The increase averaged 30% across all classes of liquor, and added 75 cents to the wholesale price of a bottle of wine, but following retail markup and taxes, the increase added at least $1 to every bottle's price.

The Liquor Control Board of Ontario avoided a strike early this morning as the Ontario Public Service Employees Union extended a deadline indefinitely for a walkout that had been set for 12:01 a.m. today.

Province withholds help in the absence of joint strategies for a healthier industry

Environmentalists are launching a Put the O back in LCBO campaign to raise awareness about Cellared in Canada wines.

Ontarians who think they are supporting Ontario farmers by buying wine sold as "Cellared in Canada" are unknowingly supporting foreign grapes or grape products, the Ontario Greenbelt Alliance warned today. Under the current Ontario law, Cellared in Canada wines can contain up to 70% foreign grapes or grape product.

The son of Howard Lavelle Staff remembers him as a hard-working, prominent Niagara grape grower and a community leader. Staff, who was known as Lavelle, died last Wednesday with his wife, Lula, by his side at Beamsville's Albright Manor. He was 89.

While oenophiles don't think twice about relatively newer wine regions such as Australia, New Zealand and Chile deserving praise for their vintages, Canadian wines still appear to get the shock

Area next to the Okanagan being noticed for its award-winning vintages

Area next to the Okanagan being noticed for its award-winning vintages

A network of 20 wine shops, known as "VQA stores" because they were originally licensed by the province to sell wines bearing the seal of the Vintners Quality Alliance program administered by the B.C. Wine Institute, have levied a 6% surcharge on wines supplied by non-BCWI members.

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When it comes to identifying clearly from where wine comes, B.C. lags behind other New World regions.

Beer, spirits or wine? It seems Canadians are saying "yes please" to all three, according to a survey released yesterday on alcohol purchasing habits nationwide.

Plans call for launching in Ontario as well as in Washington State

A slumping economy and drooping worldwide wine consumption has forced wineries in the Okanagan to find ways to increase sales.

Toronto police cut short a demonstration by about 30 pro-Palestinian Jews calling for a boycott of kosher Israeli wines outside a liquor store.

After a challenging 2008 grape season, which left a surplus of about 2,300 tonnes of fruit without a buyer, the government expects wineries and grape growers to come together with ideas to fix the industry,

Canadian wineries received a total of seven medals and 14 special mentions at the prestigious awards, which were officially announced in Verona at the world's largest wine fair.

The seminar, "Eco-friendly Wine: Over-hyped, Over-priced?" addressed the rising interest in sustainable viticulture and wine production, certification practices and consumer response.

Canada-based Kalala Organic Estate Winery plans to introduce its products in the Indian market. The company sees potential for its ice wines in the country.