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  • Kelowna retiree wins $675,000 with Set for Life ticket
    A Kelowna woman celebrated winning the Set for Life’s top prize of $675,000 with a nice bottle of wine but has bigger plans in sight.
    Entertainment
    Apr 23
  • Nova Scotia’s premier’s name appeared in Australian trade complaint over wine pricing
    Houston told reporters on Wednesday that he didn’t remember the committee exchange, but he was aware it had become part of Australia's trade case.
    Politics
    Mar 21
  • B.C. wine industry gathers in Okanagan to discuss future
    'It’s really just a time to take a temperature of what's going on,' Wine Growers BC president and CEO Miles Prodan said.
    Canada
    Mar 13
  • South Okanagan family wins wine industry recognition award
    The Wyse family of Burrowing Owl Estate Winery won the Canadian wine industry’s award of distinction for their many years of work.
    Canada
    Mar 13
  • B.C. wine industry at a crossroads after ‘catastrophic’ losses
    After two consecutive winters with widespread crop losses due to cold weather, B.C. wine producers are having to rebuild and reimagine the future.
    Canada
    Mar 15
  • Sour grapes: N.S. pauses subsidy to wine bottlers that drew ire of wineries
    Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says his government is pausing a subsidy for wine bottlers that the province’s wineries said undercuts their operations.
    Canada
    Mar 19
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  • Report finds almost everyone who drank at select Toronto parks satisfied with pilot
    A city report says a pilot project that allowed Torontonians to sip on beer, wine and other booze at select parks for a few months last year was a success.
    Canada
    Mar 22
  • N.S. premier faces suggestion of helping ‘associate’ at expense of local wine growers
    Nova Scotia's wineries are claiming that Premier Tim Houston's government risks decimating the province's vineyards, in part to help a political supporter.
    Politics
    Mar 6
  • Okanagan-produced wine expected to be in short supply starting next year
    Okanagan produced wine at the liquor store may be hard to find in the foreseeable future.
    Canada
    Mar 6
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  • April Wine’s Brian Greenway, marshal of Hudson St. Patrick’s Day Parade, reflects on career
    April Wine's Brian Greenway will be grand marshal of the Hudson St. Patrick's Day Parade on March 16. He took the opportunity to reflect on his career.
    Entertainment
    Feb 29
  • Conservative leader says eliminating trade barriers one way to help Okanagan wine industry
    “We need to knock down interprovincial trade barriers so that we can sell Okanagan wines seamlessly across the country in the years ahead.”
    Politics
    Mar 8
  • Federal help welcomed, but B.C. wine industry says replant money urgently needed
    B.C.’s wine industry is still reeling from January’s cold snap. Orchardists say major crop losses will occur, possibly up to 90 per cent.
    Canada
    Mar 5
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  • B.C. wine, fruit industries in crisis mode, need gov’t help: Falcon
    Orchardists are predicting crop losses of 80 to 90 per cent, with the BC Wine Industry saying this year’s vintage could be wiped out.
    Canada
    Feb 29
  • Okanagan winery for sale, price tag is $10M
    In 2013, Vibrant Vines won the title of best white wine in the world at a competition in Geneva.
    Canada
    Mar 5
  • Alberta cabinet minister lays out what he believes is needed to resolve wine dispute with B.C.
    Alberta craft brewers and distillers have become the latest point of contention in the province's wine war with British Columbia.
    Consumer
    Feb 20
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  • B.C. minister mum on details of wine spat resolution talks with Alberta
    Mike Farnworth said Tuesday he wants a "fair deal" that is "mutually beneficial" for both parties, but wouldn't reveal any details of talks underway.
    Canada
    Feb 20
  • ‘Catastrophic crop losses’ predicted for B.C.’s wine industry
    A polar vortex in mid-January, when temperatures plunged from mild to -30 C, damaged the fruit industry across the Okanagan Valley.
    Canada
    Feb 15
  • Booze-free bottle shops aim to ‘educate and change’ how people perceive non-alcoholic drinks
    Jonathan Barembruch opened Calgary's first non-alcoholic bottle store last July. It is among many non-alcoholic bottle storefronts that have popped up over the last year or so.
    Health
    Apr 26
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  • Young Okanagan sommelier Canada’s ‘top young sommelier’
    Max Brayer won top honours at The Chaîne des Rôtisseurs Young Sommelier competition.
    Lifestyle
    Apr 20
  • Alberta wine clubs, retailers feeling short-poured over B.C. wine war
    Some Calgary liquor retailers and wine lovers are feeling like the glass is half-empty following a move from AGLC to stop direct-to-consumer deliveries from B.C. wine producers.
    Canada
    Feb 7
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