BC Wine Institute

• B.C. Wine Institute rebrands to better reflect industry

  It's been called the B.C. Wine Institute for more than three decades but the organization that acts as the voice of the wine industry has a new name. 

  Feb 1, 2021
  
• Okanagan wineries expected to produce less ice wine; weather not cold enough for harvest

  A cold snap of at least -8 degrees is needed to harvest frozen grapes for ice wine, and those freezing temperatures have yet to arrive.

  Canada

  Jan 20, 2021
  
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• One in 10 B.C. wineries, grape growers at risk of closing due to COVID-19 pandemic: survey

  The report says 83 per cent of wineries and grape growers have been negatively affected.

  Economy

  Oct 2, 2020
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• New wine app hopes to boost Okanagan’s wine tourism

  The B.C. Wine Institute has launched a new app to boost the province's wine industry as B.C. re-opens and recovers from pandemic-related restrictions.

  News

  Jul 9, 2020
• Raise a glass: B.C. VQA celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2020

  B.C. VQA members say decision to create alliance in 1990 helped spur wine industry’s incredible growth.

  Jan 21, 2020
• B.C. wines impress in fun, ‘blind’ tasting against international competition

  Event in Kelowna involved 12 B.C. wines against 12 global benchmarks.

  Oct 27, 2018
• B.C. government will no longer be allowed to block U.S. wines from grocery store shelves

  Grocery store shelves lined only with B.C. made wines are soon going to look different.

  Politics

  Oct 1, 2018
• Okanagan wine industry disappointed court ruling puts cork in cross-border booze

  The unanimous ruling indicated that the constitution “does not impose absolute free trade across Canada.”

  Apr 19, 2018
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• Province looks to fortify wine industry with official ‘B.C. Wine Month’

  The province is looking to fortify B.C.'s wine industry after a year that included wildfires and an Alberta wine boycott.

  Apr 4, 2018
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• Canadian winemakers celebrate misleading wine labeling change

  Decades of concern over "Cellared in Canada" wine labeling have lead to marketing changes for all wine that's not made from 100 per cent Canadian grown grapes.

  Consumer

  Mar 13, 2018