Things are so flush that an overpayment by the government of the commission commercial wineries earn for delivering their products directly to wholesale customers (such as Liquor Retail Stores) is not worth recovering.

Hard cider company will relocate to Geneva, partner with local entities

In this off-the-wall episode for wine lovers featuring on- location reviews of some exclusive Okanagan, BC wineries, the Slippers team reviews wine from TH Wines (www.Thwines.com) in Summerland and the View Winery Vineyard in Kelowna (http://www.theviewwinery.com/).

Rota, along with five other board members represented by another lawyer were facing provincial charges charges under the Liquor Licence Act of Ontario after a fatal car crash in September 2014.

Ontario winery's system relies on microorganisms and fits tight spaces and budgets

Church & State Wines hired Vancouver-based Brandever, the design firm run by Bernie Hadley-Beauregard. He has had many home runs since he created the name and the labels for Blasted Church Vineyards in 2002. He has also created a lot of quirky names. One of those that never made it, thankfully, was Dangling Carrot. The owners of that winery preferred Backyard Vineyards.

Members of the wine industry say demand for workers will only grow

A new smartphone app hopes to convince more Canadians to have wine, beer and spirits delivered to their home.

An internal government document shows a mistake within the B.C. Liquor Distribution Branch (LDB) has led to a million dollar mis-allocation of funds paid to the province's biggest commercial wineries

Kismet Estate Winery will be celebrating their double platinum and three silver medals winnings in the British Columbia wine awards on October 10th and 11th at their winery on Road 20 in Oliver, BC. The event will include exotic food and wine pairings and entertainment.

A historic trade pact among a dozen Pacific-rim nations will get its first popularity test in Canada, as Prime Minister Stephen Harper tries to sell the agreement ahead of elections in two weeks.

while the previous generation can call on more extensive knowledge of the category, this new group, dubbed Generation Treaters by the report's authors, don't have the same level of understanding and tend to use third party validation ...

An aged sparkling wine by Jackson-Triggs Okanagan Estate received the Premier's Award as best in show for the 2015 British Columbia Wine Awards.

"Grocery stores are just starting wine sales in British Columbia," Kim Pullen, president of Church and State Winery, said Tuesday. "If the model expands, small B.C. wineries will be in trouble."

Recently, a small group of BC wineries spoke out against recent changes to new provincial laws that open up new sales channels to 100%-BC grown and produced wines.

The coalition -- the B.C. Alliance for Smart Liquor Retail Choices -- feels that the sale of B.C. wines in grocery stores will eventually force small to medium sized B.C. wineries out of business.

City planner Ryan Smith says as part of their sales license, those stores will only be able to stock wine. That means other types of liquor like beer and spirits will not be available.

A senior Conservative source says the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement has provisions that protect the definition of ice wine. Only products that use the traditional production method of harvesting frozen grapes off the vine would be able to call themselves ice wine.

Retrospective tasting prompts leaders to reflect on progress, wine aging ability

The B.C. government allowed sale of wine on store shelves in April, but just two stores are selling so far