Haywire’s bright, tasty Canyonview Vineyard Chardonnay
We’re fans of Okanagan Crush Pad here at Chez BCWineLover, and not only because of the wines. The 3-year old winery based in Summerland, BC is already a business success story and they’ve barely just begun. Proprietors Christine Coletta and her husband Steve Lornie have marketing and business smarts that has helped them shorten the […]
On the road to Fort Berens in Lillooet – BC’s emerging wine region
Stacey and I were invited on a bus excursion from downtown Vancouver to Lillooet, BC, as guests of the owners of Fort Berens Estate Winery, ostensibly to see their new facility up-close and attend their grand opening. What the all-day adventure became was a fantastic window on the challenges and opportunities wine-making provides to drive […]
Premiers Intervene So Canadians Can Drink Premium #BCWine
The following report was originally published at Vancouver Sun and Huffington Post Canada. The annual meeting of Canada’s premiers at the Council of the Federation conference in Charlottetown recently was dominated by the topic of interprovincial trade. It is argued that Canada’s economic growth is stunted by a “perfect storm of dumb” — as federal Industry […]