With the British Columbia Wine Institute estimating the province's grape crop reaching 35,000 tons this year, some observers are talking about the potential for a surplus.

"The success of our region is making wines that show elegance and finesse, and not power." The Niagara Peninsula is a cool climate region and the wines will always be more about fresh acidities and bright fruit than the creamier textured, more dark-fruited wines of warmer climates.

The Canadian Vintners Association's has received $160,000 in federal funding to support its ongoing international market development and trade efforts.

Nova Scotia is amending legislation to allow individuals to directly import 100 percent certified locally grown and produced Canadian wine for personal use.

"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.