BC Wine industry Top 10 news stories of the past year
We count down a year in the BC wine industry What does it take to become wine savvy these days? Other than tasting wine, of course! One way is to become familiar with news about how our local wine industry is evolving (when it is not being dragged into a political quagmire, of course). We […]
400 guests cannot be wrong! Lillooet’s @FortBerens fêted in “mystery” wine pairing
From our good friends from Fort Berens Winery in Lillooet, BC, comes the following bulletin. The 2018 Canadian Culinary Championships, held recently in Kelowna, brought together eleven of the country’s top chefs for the prestigious Gold Medal Plates competition. The competing chefs participated in a series of tough challenges, including the Mystery Wine Pairing Competition. […]
Alberta tries to put a cork in BC wine sales
The politics of wine and trade topped newscasts today after it was announced by Alberta Premier Rachel Notley would suspend the importing of British Columbia wines into her province. It is a retaliation for the B.C. government’s attempt to stall the construction of an oil pipeline expansion to the west coast. The trade action will […]