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.

The Riesling 2018 from Fort Berens Estate Winery was named Best White Wine at the 2019 Pacific Rim Wine Competition.

Now in its fifth year, the BC Pinot Noir Celebration is slated to be bigger and better than ever. Held at UBC's Okanagan campus in Kelowna, BC on August 17th.

Stag's Hollow Winery & Vineyard has been purchased by a local, private investor. This person is well vested in the Okanagan and in the BC wine industry. They own vineyards in Summerland, the Similkameen and Bench 1775 Winery on the Naramata Bench

Paul Brunner is a BC mining engineer whose tale of buying Blue Grouse Estate Winery on Vancouver Island is a courageous one that proves leadership, humility, humour, and perseverance can lead to success for the environment, wine lovers and eventually the winery.

Canada's most anticipated winery sets date for grande opening: introduces private tours and tastings for 2019; winery to to open in 2020.

The Coyote Canyon 2015 Sangiovese emerged from a gauntlet of other gold-medal winners to win as best of show at the seventh annual Cascadia International Wine Competition. At 1,040 entries, the Cascadia is the largest international wine judging staged in the Pacific Northwest.

NOTL Fire and Emergency Services will conduct an investigation into the cause of the fire, which consumed a storage shed beside the winery.

Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits of Canada ("Southern Glazer's")-a division of Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits, the world's pre-eminent distributor of beverage alcohol-today announced the launch of a new wine division focused on growing the Company's wine business across the Canadian market.

Tinhorn Creek Vineyards announced the return of its Canadian Concert Series for 2019. Tickets to all concerts are on sale now. With advance bookings, guests are welcome to enjoy a meal at the award-winning Miradoro Restaurant, situated on the Tinhorn Creek Vineyards estate and Tinhorn Creek wines will be available for purchase by the glass and by the bottle in the concert amphitheatre.

From the northern tip of Skaha Lake to the rolling hills above Vaseux Lake to the south - the Okanagan Falls wine region in the South Okanagan is thankful for what the retreating ice age left behind.

It is expected that with agreement reached with British Columbia, this will pave the way for the other Canadian provinces to remove their barriers. Last year Australia launched action against Canada's discriminatory measures in the World Trade Organisation, claiming they breached trade rules and impacted Australian winemakers

The Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association (TOTA) has been named the Tourism Laureate and winner of the International Place Marketing Award at the Place Marketing Forum in Lille, France for its leadership work in Sustainable Responsible Tourism.

The government began a publicity campaign this week warning Frenchmen and women of the dangers of too much drink. When it comes to wine and other alcohol, it said, "for your health, it's maximum two glasses a day, and not every day."