In June 2022, the federal government will start charging Canadian winemakers an excise duty at the time they bottle their wine. The duty amounts to 50 cents a bottle and it's a tax that makers of wine from 100-per-cent Canadian grapes have not had to pay since 2006, an exemption the government put in place to support local producers.

Premier Doug Ford says the change will take effect Saturday

New Public Health Orders place severe restrictions on the business operations of the hospitality sector including wineries.

The charity campaign raises funds for both hospitality workers in financial distress and for the new British Columbia Wine Industry Scholarship & Education (BC WISE) fund.

Okanagan, BC based TIME Family of Wines has selected the QUINI DATA™ Gold solution.

Some of the provisions of these orders (and/or the interactions of the Orders) are confusing. Two earlier articles (2021 BC Liquor & Hospitality Industry Health Order Update and Covid Regulatory Rabbit Holes: What is an Event?) may assist in their interpretation, particularly on the issue of what is or is not "an event".

The North American low-calorie, low-carbohydrate craft non-alcoholic beer launched in the U.S. in December 2020. Due to high demand following Partake's entrance into the American market, Partake craft beer is now available in Southern California, Colorado, Connecticut, Eastern Pennsylvania, Maryland, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nevada, Texas, Virginia, Washington D.C. and nationally online.

Quini® announced the release of an upgrade to the company's QUINI DATA™ wine consumer sensory data and analytics platform for wine producers. The system leverages Quini's proprietary consumer wine tasting and rating data and algorithm to calculate and publish Net Promoter Score results.

Recent plans submitted to the city's planning department seeks to expand the current Sandhill Winery and Calona Wines building to include Gretzky Winery.

Through April, in honour of BC Wine Month, Blue Grouse Estate Winery is making the call to support local and buy their wine. In return, the winery will donate $1 for every bottle sold, and the Brunner family, owners of the winery, will match each donation, dollar for dollar.

Phantom Creek Estates in Canada's Okanagan Valley. Courtesy of Phantom Creek Estates. A world-renown winemaker from France, chefs from a Michelin-starred restaurant in New York City, a 500-seat ...

Phantom Creek Estates announces winemaker Francis Hutt is returning to his native New Zealand for personal reasons and begin the immediate search for his replacement.

On March 8th, 2021 the Canadian Grapevine Certification Network (CGCN-RCCV) released amendments to its Certification Standards.

Miller Coors said it's bringing in an outside forensic IT firm to investigate the breach, but that delays in shipments were likely.

How George Hanson helped to grow the B.C. wine scene

Potassium Polyaspartate (KPA), the key ingredient, was authorized and listed by Health Canada.

TIME Family of Wines (dba Five Vines Cellars) announces Dandurand is their new distribution partner, adding Canadian brands TIME Wines, McWatters Collection, and Evolve Cellars to the agency's stellar portfolio.

The virtual tasting will feature Brock alumnus Mitchell McCurdy (BSc '18), Winemaker at Marynissen Estates Winery, on Saturday, March 20.

The shift to earth-friendly wine growing is quickly spreading across B.C. wine country that some think could be as much as 50 per cent organic by 2030.

This week's polar vortex gave Okanagan wineries ample time to harvest almost 300 tonnes of frozen grapes for icewine.