Trialto Wine Group Ltd. announces it has joined Altovin, Calibrium and Liquid Art to form one company that now operates under the Trialto name.

A Toronto business student wants the Ontario government to sober up on a recent law banning those 21 and under from drinking even a sip of alcohol and getting behind the wheel.

The winegrape negotiations completed July 8 by the Grape Growers of Ontario, Wine Council of Ontario and the Winery & Grower Alliance of Ontario resulted in a groundbreaking two-year pricing agreement

The implementation of a new sustainability program for British Columbia grapegrowers is being hampered by a lack of funding, one of several signs of growing financial pressure on the industry.

The head of Niagara's economic development agency is leaving for the top job at a new winery trade association. Patrick Gedge is slated to become president and chief executive officer of the Winery and Grower Alliance of Ontario on Aug. 20.

State officials must ensure the fruit is free of destructive moth

The Eastern Townships, along the border with Vermont and Maine, are home to about a dozen and half wineries. They are strung among Victorian villages, covered bridges and other pleasures of the countryside

Ontario's cool climate institute hires specialists in cold hardiness and flavor chemistry

Report recommends industry develop a standard contract between growers and wineries

Sébastien Jacquey assumes the role of winemaker as Thomas Bachelder moves to set up his own consultancy business.

liquor is something the cash-strapped Liberal government must consider

Debris buries 40 acres of vines in British Columbia; dam failed

Vines, equipment, homes lost, but no casualties reported in Oliver avalanche

New Wines of Greece has recently formed a North American Wine Bureau with offices in New York, Montreal and Toronto to manage a three year-campaign designed to increase awareness of Greek wines with consumers, members of the trade and media.

On April 28, the province of Ontario announced that through the year 2014 it will invest a total of CAD $57 million in the success and long-term sustainability of its Vintners Quality Alliance (VQA) wines. Both VQA wines and Ontario grapegrowers will receive support through three initiatives.

Vineland Innovation Centre and Raytheon collaborate on microwave tech in Ontario

Grapegrowers and winemakers can simply go on line now to attend sessions of the popular lecture series held by the Cool Climate Oenology & Viticulture Institute (CCOVI) at Brock University in Ontario.

Although there are more than 50,000 wineries worldwide, Canadian wine agents typically only care about the five or six best producers within the various price ranges, regions and grape varietals. A winery may make a great product, but if its staff doesn't speak English or can't provide samples on time, few agents will take a chance on it. And agents have to pick carefully, because they typically can't represent competing brands in the same market band.

British Columbia's Okanagan Valley has reveled in the moniker "Napa of the North," but now at least one local vintner is looking for an Okanagan of the south, as he scouts properties in California.