The Columbia Valley's most celebrated suds have been recorded for early 2013, and it may not come as much of a surprise who melds the most popular mixture of yeast, barley, hops and malt. Budweiser earned first place for most popular beer.

In your travels this year, instead of going abroad consider the many wine regions and vineyards of Canada. Every province has at least one winery and exceptional scenery that is unique to each region and you have some first class wine destinations.

They're among 35 stores the LCBO will open this year, seven this month alone. Bob Peter, LCBO CEO and president, said at the east Windsor store opening that he expects another 35 store openings next year.

Mr. Aspler emphasized the need to celebrate our land, our terroir. He thinks we are overly diverse and wants us to make terroir-driven wines.

Former Vincor chief Donald Triggs has launched his new winery, the Culmina Family Estate, in British Columbia's Okanagan.

The club complained after the LCBO began demanding that it supply individual members' names, addresses and phone numbers along with each order.

A gated community of million-dollar homes surrounding a world-class golf course is not what you would expect to find in eastern Ontario. It fits more with the lifestyle of the super-rich in California or Florida.The lead Chinese investor has already acquired the site - a winery on 600 acres of land - located a little more than an hour's drive south of Ottawa.

Conducted by an international accounting and research firm - Frank, Rimerman + Co, the research also found that the wine industry annually generates around $1.2bn in federal and provincial tax revenue, around $1.2bn in tourism revenue and creates over 31,000 jobs in the country.

For every bottle of wine produced in Canada there is $31 of domestic economic impact generated in the country. The wine and grape industry is responsible for more than 31,000 jobs in Canada from manufacturing, agriculture, tourism, transportation, research, restaurants and retail.

Ann Cavoukian issued a ruling Friday ordering the LCBO to stop gathering the information and destroy any data collected from clubs so far, following a complaint lodged last year by the Toronto-based Vin de Garde wine club.

"This study shows just how rapidly the Nova Scotia wine industry is becoming a major economic driver in the province," Nick Jennery, the Winery Association of Nova Scotia's chief executive officer, said Tuesday.

Liquor Stores N.A. Ltd, North America's largest publicly traded liquor retailer today reported its results for the fourth quarter and year ended Dec. 31, 2012.

The Liquor Control Board of Ontario has been violating the privacy of people who belong to wine, beer or spirit clubs by tracking their consumption habits, according to the province's Information and Privacy Commissioner.

A new study by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), found Canadians drink more than 50 per cent above the global average. And it's no time to be imbibing - alcohol is now the third leading cause of the global burden of disease and injury.

Here's the geographical rundown, courtesy of Mark Hicken, a Vancouver lawyer who has been advising Canadian wineries.

Good question.

If approved, Albariño and Verdejo would be eligible for Canadian VQA designation.

Production has been limited to about 5,000 cases per year due to limitations on grape crop sizes, and also of production facilities and warehouse space.

Canada's wine business is booming. To what do we owe this present day Renaissance of pleasant surprise and coast to coast quality?

Alcohol costs the Canadian economy $14.6 billion in indirect health care and social costs each year and is one of the leading contributors to disease and disability in the Americas. From pricing and retail availability to advertising and the legal drinking age, many factors affect the harms alcohol poses to a community.