Hicken hired as liquor policy advisor to new BC government #BCWine2017Top10
#BCWine2017Top10: Number 4 The “Top 10” BC wine stories of 2017 continues, focusing on an inspired hire by the BC provincial government, intended to review our challenging regulatory environment for liquor production and sales. It was a brief news release from the BC Attorney General’s office on a Monday morning, amounting to only 100 words […]
#VIWF’s Canada theme region: growing our wine culture at home #BCWine2017Top10
Bard on the Beach Artistic Director Christopher Gaze & Harry Hertscheg #BCWine2017Top10: Number 5 The “Top 10” BC wine stories of 2017 continues, focusing on a pivotal BC event that celebrated our wine culture: Vancouver International Wine Festival’s Canada theme region. We are still not able to buy much Canadian wine from outside BC (nor […]
“Desperately Seeking Sandra” — what next for Tinhorn’s boss? #BCWine2017Top10
#BCWine2017Top10: Number 6 The “Top 10” BC wine stories of 2017 continues… The announcement of the sale of some of BC’s largest wineries last September had one consequence that has reverberated within the province’s wine community — that of the changing role of Sandra Oldfield, founder and CEO of Tinhorn Creek Vineyards. Oldfield’s biography has […]