Australian trade officials recently met with their Canadian counterparts to object to extra taxes and mark-ups on imported wine sold in Canada that the Australian wine industry believes breach international trade rules and threaten Australian wine sales.

The decision comes two weeks after Athena Gervais, 14, died after she reportedly consumed an 11.9 per cent alcohol energy drink called FCKD UP on her school lunch break.

The Canadian Vintners Association (CVA) applauds the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) Blended in Canada Wine Labelling Consultation report, which supports new wine label requirements for wine bottled and blended in Canada.

Nation's top court deliberating on case that centers on interprovincial wine shipments

Word of the pending ruling was the talk of the day at the ninth annual wine law seminar that Seattle-based Law Seminars International hosted in Vancouver on Feb. 26, days after Alberta called off a ban on imports of B.C. wine implemented in response to B.C.'s opposition to construction of a pipeline carrying bitumen from Alberta to processing facilities in Vancouver

A former diplomat, Colin Robertson is vice-president and fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute: For Canada, Trump times are trying times. In spite of constant provocation, the team around Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's team has successfully avoided making our policy differences personal. This is the right approach.

The Bacchanalia Gala Dinner + Auction kicked off the 40th Vancouver International Wine Festival on February 24 at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver with a spectacular evening of wine and food, topped by a thrilling live auction

after just two weeks as BC moved to challenge the ban in Federal courts

The B.C. Wine Institute announced today, Feb. 21 they will be seeking an injunction challenging the constitutionality of the ban imposed by the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission.

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley's decision to ban imports of British Columbia wine in her province is expected to cost B.C. winery owners about $70 million annually in sales unless they can find new buyers.

Deron Bilous says the potential fine Alberta faces for violating free trade rules is a pittance when set against the stakes of the Trans Mountain pipeline issue. "Let's compare the (maximum) $5 million in a fine versus the billions of dollars of investment and the thousands of jobs," Bilous told reporters at the legislature Tuesday.

Cellar-Tek Supplies, a winery, brewery, cidery and distillery supplier based in British Colombia and Ontario, has, for several months, been providing a new option that answers the increasing demand from wine-makers for a broader choice of winemaking and ageing tools

Licensed marijuana producer Canopy Growth Corp. is already collaborating with the maker of Corona Beer on cannabis-infused beverages even though government regulations on pot edibles won't crystallize until July 2019 at the earliest

Many BC wines will soon be showcased at all government-run liquor stores. April has been proclaimed BC Wine Month to help stave off possible losses linked to Alberta's boycott

British Columbia Wine Institute President and CEO Miles Prodan said today, Feb. 13, the damage has already been done, as Alberta retail shelves and restaurant coolers are emptied of B.C. wine products.

The Northern Grapes Webinar Series returns with a series of four webinars - scheduled for the second Tuesday of each month.

Premier Rachel Notley ups ante in spat over pipeline expansion

this is an utterly absurd move. An act of pointless grandstanding that contravenes the ethos of free trade that is supposed to pin this country together. But then so was B.C.'s announcement last week that it would bar additional shipments of diluted bitumen in its waterways until it could study the effect of Alberta's chief export in water. B.C.'s announcement, which was only a proposal - all the better to avoid an actual court challenge - was patently unconstitutional to boot.

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley announced Tuesday that Alberta is banning wine from B.C. wineries effective immediately. "This is one good step to waking B.C. up to the fact that they can't attack our industry without a response from us," Notley said at a legislature news conference. "The Alberta Gaming and Liquor Control Board will put an immediate halt to the import of B.C. wine into Alberta."

'We have to take in account the tastes and the preferences of cannabis consumers of the future'