Negotiations are currently underway between the jurisdictions that control liquor legislation in all the provinces in Canada on what the limits will be in each on bringing wine, beer and spirits across the border from another province.

Credit Billy Munnelly with one of the most memorable tastings at the annual Gourmet Food and Wine Expo in Toronto. The no-nonsense wine writer handed out bags of potato chips as the perfect match for a California sparkling wine he was serving. The crowd went wild. And why not?

According to senior vice-president Doug Anderson, "With the House of Commons unanimously approving Bill C-311 - to remove the limitation on importing wine from other provinces - it seems clear that Canadians will welcome this change."

Wine Country Ontario has kicked off its new advertising campaign with an innovative out-of-home advertisement located in a transit centre in downtown Toronto. Placing an actual glass of wine within the installation, the campaign's line reads "So close you can taste it."

"With Bill C-311 currently before the Senate, I want to reassure British Columbians our government is committed to opening domestic markets for B.C. wines," said Rich Coleman, B.C. Minister of Energy and Mines

Laughing Stock Vineyards has just been named as one of Canada's Fastest-Growing Companies in the 24th Annual PROFIT 200 ranking by PROFIT magazine.

The winery, founded in 2005 by partnering couples Gene & Shelly Covert and Kirby & Crystal Froese, changes names as the Froese family relocates to Saskatchewan

Bill C-311 will allow individuals to order and carry wine for personal use across provincial borders for the first time since 1928

That's what the owner of a Penticton winery wants, as a bill allowing wine imports from other provinces moves through parliament.

British Columbia Wine Institute welcomes Kate Crothers to its team as Communications Coordinator. Kate replaces Communications Manager Lindsay Kelm who begins a 1-year maternity leave on June 18.

The warehouses and distribution system - not the government liquor stores - were put up on the auction block as part of the government's $700-million asset sale announced in the provincial budget last February.

Despite the bill, the provinces, which skim fat profits through liquor-board markups, can still throw a wrench into the e-commerce locomotive. Under the terms of the amendment, they must set down laws defining "personal consumption."

Canadians currently go through about 13 litres of wine per capita.

Swiss banker-turned-winery owner Hanspeter Stutz raises a glass of honey-golden wine. "We have one of the hottest spots in the valley," he says of his 12-hectare vineyard.

The federal government is finally moving to modernize its alcohol transportation rules, amending a 1928 law that prevents people from buying wine across provincial borders.

But wait. The provinces apparently still think jail is a fine place for Internet wine shoppers. They interpret the law differently. Direct shipping is off the table, they say, and was never the intent of Bill C-311.

This law, which essentially opens up a whole new market to B.C.'s wine industry, has local wineries making changes to get ready to capitalize on this new market.

British Columbia winery owners say new regulations just introduced in this province prevent them from sending wine to other provinces despite last week's vote in the House of Commons to liberalize wine shipments

Many Canadian wine drinkers could be free to transport wines across provincial borders for the first time in their lives, if a new law passes as expected

With this bill, the federal government is simply 'getting out of the way', i.e. removing the illegality of transporting liquor across provincial borders. This bill is NOT yet law, and, but is anticipated to move quickly through the Senate and hopefully will receive Royal Assent this summer.