Spencer Kelly joins CheckMate Artisanal Winery as Winemaker/General Manager. Kelly returns to the Okanagan from the Napa Valley where he was Winemaker at Eisele Vineyard, part of Francois Pinault's (Kering|Gucci, Saint Laurent, Alexander McQueen) Artemis Domaines whose holdings include Chateau Latour and Clos de Tart. Over the eight years he led winemaking at Eisele Vineyard, Kelly's wines consistently scored above 95 points. He worked with Chateau Latour's technical team and participated in a harvest at Clos du Tart.

In a report commissioned by Wine Growers British Columbia, Cascadia Partners has found that the recent climate-change related freeze events in December 2022 resulted in devastating short-term and long-term effects on BC's wine grape crops. "Initial forecasts following the freeze event showed a potential crop reduction of 39 to 56 percent. Following budbreak, our industry-wide research concluded that our worst fears were realized with a 54 per cent reduction in 2023 and 45 percent of total planted acreage suffering long-term irreparable damage," remarks Miles Prodan, President and CEO of Wine Growers British Columbia.

Partake Brewing, the low-calorie leader in the non-alcoholic craft beer space, announces a new packaging design that demonstrates a visual storytelling appealing to today's multi-faceted, modern drinker who partakes in it all.

This summer UBCO is hosting two separate full-day Wine Tasting Ability (WTA) BC Canada Level One courses where people can learn the vocabulary of wine tasting, wine-making principles, and the many different types of wine.

George Brown College (GBC) has announced the results for the Ontario Wine Awards (OWA) 2023, the province's most prestigious wine competition and awards program. The OWA, founded by Tony Aspler in 1985, recognizes Ontario Vintners Quality Alliance (VQA) wines for their quality, distinction, and brilliance. A total of 558 wines were entered in this year's competition held at GBC and were judged by a panel of 10.

Corby Spirit and Wine signed a definitive agreement to acquire 90% of the outstanding shares of Ace Beverage Group Inc.

Nearly 17,800 square miles have burned since the beginning of the year.

The company will draw upon its dataset to provide winemakers with insights and resources for improving cellar management practices. BarrelWise has collected over 32,000 free SO2 measurements, with thousands added monthly.

There will be less production, but there is no need to buy into end-of-the-industry stories that seem to grab the headlines

Today, Commerce7, the leading direct-to-consumer sales platform for the wine industry, has announced the launch of restaurant tools including POS modifiers and kitchen ticket printing. These tools were designed to help wineries with food options streamline their operations by simplifying the management of menu items and kitchen orders.

Winemakers Ann Sperling and Peter Gamble have been working with Faik Turkmen since he got into grape growing and started building his Stonebridge label. The husband-and-wife team have been involved in key winery startups in Ontario and Nova Scotia, including Stratus and Benjamin Bridge. Gamble acts as lead consultant, while Sperling advises the vineyard and cellar teams. Extensive replanting is needed, in part to help focus the production.

Wine Growers British Columbia has launched Pour More BC, a hospitality program developed to support and promote BC restaurants with BC focused wine lists. The program is designed to benefit everyone involved - from the BC wineries crafting premium wines, to the restaurants serving by the glass or bottle, and finally to the consumers who enjoy them.

Less than a year after its launch, the official whisky for the Calgary Stampede is well on its way to becoming the greatest whisky on Earth, capturing Gold at the prestigious San Francisco World Spirits Competition, Eau Claire Distillery announced today.

Cool climate wines are on the rise and Ontario's wine country is on the cutting edge of cool. Featuring 150 Ontario VQA wineries, the 2023/24 Wine Country Ontario Travel Guide is the key to mapping out your perfect Ontario wine country adventure.

The Corby Board of Directors is pleased to declare a dividend of $0.21 per Voting Class A Common Share and Non-Voting Class B Common Share of the Company, in excess of the Company's dividend policy and normalizing to pre-pandemic levels. This dividend is payable on June 6, 2023 to shareholders of record as at the close of business on May 23, 2023.

One of the biggest challenges facing the wine industry, and particularly the Okanagan, is adapting to a changing climate.

In the past 24 hours alone, 16 new fires have ignited in Alberta, Wildfire Information Unit Lead Christie Tucker said during a Sunday evening news conference. Fighters across the province are still battling 98 wildfires, 27 of which were burning "out of control," according to Alberta officials.

Put on your sunscreen and pop the lid off your LandShark! LandShark Canada is celebrating the warmer weather with three new promotional packs: Fin to Win Sweepstakes, a Margaritaville Trip Giveaway and every Fin Fan's favourite -- T-Shirt In Case.

April is BC Wine month and that means it's officially wine season, with wineries across the South Okanagan reopening their doors to welcome locals and tourists-alike.

The deal, which is being described as a natural alignment and shared vision between the Blue Grouse team and the next generation of the Jackson family, has been heralded as a "dedication to environmental stewardship".