Arterra Wines Canada announced yesterday, Nov. 28, the purchase of Laughing Stock Vineyards, founded in 2003 by David and Cynthia Enns on the Naramata Bench.

Inniskillin Co-Founder Karl Kaiser has passed away at the age of 76. Kaiser, who was born in Austria in 1941 and immigrated to Canada in 1969, was recognised as one of the architects of the modern Canadian wine industry. He died peacefully on 22 November after complications from a stroke.

On Dec. 6 and 7, the Supreme Court of Canada, in a televised hearing, will hear the Comeau or 'New Brunswick Beer' case. The outcome is critical to the future growth and success of the B.C. wine and tourism industries. Currently, it is illegal for a tourist in the Okanagan to ship B.C. wine back home, unless he or she is from Saskatchewan, Manitoba or Nova Scotia. Internet orders are similarly illegal, except from those jurisdictions.

David Mulroney, who was this country's envoy to China from 2009 to 2012, says the case of two Canadian wine merchants held captive in Shanghai is a troubling sign of a bigger problem.

Embracing the weather and new technology, Western winemakers turn to fitz and fizz

Winery founders at crossroads ink share-purchase agreement in British Columbia

"Karl was one of the founding fathers of the Canadian wine industry, when he, together with his partner Donald Ziraldo, received the first winery licence since prohibition and founded Inniskillin in 1975, making it the first estate winery in Canada," Wright said.

Transaction comes two months after several other Okanagan winery sales

US company Puration has announced plans to have cannabis-infused drinks ready to launch when the drug is legalised in Canada next year

Farmers appear worried that the Trump Administration will withdraw the United States from the agreement that they believe has opened trade with Canada and Mexico.

'I think next year we'll see a number of vines just collapse,' says Summerhill Pyramid winemaker

Province lags behind, says industry group calling for fair pricing for bulk buyers

Wine professionals spent the past four days touring and learning about the Okanagan wine industry

What ultimately emerges from this union remains to be seen - even to Constellation and Ontario-based Canopy Growth Corp., a publicly traded medical marijuana grower and supplier with the apt stock symbol "WEED."

B.C. bars and restaurants are sick of being charged retail prices for liquor and the provincial government appears poised to offer some relief.

Summerhill Pyramid Winery one of 24 B.C. wineries registered to harvest for ice wine

The top wine professionals from around the world are visiting the Okanagan

The vineyard, established in 2004 by Chris and Betty Jentsch, is planted to cabernet sauvignon, merlot, cabernet franc, petit verdot, and malbec with a bit of viognier and a block of syrah

"The 2017 Wine BC BootCamp represents an unparalleled opportunity for the British Columbia wine industry to host 30 key national and international sommeliers, wine trade and media to experience first-hand the diversity of premium BC VQA Wine - meaning wine 100 per cent grown and made in B.C.," said Miles Prodan, president and CEO of the B.C. Wine Institute in a press release.

Wine woes blamed on LDB's new computer system, distribution practices