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

The numbers are adding up for the Windsor region's growing wine industry: 1,300 acres of vineyards, 300 employees, dozens of awards and counting

Nothing's going to change until someone in government grasps the need to implement a viable wholesale price system, something which would definitely be on our wish list for this new year. Well, we can hope, can't we?

A new nationwide survey of 1,510 people finds four in 10 men believe there's a lingering stereotype about wine being a woman's drink. Of Canadians age 18 to 24, fully three-quarters consider wine more socially acceptable for older men to drink than guys their own age.

Fermentations!, a micro-make your own wine store held a blind tasting challenge of Fermentations! made wines vs more expensive wines commercially bought from the LCBO.

Magnotta Winery Corporation (TSX:MGN) shares soared Tuesday morning after the company revealed it is being taken private by its founding family in a deal worth just under $16 million. Magnotta stock jumped $1.02 to $2.84, a gain of 56 per cent when trading in the company resumed Tuesday on the TSX.

After mastering the viticulture trade down east, Andrew Shelswell has come back to Ontario and wants to try his talents at running his own operation in the growing South Coast wineries area.

The Ontario wine industry is trying to broaden the choice for Europeans -- and boost sales -- with a little help from Canadian trade commissioners in Europe. On tour in Italy were four Ontario wine makers: Cave Spring Cellars, Flat Rock Cellars, Malivoire and Norman Hardie Winery and Vineyard.

After a cool summer, the wine harvest in the Okanagan is running late

Despite being one of the coolest summers on record, the 2011 BC grape harvest has begun and promises to be another excellent vintage for the Wines of British Columbia.

Relentless rains through September have pushed back the harvest for wineries which are moving quickly with the recent sunny weather to catch up in their vineyards

awarded a total of 24 medals

When Bob Johnson and Petra Flaa chose the slogan "The adventure continues"

Solicitor-General Shirley Bond is considering steps B.C. can take to reduce the effect of an antiquated federal liquor law that makes it an offence to take wine across a provincial boundary.

But interprovincial ban on shipping alcohol remains an impediment to trade