Canada's agriculture minister, Lawrence MacAulay, discussed the upcoming North American Free Trade Agreement renegotiation with Idaho farming industry leaders as well as directors of 13 Western state agriculture departments.
The latest trip is meant to highlight how important trade between the two countries is to their respective agricultural sectors, officials at Agriculture Canada told reporters. MacAulay is also scheduled to make the keynote address at the Pacific Northwest Economic Region Summit and the Western Association of State Departments of Agriculture annual meeting.
With several complaints from the United States against liquor retailing practices already in play in Canada, including a complaint to the World Trade Organization over grocery store sales of domestic wines in British Columbia, NAFTA renegotiations present a significant opportunity for the U.S. wine industry. Canada is No. 1 country for U.S. wine exports, but discriminatory practices remain ...
Canada's most prolific wine author, John Schreiner, has published 16 books on the subject (and that's not factoring in heavily revised second and third editions of several titles).
Following another successful Annual General Meeting (July 11, 2017 at Spirit Ridge Resort, Osoyoos), the BC Wine Institute (BCWI) is pleased to announce its new Board of Directors.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says in a Thursday statement that it had not "fully considered" the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement in reaching its ruling. The agency says the wines do in fact adhere to the agreement and can be sold as currently labeled.
A new winery in Oliver projected to open in spring of 2019 will cost the owner nearly $100 million to launch. So says Ingo Grady, president of Phantom Creek Estates on Black Sage Road.
Lydia Tomek, head winemaker at Burning Kiln Winery, isn't one to hold back on her opinions. Not about wine. Not about agriculture. And not about the job her team of women do at Burning Kiln winery near Long Point, on the north shore of Lake Erie.