John Peller, President & CEO of Andrew Peller joins Bloomberg TV Canada's Pamela Ritchie to discuss why Constellation Brands' IPO for Canadian wine segment would be good for the Canadian wine market.

The popular festival in downtown Ottawa, at the Jordan block, 101 W. Main St., has become a mainstay in the community and is known for not only enticing local citizens to taste test Illinois-produced wine, but also in introducting the Ottawa downtown area to those visiting from outside of the city limits.

A conference on Canada's economic future got a taste Wednesday of a possible new strategy for the country: Becoming a world leader in the burgeoning marijuana industry.

Among the things I noted as I tasted: alcohol levels and prices are continuing to rise.

Constellation Brands Inc., the beer, wine and spirits producer and marketer, is seeking a valuation of roughly C$1 billion ($771 million) for the initial public offering of its Canadian wine business later this year, according to people familiar with the matter.

If you're looking for a fun way to spend your Sunday afternoon, you won't have to go farther than the Westside Wine Trail.

Canada faces an increasing shortage of farmworkers and will need more foreign guestworkers to maintain its tree fruit and vegetable sectors.

Owner Pete Luckett told The Chronicle Herald he had bought 11 hectares of land in Avonport, near his Wolfville-area winery. The purchase, along with 22 acres worth of contracts with two new grape growers in Hantsport and Falmouth, meant 2020's harvest would likely total twice the size of last year's.

As the door closes on one ICCW symposium, organizers are already looking to the next one.

Serendipity Winery's Katie O'Kell has just returned from a practicum at New Zealand's ultra-modern Delegat Wine Estate, processing the 2016 vintage. Just before this, she completed her winemaking certificate from UC Davis in California, receiving an impressive 100% on her final exam.

The British Columbia Wine Institute received funding for its Wine and Culinary Tourism (WCT) strategy this week with the announcement of recipients of Destination British Columbia's Co-op Marketing Partnerships Program, developed to support communities and key provincial tourism sectors in leveraging funding to maximize marketing impact and drive tourism revenues in BC.

The 10th International Cool Climate Wine Symposium (ICCWS) will take place in July 2020, attracting hundreds of grape and wine researchers, trade professionals and media from wine regions around the world to gather and share research knowledge.

Canada will host the 10th edition in July 2020, a first for North America, as announced at this weekend's 9th quadrennial International Cool Climate Wine Symposium held in Brighton England.

Wine in B.C. grocery stores is receiving strong consumer approval - particularly from women

Canada will play host to the 2020 International Cool Climate Wine Symposium, according to an announcement made at the ICCWS's 2016 edition recently held in Brighton, England.

Despite what city council thinks, the co-owner of Harper's Trail winery wants wine in Save on Foods.

It has been two years since the last crop report, but this week, the 2015 British Columbia Wine Grape Crop Report was released and shows an increase of 1% (from 31,383 to 31,640 tons) over 2013 in total estimated tonnage.

In an industry awash with such lofty-sounding designations as "château," "domaine" and "estate," it takes confidence to call your winery a farm. Heidi Noble, the owner of JoieFarm in British Columbia, embraces that title with pride. She's not above reminding her loyal customers that great wine is made in rubber boots, a product of dirt and sweat.

Funds for new vineyard plantings, research, marketing and quality standards available for next four years

Oppenheimer joins the team with more than 25 years of experience in the beverage alcohol industry. Most recently, Scott served as Senior Vice President, Control States and Military, for Moet Hennessy USA. Prior to that, he has held various sales, marketing and leadership roles at Millennium Import Company, Gilbey of Canada, Heublein and E & J Gallo Winery