Our Similkameen tour: the day in tweets
Stacey and I covered more ground than we anticipated. We visited a bunch of Similkameen Valley wineries for the first time, and ended the day with a fantastic dinner at Benja Thai. We recorded our steps on Twitter today—so why not share it here as well? A special thank you to Kim Lawton of the […]
MyWinePal: Celebrating OWEN Cabernet Franc and the BCHF
This is the second year of the Wine Campus at Okanagan Crush Pad. The wine campus is a program to foster the education of professionals in the wine industry. Okanagan Crush Pad makes an annual donation of $5,000 to the BC Hospitality Foundation (BCHF) which goes toward a scholarship for students enrolled in a recognized and accredited wine […]
Ontario should put wine consumers first: Hicken
UPDATE: An Ontarian representative of the liquor industry decries BC’s complaints, accusing BC’s wineries of being ‘entitled’ and says “The government of Ontario should be applauded for protecting taxpayers and saying no to winery welfare.” Clearly, a very strong anti-free trade sentiment exists among Ontarian liquor sellers, and this story is long from over. Last […]