The leaders of British Columbia's two main parties headed into a sprint to get their message out Monday, one day before the finish line would deliver one of them a victory.
On Thursday, May 9 the vested interests in Ontario's beverage alcohol industry gathered at an Economic Club of Canada luncheon at Toronto's Delta Chelsea Hotel to hear why the province should move to a mixed public/private retail model of selling wine, beer and spirits.
As Ontarians prepare for the next provincial election, competing visions of how to best retail Ontario's high quality VQA wines - and alcohol generally - is becoming an issue worth watching.
The Okanagan growing season is short at the best of times and it was going to take a sustained period of warmth in the precious months ahead for the vines to play catchup in the sprint to harvest.
In a speech to be delivered Thursday to the Economic Club of Canada, Ian Baillie, executive director, Alliance of Beverage Licensees B.C., also encourages Ontario to stay away from putting beers in corner stores, warning that problems outweigh the benefits of convenience.
Addressing the research and education needs of the Canadian grape and wine industry will be made easier with a new partnership established this week between Brock University and Acadia University.
Oenophiles can vote for their favourite food and wine pairing with a new online competition that launched Thursday.
Instead of experts weighing in with their choices, the Great Canadian Wine Match lets ordinary wine drinkers from coast to coast vote for their favourite wine and food pairings.
The total sales revenues for the 4th quarter of 2012 grew 53 percent from prior year to approximately $169,839 and total annual sales revenues for 2012 grew 35 percent from the prior year to $511,854.