Category Archives: British Columbia

Off to the vineyards of the West – and the Wine Bloggers’ Conference

By Remy Charest | Published: June 23, 2010
So here I am, awake extremely early, Pacific Time, as I adjust to the time difference from home. After an evening discussing the finer points of natural winemaking and British Columbia wine production with Anthony Nicalo of Farmstead Wines (among his many endeavours), and having some fine, crisp Vancouver Island bubbly (Venturi Schulze 2007 Brut [...]
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SAQ goes into Olympic mode: a showcase for Okanagan wines in Quebec (and a podcast of sorts)

By Remy Charest | Published: February 8, 2010
The world of sports may contrast the thrill of victory with the agony of defeat, but as far as the Vancouver Olympics are concerned, there are some situations where everybody’s a winner. At least as far as BC wines and Quebec wine lovers are concerned. This Thursday, February 11, some 28 wines from the Okanagan will [...]
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Shipping US wine to Canada: FedEx gets in the game – and raises questions

By winecase | Published: November 29, 2009
An article on the Wine Law web site, an extremely interesting source on everything legal about how wine is sold (or not sold) within Canada, caused a bit of excitement among Canadian wine tweeps, today, as it revealed that FedEx has begun shipping wine directly from the United States to Canada – or at least, [...]
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Cellared in Canada: changes in the stores and labels, but no help for Ontario growers

By winecase | Published: October 12, 2009
Note: I was originally hoping to post this article on Friday, but an overly busy schedule and a forgotten note pad with essential quotes are causing its publication to coincide with the beginning of the second Regional Wine Week, championed by Drinklocalwine.com. At first, I was disappointed about this coincidence, as I was planning to [...]
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Cellared in Canada: big bottlers move to stem growing outrage

By winecase | Published: October 3, 2009
Over the last few weeks, pressure had been building nationally and internationally, concerning the deceptive Cellared in Canada wines. These inexpensive bottles, made by the country’s major wine bottlers, give a Canadian aura to blends made totally (or almost) from foreign wine brought in bulk to this country from Chile, Australia or elsewhere. Last month, articles [...]
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