Mt. Boucherie Estate Winery is excited to welcome Brett Thiessen as their Manager of Viticulture to oversee all of the winery's vineyards in the Okanagan and Similkameen.

Part of its innovative Pouch-Up® portfolio, the new pouch is available as a 1.5L unit, and weighs 17 times less than its glass counterpart.

Fitzpatrick Family Vineyards announced that Jim Cuddy will perform Friday, July 19, 2019 on the Crush Deck at their Sparkling wine facility surrounded by vineyard and mountain and overlooking Okanagan Lake.

The 200km valley is one of British Colombia's up and coming wine regions, with Golden Mile Bench a 21km bench south of the town of Oliver on the Western slope of the lake becoming the first GI to be declared in the Okanagan in 2015, followed by Okanagan Falls in August last year.

Third annual Chef Meets BC Grape Taste of the Okanagan returns to spectacular See Ya Later Ranch in Okanagan Falls on Saturday, June 8.

Revelry Import Company is pleased to announce the addition of Hester Creek Estate Winery and Lake Breeze Winery to their dynamic portfolio of wine and spirits.

New statistics released on April 23th by Canada's national statistics agency confirm that wine is increasingly gaining popularity. Canada is a remarkable producer of wine, but Canadian consumers' attention seems to be drawn to foreign products: 70% of the total wine consumed between 2017 and 2018 was imported.

Distribution is a hidden but potentially lucrative part of the alcohol sales system in Ontario. Right now, the LCBO and The Beer Store are the big players. When the Wynne government allowed some supermarkets to sell beer, wine and cider, those supermarkets were forbidden from using their own distribution system. Ken Hughes a former Conservative MP who also served in the Alberta PC government as a cabinet minister, indicated there's the potential for the private sector to get a piece of this action ...

The Huffington Post named the region as the number one place to enjoy wine, but really how could we not win with scenic vineyard views and exceptional wines.

In this new role, BCI will work hand in hand with Société du Rhum Barbancourt and will advise on strategy and successful execution, supporting the growth of the brand alongside Crillon Importers LTD., which has served the brand for over 20 years and will remain the sole and exclusive importer within the USA and Canada in the years to come.

The Distilled Spirits Council today welcomed news that the United States, Canada, and Mexico reached an agreement that will result in the prompt repeal of retaliatory tariffs on American Whiskey exports to Canada and Mexico.

winning Vallea Lumina returns to Whistler's Cougar Mountain again this summer season. Created by Montreal-based Moment Factory and brought to Whistler by The Adventure Group, the immersive night walk officially launches on June 7 with select showtimes beginning May 18.

Wines from California took centre stage at the 2019 festival to help celebrate our 41st year of pairing wine with the performing arts.

The Joint Venture will be structured as a standalone company with its own board of directors and management team. Sproutly and Moosehead will each hold a 50% interest in the JV and have the right to nominate 3 directors.

Moosehead, the largest fully Canadian-owned brewery, is partnering with Sproutly Canada to make nonalcoholic, cannabis-infused beverages - marking the latest major brewery to make a splash in the marijuana sector

Quini CEO Roger Noujeim is scheduled to appear at the 3rd Annual Wine & Hospitality Management Workshop.

The group argues that developing stand-alone cannabis beverage making facilities would take money away from implementing technology and recruiting talent. Paddy Finnegan, business unit manager for food and beverage at Lakeside Process Controls and an alliance member, said the additional cost of establishing separate facilities is a "significant barrier to entry."

On April 18, BC wineries and top chefs competed at the 15th annual Chef Meets BC Grape event, Western Canada's largest tasting of BC VQA Wine and food, to win three coveted awards: Best BC VQA Wine Pairing, Best Dish and Consumer's Choice awards.

Christine Coletta, owner of Okanagan Crush Pad, has been honoured with the 2019 Trailblazer Award by the BC Chapter of Les Dames d'Escoffier during the Where to Dine Awards celebration.

Ten companies hoping to produce and sell cannabis-infused beverages are asking Health Canada to be allowed to use packaging as familiar to consumers as traditional-looking wine bottles and utilize branding techniques that are on par with alcohol branding rules.