Andrew Peller Ltd. and John Peller

chief executive officer: John Peller, chief executive officer of Andrew Peller Ltd., is jovial as he surveys the vines that helped turn the company into Canada biggest publicly listed winery, according to The Waterloo Record. Peller, 59, credits his Hungarian-immigrant grandfather for his foresight. "When my grandpa started the business in 1961, he had this vision of bringing the culture of wine and food from Europe to Canada and we laugh because it was the right vision, but he was 30 years too early," Peller said in an interview at the winery. It a cool spring morning and the expansive lawn in front of the winery is edged by a patio that will host parties and tastings all summer. That vision is paying off now for his grandson, who took over the family business in 1994. Constellation Brands Inc., the Victor, N.Y.-based beverage company, announced last month it was exploring an initial public offering of some of its Canadian wine business, Vincor Canada, the largest producer in the country. "If Vincor does go public, it going to have a halo effect to our brand and to anybody that wants to invest in the industry," Murray Souter, CEO of Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits Ltd., said in his office in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Andrew Peller stock is trading near its record as a cheaper currency and looser liquor regulations draw investors to Ontario booming wine industry. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.