titanic, Aliens and The Terminator, wanted to buy agricultural land in the region as a way of spending more time with his family in Canada; he was born in Chippewa, Ontario. Even though winemaking wasn’t his first […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[338,109,280,7,337,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academy-awards-wine","category-bc-wines","category-celebrity-wines-wine-articles","category-culture-humor","category-oscar-wine","category-wine-articles"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17873"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17875,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17873\/revisions\/17875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}