Ontario's restaurant owners want the province's liquor agency to give them the same deep discounts it gives to diplomats. The Liquor Control Board of Ontario last month started giving foreign embassies and consulates a 49 percent discount on beer, wine and liquor prices.

So far, only B.C. and Manitoba allow buyers to direct-order wine, with Nova Scotia also pursuing changes

Few provinces allow consumers to order from outside wineries, despite change in federal law

The Naramata Bench Winery Association is fed up with "antiquated barriers to trade of BC wine within Canada" according to representative, Miranda Halladay.

Re: Every study supports ending the LCBO monopoly, Star editorial, July 16.

Mercier has winemaking in his blood. Born in Cognac, France, he grew up in the vineyard at his family's estate. "When I was a kid I spent all my free time with my father in the vineyard, or in the winery," says Mercier. "I learned at a young age the significance of every detail when striving for the best quality."

WestJet and the Okanagan Wine Festivals Society announced this week an innovative partnership to showcase the impressive wines of the famed British Columbia Okanagan Valley on flights operated by WestJet Encore this summer.

University describes new 'cheaper, easier' tannin assay coming soon.

On June 28, supporters of the grassroots FreeMyGrapes campaign from across Canada had planned to open commemorative bottles of Canadian wine to mark the one-year anniversary of Bill C-311.

Belinda Kemp has been named the new senior scientist in oenology at Brock University's Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute (CCOVI).

On June 28, supporters of the grassroots FreeMyGrapes campaign from across Canada had planned to open commemorative bottles of Canadian wine to mark the one-year anniversary of Bill C-311. This federal legislation had rectified an 84-four year old, prohibition-era law that made it a criminal offence for Canadians to carry or ship wine across provincial borders.

"We are pleased to welcome our two new Board members, and particularly happy to have a Similkameen Valley representative on the Board."

Lower alcohol prices in Ontario and easier access in corner stores won't eliminate high costs of disease, abuse and personal tragedies.

The LCBO is going through its biggest ever expansion, with 65 new or expanded stores now in the works across the province, including about a new one a month in the GTA.

A new sales agreement will see Township 7 Winery represented by Renaissance Wine Merchants in B.C., Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

GreenLane Estate Winery, a Canada-based wine maker, has opened its new winemaking facility at 3751 King Street in Vineland, Canada to increase its production capacity from 2,800 cases to 3,000 cases by the next vintage.

Township 7 Winery and Renaissance Wine Merchants are pleased to announce a sales agreement between the two companies effective immediately. Renaissance will represent Township 7 in BC, Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

World's First Major Newspaper to Deploy Cloud-Based Wine Ecommerce

The new study, conducted for the Ontario Convenience Store Association by the University of Waterloo economist Anindya Sen, strongly suggests that a network of licensed alcohol retail stores could increase the province's revenue while still lowering the prices paid by consumers

Giroux has years of demonstrated expertise in national wine marketing and winery strategic planning most recently as an independent consultant to wineries across Canada and internationally.