A former diplomat, Colin Robertson is vice-president and fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute: For Canada, Trump times are trying times. In spite of constant provocation, the team around Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's team has successfully avoided making our policy differences personal. This is the right approach.

The Bacchanalia Gala Dinner + Auction kicked off the 40th Vancouver International Wine Festival on February 24 at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver with a spectacular evening of wine and food, topped by a thrilling live auction

after just two weeks as BC moved to challenge the ban in Federal courts

The B.C. Wine Institute announced today, Feb. 21 they will be seeking an injunction challenging the constitutionality of the ban imposed by the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission.

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley's decision to ban imports of British Columbia wine in her province is expected to cost B.C. winery owners about $70 million annually in sales unless they can find new buyers.

Deron Bilous says the potential fine Alberta faces for violating free trade rules is a pittance when set against the stakes of the Trans Mountain pipeline issue. "Let's compare the (maximum) $5 million in a fine versus the billions of dollars of investment and the thousands of jobs," Bilous told reporters at the legislature Tuesday.

Cellar-Tek Supplies, a winery, brewery, cidery and distillery supplier based in British Colombia and Ontario, has, for several months, been providing a new option that answers the increasing demand from wine-makers for a broader choice of winemaking and ageing tools

Licensed marijuana producer Canopy Growth Corp. is already collaborating with the maker of Corona Beer on cannabis-infused beverages even though government regulations on pot edibles won't crystallize until July 2019 at the earliest

Many BC wines will soon be showcased at all government-run liquor stores. April has been proclaimed BC Wine Month to help stave off possible losses linked to Alberta's boycott

British Columbia Wine Institute President and CEO Miles Prodan said today, Feb. 13, the damage has already been done, as Alberta retail shelves and restaurant coolers are emptied of B.C. wine products.

The Northern Grapes Webinar Series returns with a series of four webinars - scheduled for the second Tuesday of each month.

Premier Rachel Notley ups ante in spat over pipeline expansion

this is an utterly absurd move. An act of pointless grandstanding that contravenes the ethos of free trade that is supposed to pin this country together. But then so was B.C.'s announcement last week that it would bar additional shipments of diluted bitumen in its waterways until it could study the effect of Alberta's chief export in water. B.C.'s announcement, which was only a proposal - all the better to avoid an actual court challenge - was patently unconstitutional to boot.

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley announced Tuesday that Alberta is banning wine from B.C. wineries effective immediately. "This is one good step to waking B.C. up to the fact that they can't attack our industry without a response from us," Notley said at a legislature news conference. "The Alberta Gaming and Liquor Control Board will put an immediate halt to the import of B.C. wine into Alberta."

'We have to take in account the tastes and the preferences of cannabis consumers of the future'

Fifteen of BC's top wineries will all come together to celebrate a Spring Release Tasting of Okanagan Falls wines, for the first time, on Wednesday, April 11, 2018 at the Hotel Eldorado in Kelowna.

Sean Nelson. An incredibly well-deserved win for Sean (who also took home the honor of "Best Taster" of the day).

Office and equipment now at site on Prairie Valley Road

Researchers are testing how 'exotic' varietals would fare in the province's Annapolis Valley

Canada infamously "screwed everybody" in preventing the signing of a new Asia-Pacific trade deal last November. With Japan and Australia now eyeing a March agreement on the "Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership" (CPTPP), will Canada screw it up again?