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#BCWineChat: Tonight we talk #BYOW and #corkage fees — 8pm sharp!
So Now You Can BYO in BC (Corkage) July 25, 2012 8-9pm PST It's been just under a week since the BC government announced that participating restaurants could allow customers to bring their own wine – immediately! Folks like Richard Wolak (aka ... Read More »
Bill C-311 is the law of the land – now what?
And what about CanCon in interprovincial shipments? asks Graham Since we last checked in on the progress of federal Bill C-311 (which received Royal Assent on June 28, 2012) amending the interprovincial shipment of wines across the country, a couple ... Read More »
Bring your own wine comes to BC restaurants–corkage fees may apply
Latest modernization of BC liquor laws seen as a "win-win-win" scenario In what is likely to be a very popular decision, the Government of British Columbia announced today that customers can now legally bring their own wine into participating restaurants ... Read More »
Local restaurant chain adopts BC VQA wine menu
White Spot celebrates B.C. with a 100% local wine selection If you're a British Columbian you've been a White Spot customer. The BC-based restaurant chain was once a celebrated drive-in venue with trays that allowed you to dine right in ... Read More »
Privatization and BC wine pricing in the news
BC wine consumers and voters really only care about two things: selection and pricing The BC Government's liquor privatization project (the Distribution of Liquor Project or "DLP") has been in the news a great deal this past week, getting increasingly ... Read More »
B.C. allows Canadian wines to be shipped across provincial borders without markups
Advocacy by wine producers in BC is triggering swift legislative change In what could be considered lightning speed by government standards, BC wine industry insiders and advocates are getting the Government of British Columbia to respond to their demands for ... Read More »
Winners announced for the 2012 BC Lieutenant Governor’s Wine Awards!
10th year for BC's highest public honour for wine excellence On a few occasions while wine traveling in the Okanagan we've come across a bus load of dignitaries making stops at BC wineries. These are special days for many of ... Read More »
Good BC wine country coverage in USA
Tourism BC picked up the tab for the production. Is it money well spent? This video circulated over Twitter a few weeks back. It's an episode of a San Francisco based program titled Eye on the Bay devoted to telling ... Read More »
Wino with a shotgun
Sandra Oldfield gives Canadians the disarming truth about selling wine between provinces The following is a cross-post with the City Caucus blog. One of the most popular recent posts on City Caucus described the experience of EXP bar in Vancouver ... Read More »
Into the Similkameen for BBQ King 2012
The "undiscovered gem" of BC wine country – the Similkameen Valley – hosts BBQ King on July 14th We received this notice from our friends at the Similkameen Wineries Association which we'd like to share… As summer is quickly approaching, so is ... Read More »
