Cabernet Sauvignon is not only the first choice red wine with most wine lovers, it is also first choice with most grape growers and winemakers. Apart from its popularity with consumers, it can produce recognizable and wonderful reds almost anywhere it is grown.
The new, internationally recognised, standard will help countries identify and control fraudulent Canadian Icewines on their shelves, according to the Canadian Vintners Association
A booze price hike on the lowest-priced beer and liquor is supposed to moderate consumption, but to consumers like Richard White, it sounds like another government money grab
MLCC head Roman Zubach said the commission has been approached by a major entertainment organization with plans to open a new multiplex theatre that would include alcohol and food service.
The union representing workers at B.C.'s public liquor stores is pushing to open more locations on Sundays, saying the government is missing out on millions of dollars in potential revenues each year because it leaves the majority of its stores closed
Produced by wineries stretching from Minnesota through New York and in parts of Canada, winemakers have waited nervously for temperatures to drop low enough to harvest frozen fruit for ice wine. Many were finally able to do so last week, thanks to a short-lived cold snap. But winery operators say the delay resulted in far fewer usable grapes.
says in a report that partially or fully privatizing the sale of alcohol products will make liquor more accessible, more affordable and therefore potentially more damaging to society
Despite a tense and anxious spring and summer for British Columbia winemakers, the 2011 harvest should result in some good wines, Okanagan vintners say.
Canada has a Prohibition-era law that makes it illegal for individuals to take wine into another province without going through their liquor control board