For the fourth consecutive year, British Columbia wines performed brilliantly at a top California wine competition.

British Columbia winegrape-growers enjoyed a record harvest and a return to normal in 2012, according to the province's annual crop report.

How do judges pick out the best wines? Gord Stimmell walks readers through the 19th tasting for the Ontario wine awards. Reassuringly, blind-tasting is the foundation of the judgements.

It was like Armaggedon in LCBO stores across the province on Thursday and that's exactly what the spin masters wanted to see. Everyone waited with bated breath while being told "talks are continuing in hopes of averting the strike, but if no deal is reached then the strike is on as of 12:01 a.m. Friday." Yikes.

Long lines of anxious drinkers formed in liquor stores across Ontario today ahead of the Victoria Day long weekend as a midnight strike deadline for store workers looms.

Award-winning vintages from Ontario wineries have won praise from experts the world over, so now it's time to venture deeper into our own backyard and discover the sources of all that acclaim.

Canada is re-introducing itself to the world by way of an essential and comprehensive tasting hosted today by The Canadian High Commission at Canada House, Trafalgar Square, London.

Canada's wineries are becoming increasingly focused on specific grape varieties as the country's wine industry matures.

The provincial government has made dozens of changes to its liquor laws, and released a list of those which are now in effect:

Ontario oenophiles looking for a glass of wine during the Victoria Day weekend will still have several options in the event of an LCBO strike.

Limits on transporting alcohol from U.S. to Canada pose problem for organizers.

163 Wine Rack locations across Ontario to remain open during strike

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.

Both sides were at the negotiating table Monday trying to avert a Victoria Day weekend liquor store strike.

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.

Vintners from British Columbia, Ontario and Nova Scotia are embracing effervescence

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.