{"id":2141,"date":"2025-06-16T08:57:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T12:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/domaine-heritage.com\/?p=2141"},"modified":"2026-08-07T11:31:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T15:31:11","slug":"media-background-context","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.domaine-heritage.com\/en\/media-background-context\/","title":{"rendered":"."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Background:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Tom Rand<\/a>\u00a0(Ontarian climate hawk author\/activist\/investor) met\u00a0Sandrine Tremblay<\/a>(Quebecois climate\/engineering superstar) on a VIA train in 2015. Not long after, miracle baby Henri Tremblay Rand came along. Tom took a lot more trains (and practiced his French) before becoming a proud Quebecer. As a country kid from Niagara-on-the-Lake, in 2019 Tom convinced Sandrine buying the original Domain Pinnacle property \u2013 home to Quebec\u2019s original ice cider – from well-known owners\/entrepreneurs Charlie and Sue Crawford was a good idea. To save the hundreds of century-old heritage apple trees \u2013 one of the largest remaining plots in Quebec – a new cider company,\u00a0Domaine Heritage<\/a>, was born. As a long time climate hawk, Tom has\u00a0written and spoken extensively<\/a>\u00a0about climate risk, local resilience and the\u00a0challenges our kids face<\/a>\u00a0in a warming world. Domaine Heritage is where young Henri will learn to face a warming world, together with his peers and neighbours. It\u2019s also where his dad first began to ponder the increasingly important role\u00a0nature might play<\/a>\u00a0in mitigating climate risk. We\u2019re proud to showcase Domaine Heritage as a\u00a0deeply carbon-negative operation<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong>\u00a0Resilience and mitigation go hand-in-hand \u2013 for all of us.<\/p>\n

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The property<\/strong> has a proud, if controversial, history. The house, built in 1859 close to the American border, was a beacon of hope for American slaves heading north on the Underground Railroad. Its unique white turret signalled to those escaping injustice they\u2019d reached Canadian soil. During Prohibition, things flowed the other way. A light in that same turret told US smugglers the coast was clear to move booze south. An abandoned still in the forest on the south edge of the property remains to this day.<\/p>\n

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We continue that tradition today with the introduction of Pommados(tm)\u2019 – the world’s first set of single-varietal apple brandies –<\/a> made in a (legal!) artisanal still. We like to think the property was twice on the right side of Canadian\/US history!<\/p>\n

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Heritage<\/strong>\u00a0is not just ancient trees and history, but something larger to preserve for the next generation.\u00a0As part of a growing local agri-tourism market, we\u2019re proud to showcase what\u2019s possible when you work to integrate climate awareness with business operations. After all, our common heritage is a living, breathing planet that we all need to protect, preserve and respect.<\/p>\n

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We hope you find our story, and efforts, interesting enough to pass along, and we look forward to seeing you this summer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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With warm regards from all of us,
Tom, Sandrine, Nellie & Henri<\/p>\n

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