Glenn McGourty (Emeritus Viticulture and Plant Science Advisor for Lake and Mendocino Counties) talked about his experiences, projects (from the effect of smoke exposure to sustainable farming practices), and travels over the last 30+ years. Glenn is not slowing down in retirement. He was just elected to the Board of Supervisors for Mendocino County and he also manages a 10-acre wine grape and walnut farm.
This new mobile first, dynamic photo-realistic and interactive platform connects the online winery experience to the wine shop website. It uses motion sensors that allow customers to learn, to make purchases, to chat with others and to move through the tasting room like they're actually at the winery.
The altar wine comes from two Californian producers: Mont La Salle Altar Wines and Cribari Premium Altar Wines. However, since the Société des alcools du Québec (SAQ) - the provincial liquor board - does not sell these products, the wines had to be imported from other Canadian provinces. Although that was the practice for many years, police now says it's illegal.
Prior to Ms. Graham's career at Southern Glazer's, she served as the Marketing Director at Russian Standard Canada and spent more than 10 years in various positions within the beverage alcohol industry. She began her career with Southern Glazer's in 2015 as the Director of Marketing
Australian Grape & Wine (AGW) welcomes the Ministerial announcement that the Australian and Canadian Governments have settled the remaining measures in Australia's World Trade Organisation (WTO) challenge to Canadian wine measures.
A million-square-foot greenhouse in Exeter, Ontario, that a legal pot supplier bought in 2018. After a merger, its new owner sold it two years later without having grown a single marijuana plant ...
A four-hour drive east of Vancouver is Western Canada's wine country. The Okanagan Valley is a summertime playground for wine lovers, golfers, watersport fanatics and visitors to the region's many lakeside resorts. The valley, which spans 155 miles, is home to 84 percent of British Columbia's vineyard plantings, which include everything from Pinot Noir, Merlot, and Syrah to Pinot Gris, Chardonnay, and Riesling. According to WineBC.com, the valley boasts just over 8,800 acres of vines with an equal split between white and red varieties.
A four-hour drive east of Vancouver is Western Canada's wine country. The Okanagan Valley is a summertime playground for wine lovers, golfers, watersport fanatics and visitors to the region's many lakeside resorts. The valley, which spans 155 miles, is home to 84 percent of British Columbia's vineyard plantings, which include everything from Pinot Noir, Merlot, and Syrah to Pinot Gris, Chardonnay, and Riesling.
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.
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.
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.