Accolades for BC from California wine competition
Wild Goose Vineyards and JoieFarm win top awards at Riverside It's hard not to be excited when we hear our favourite BC wineries getting much-deserved recognition from abroad. The Riverside International Wine Competition describes itself as follows: For 30 years, the Riverside International Wine Competition has provided consumers and the wine industry with carefully considered […]
Liquor Minister wants to reassure BC’s wine industry
“Work has begun in earnest,” says Minister. Others say not fast enough. The letter below was released on Thursday by the office of Rich Coleman, BC’s Minister of Energy and Mines, and the boss of everything related to liquor sales in our Province. It garnered this comment on Facebook from the maverick Fairview Cellars proprietor […]
Is the BC wine industry competitive (enough)?
With markets hitting saturation points in Vancouver, the industry looks beyond our borders BC Wine Lover is pleased to introduce WineMonkey.ca contributor Karen Graham… BC wines are well-known and well-supported by BC consumers. However there appears to be a coming supply/demand/price crunch facing the industry. Broadly speaking, quality is improving, but prices continue to creep […]