"It's a lot to do with weather," said Debbie Zimmerman, CEO, Grape Growers of Ontario which is proclaiming the 2012 harvest one of the "highest valued crops" in the organization's 65-year monitoring history.

Visits to B.C. by U.S. tourists are down by more than a third over the past several years, according to a report from a Vancouver research group. Nearly 2.5 million American tourists came to B.C. in 2011, but that's 36 percent lower than the number that came 14 years earlier, according to the report from Urban Futures, a Vancouver research company.

Manitoba liquor commission workers feel the government agency is being a Grinch this Christmas by cancelling a long-standing tradition - the annual employee sale of discount liquor deemed unfit to sell in stores.

Ontario's laws remain staid silent on the inter-provincial importation of wine and according to lawyer Mark Hicken, that silence indicates a soon to be opening door.

Agri Marketing Program grant encouraging wine associations to cultivate interest in Asia, the U.S. and U.K.

Canadians are increasingly reaching for a glass of Beaujolais instead of beer and they're also drinking more domestic wines, says a new study on Canadian drinking habits.

Nk'Mip Cellars made a spectacular finish at the 2012 Wine Access Canadian Wine Awards bringing in no less than 14 medals, garnering them the extremely prestigious title of the #1 Winery in British Columbia and the #2 Winery in all of Canada.

The government announced Tuesday more than 70 changes in attempt to create what it calls "new opportunities and flexibility for businesses."

Nova Scotia wine drinkers would be able to import wine from other parts of Canada under provincial legislation proposed today

Macedonian wines of Dalvina winery were presented this weekend at the international wine festival "Gourmet Food & Wine Expo" in Toronto.

Nk'Mip Senior Winemaker Randy Picton is one of the most esteemed in the region, and is renowned for his commitment to making every vintage spectacular.

North America's first aboriginal winery declared #1 on the west coast at the Wine Access Canadian Wine Awards

When you picture a winery, you might imagine a rustic building nestled among breezy rows of grapes, not a cinder block bunker squeezed between a rail switching yard and an urban highway

Tawse wines were awarded 32 medals in the recent competition held by Wine Access Magazine, setting a record with both their overall medal count and their nine gold medals.

Canadian wine exports have increased steadily over the past few years - from $19-million in 2009, to close to $38-million in 2011. A large part of that bump in sales is due to the emergence of a vibrant Asian market, and its appetite for Canadian icewine.

An investment of $160,000 will support the Canadian Vintners Association's ongoing international market development and trade efforts to increase the awareness of the value, quality, and diversity of Canadian wines.

MP Kerry-Lynne Findlay, on behalf of Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, will be in Richmond, British Columbia, on Thurs., Nov. 15, to make an announcement in support of the Canadian wine industry and to highlight the benefits of Growing Forward 2's Innovation and Growth Agenda.

"Southern Exposure, How Pelee Island Winery Brought Winemaking Back to its Birthplace" is a soft-cover book that reveals the curiosity and serendipity that led to vineyards in the middle of Lake Erie.

How does one go from working in your family's hair salon in Vienna, Austria to establishing the first estate winery in the Okanagan? First you have to come to Edmonton and fall in love.

BMO Capital Markets predicts that Canadian wineries, which saw an average growth rate of 3.1 percent last year, will have a bright future thanks to growing wine sales.