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    -MEDIA ADVISORY/SAVE THE DATE-"Grape Expectations": Canadian Wine Executives Join BMO Panel for Industry Outlook

    - Presidents of Peller Estates, CedarCreek Estate Winery and Peninsula Ridge Estates join BMO to discuss challenges and opportunities

    - BMO Wine Report: Wineries output has grown at average annual rate of 7.6 percent since 1998; reliance on domestic market has increased in last decade while exports have declined

    TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Aug. 26, 2011) -

    Attention food, lifestyle and business journalists

    With grape harvest season around the corner, media are invited to attend a roundtable discussion with some of Canada's major wine producers from Ontario and British Columbia, along with BMO National Manager of Agriculture, David Rinneard. The panellists will discuss topics including the growth of international competition, the expansion of the domestic market and the impact of economic challenges over the past two years on Canadian wine producers.

    WHAT: BMO Panel on the Wine Industry in Canada
    • International competition
    • Growth of domestic market
    • Recovery from economic downturn
    • Impact of high Canadian dollar
    WHO: John E. Peller, President and CEO, Andrew Peller Limited – Ontario
    Gordon Fitzpatrick, President, Cedar Creek Estate Winery – BC
    Norm Beal, President, Peninsula Ridge Estates Winery – Ontario
    David Rinneard, National Manager, Agriculture, BMO Bank of Montreal
    WHEN: Monday August 29, 2011, at 1:00 p.m. ET
    WHERE: Media are invited to participate through conference call
    Dial in: 416-641-2144 / 866-696-5910
    Passcode: 3575533
    For further information:
    For more information or to confirm attendance,
    please contact:
    Paul Cunliffe, Toronto
    (416) 867-3996
    paul.cunliffe@bmo.com

    Alexis Brown, Toronto
    (416) 867-3996
    alexis.brown@bmo.com

    Ronald Monet, Montreal
    (514) 877-1873
    ronald.monet@bmo.com

    Laurie Grant, Vancouver
    (604) 665-7596
    laurie.grant@bmo.com