Assuming TIME Winery passes its final inspections this week to obtain its occupancy permit, the business should be able to hold a soft-opening Saturday. TIME Winery's parent company ENCORE Vineyards also announced Wednesday the appointment of Graham Pierce as director of winemaking. He joins the company from Black Hills Estate Winery in Oliver

Canada's Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Lawrence MacAulay, announced a commitment of $8.4 million in funding to establish the Canadian Grape and Wine Science Cluster, a collaborative project which includes university researchers, grape growers and industry partners in Ontario, B.C., Quebec and Nova Scotia

In addition to their vineyards on the Naramata Bench, they've established Great Northern Vineyards in the remote-but-emerging Similkameen Valley, where they are able to grow, of all things, Zinfandel

The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) says it will not restock Norman Hardie products in its stores amid allegations of sexual misconduct against the Ontario winemaker.

Canada ended 95 years of cannabis prohibition Tuesday, passing landmark legislation - Bill C-45 - that lays the groundwork for a multibillion-dollar marijuana industry

Wineries, grape growers watching as lawmakers legalize recreational cannabis

On Wednesday, less than 24-hours after The Globe and Mail published an article about noted wine-maker Norman Hardie's alleged sexual misconduct, Hardie took to Twitter to apologize.

Canadians have taken to practicing pocketbook diplomacy in defense of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who is caught in a trade war of words with President Trump, by boycotting American goods and canceling vacations to the United States, according to a report

The Office of U.S. Trade Representative (OUSTR) had long ago lodged a protest against and challenge to the B.C. grocery store rule, referring to it as a discriminatory measure that gives local wine a "substantial competitive advantage." The U.S. called on the World Trade Organization (WTO) to create a panel to settle the dispute. The dispute has not been settled.

About a week before the G7 summit, the owner of Benjamin Bridge Winery learned one of his sparkling wines would be served to seven of the world's leaders

"From day one, we have said that we expected moments of drama and that we would keep calm and carry on throughout this drama"

'You can see the leaves are all wilted, they're all shot,' says vineyard owner Pete Luckett

Growers, wineries scrambling to secure fruit for 2018 and keep up with demand

Unseasonably cold temperatures early Monday morning brought "severe" damage to vines, and had vineyard owners in the fields overnight. At least one winery, Lightfoot & Wolfville, lit fires in the vineyards but most found the weather conditions meant that wouldn't work.

Short answer: The whole country doesn't, but the United States is challenging a rule in one province, British Columbia, at the World Trade Organization.

With this expansion, Southern Glazer's will now distribute Ferrari-Carano's portfolio of wines in 34 U.S. markets, as well as all of Canada. Prior to this expansion, Southern Glazer's distributed Ferrari-Carano wine brands in 19 U.S. markets.

Canadian wines now can be sold on B.C. grocery shelves from Chilliwack to Kitimat, but grocers can only stock imported wines if they set up a "store within a store" that is physically separated and has its own cash registers. Not surprisingly, according to the U.S. Trade Representative, "we are not aware of any grocery stores selling wine pursuant to the more costly 'store within a store' option."

Canada and Mexico signaled they would retaliate against President Donald Trump's latest tariffs by slapping duties on such goods as beef, pork, grapes and blueberries.

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced this week that the Trump administration has requested that the World Trade Organization establish a dispute settlement panel "to examine unfair regulations governing the sale of wine in grocery stores in the Canadian province of British Columbia."

The USDA is requesting the World Trade Organization (WTO) establish a dispute settlement panel to look into whether grocery store wine sale regulations in British Columbia unfairly favor Canadian wine over imported wine.