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By Rick VanSickle With 20 years of experience under his belt, the new winemaker at Kacaba Vineyards and Winery, Chris Robinson, is already making his presence felt. Robinson took the reins at Niagara’s Kacaba in June of 2024 after previous winemaker Vadim Chelekhov left to make wine at Palatine Hills Estate Winery. With his extensive…

In addition to the weekly wine review and the various other, usually wine-related, articles I write for My Van City, I am going to include a new one that will appear from time to time.  I’m calling it, ‘From the Cellar’. It will be similar to the wine reviews, except that it will feature aged…

Students try to identify aromas. This summer, the outreach team actively engaged with prospecti

The Department of Viticulture and Enology (V&E) had an outdoor graduation celebration for our students receiving their B.S. or M.S. in Viticulture and Enology on Friday, June 13, 2025. Miguel Luna, V&E alumnus (B.S., 2014) delivered an inspirational graduation speech, and Department Chair, Dr. Ben Montpetit, and graduate and undergraduate advisor, Liz Price, presented the…

Grape Day at the Oakville Station, June 4, 2025

Hilgard631, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, made its debut in June 2025, marking the beginning of a new chapter in the UC Davis Department of Viticulture & Enology’s (V&E) mission to connect student scholarship with public enjoyment of student-made wine. Since the launch, sales have been successful, and every bottle sold directly contributes to the future of…

Congratulations to the students, faculty and staff who have received recent awards and honors.

Photo: Left to right: Harjit, Gurjit and Sukhi Dhaliwal (Photo courtesy Moon Curser Vineyards) While some Okanagan wineries advertise when they are for sale, it seems like the best just get it done quietly. Case in point: Moon Curser Vineyards in Osoyoos. The winery was established in 2004 by Beata and Chris Tolley. They had…

Tuesday, September 16th: A zoom with the board of directors of the Ontario Craft Wineries to elicit their interest and support for a wine visitors’ centre in Niagara, like the one in BC’s Penticton. In the evening, Deborah went to the wedding of her Zumba teacher, who was marrying the owner of Bugsy’s, a celebrated…

Reading Time: 2 minutes This month marks a special milestone — 10 years of BCWineTrends. What started as a simple idea to share my passion for wine has grown into a platform with over 700 articles celebrating BC wineries, wine industry trends, and wine economics. Along the way, I’ve visited wineries across three continents —…