Wine producers, Kalala Organic Estate Winery, Kelowna, British Columbia – See how Karnail is proud of his family and their work on the organic farm.
Transcript
We are operating about 70 acres of land, majority of this is vineyard, but we do also grow organic apples which we sell to fresh market and we use for our juice. We are, I think one of the very first wineries in Westbank to be organic. And other uniqueness is, I think there's only one person who works here whose first language is English. We have employees from all different corners of the world. It’s very satisfying work, farming for me, because then you've produced something to serve the community. So it's very satisfying when I produce a product and to go to the people, they can consume it. Oh, I wake up very proudly because I feel proud of what I'm doing and I feel proud of what we established. I feel proud of my family, what we did. And I wake up happy to go to work. I would personally say I really don't feel there is any challenge. Mainly, it's your mindset. I think it comes from Native people. “The land... ...is the gift for the future generations.” That really inspires me.
[Upbeat music begins]
[A montage of images shows the harvest and pressing of grapes for wine. It ends with an image of a single cluster of yellow grapes hanging off a branch with the sun shining behind.]
[Images move quickly, the screen divides into nine with images of the vineyard, grapes, bottles of wine, workers tending the vines and operating the equipment, ending with full screen of green grapes.]
Text on screen: Meet the people behind your food
[Karnail Singh Sidhu stands in front of a steel fermentation tank, laughing.]
Text on screen: Karnail Singh Sidhu – Wine Producer, West Kelowna, British Columbia
Karnail Sidhu: We are operating about 70 acres of land, majority of this is vineyard…
[An aerial view of West Kelowna and the rows of vines.]
...but we do also grow organic apples which we sell to fresh market, and we use for our juice.
[An overhead view as employees harvests grapes, a close-up of an employee puts a net over the crops, cuts a cluster of grapes off a vine, and pours clusters of grapes from a bucket into a big container.]
Text on screen: What makes your operation unique?
[A close-up view of an employee holding a cluster of grapes in their hands, with a bin of grapes directly underneath their hands.]
We are, I think, one of the very first wineries in Westbank to be organic.
[An employee leans over and moves around the clusters of grapes within the large bin and a close-up view of the grapes.]
And other uniqueness is...
[An employee drives a small forklift carrying a large white stacked bins and places them down on the ground.]
...I think there's only one person who works here whose first language is English.
[A close-up view of Karnail.]
We have employees from all different corners of the world.
[A montage of employees at the Kalala winery -- in the fields and in the offices.]
Text on screen: What do you like about your work?
[Karnail walks down a row of vines, eats a grape. An employee drives a tractor away with a bin of grapes on the back and Karnail drives a tractor.]
It's very satisfying work, farming for me, because then you've produced something to serve the community.
[An employee guides the tractor as it drops a load of grapes into a machine, a close-up view of grapes falling into a container as it's being mixed by a machine. Karnail fills up a cylinder with red wine from the steel fermentation tank.]
So it's very satisfying when I produce a product and to go to the people, they can consume it.
[Karnail smiles and pours red wine into a wine glass at a bar for a customer and a close-up view of the customer swirling the glass of red wine.]
Text on screen: How do you start your day?
[Karnail uses a long brush to clean some equipment and stands over a fermentation tank.]
Oh, I wake up very proudly because I feel proud of what I'm doing and I feel proud of what we established. I feel proud of my family, what we did.
[Karnail outside on the tractor. Inside the fermentation room, he checks the hydrometer in a graduated cylinder filled with red wine, he stands outside smiling beside his wife and daughter. Karnail in front of the steel fermenter.]
And I wake up happy to go to work.
Text on screen: What are the challenges of organic farming?
[Karnail holds a graduated cylinder filled with liquid and smells it, checks the gauge of one of the fermenters and Karnail stands in front of the fermenter, gives two thumbs up.]
I would personally say I really don't feel there is any challenge. Mainly, it's your mindset.
Text on screen: What inspires you most?
[The company’s logo on the wall, which says in gold writing “KALALA Organic Estate Winery”.]
I think it comes from Native people.
[A bird's eye view of the rows of vines with a tractor between the rows with employees trailing behind to harvest.]
“The land is the gift for the future generations.”
[Karnail talks to the camera.]
That really inspires me.
[Cut to a close-up of multiple wine bottles in a row, each with a medal around the bottle.]
Text on screen: Canadian farmers and agricultural businesses work to feed you and future generations. Discover how they are growing a better future. Canada.ca/Taste-the-Commitment
[Karnail smiles and holds a grape up to the camera with the crop fields in the background.]
Text on screen: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada – Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada
[Government of Canada wordmark.]
[Upbeat music ends.]
[End.]
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