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Photo: Blasted Church winemaker Evan Saunders In a recent email, Blasted Church Vineyards offered a short-term discount on one of its popular reds for a strange reason: the staff like it! “As wine industry people, we are often asked, ‘Which wine is your favourite?’,” the email reads. “This never returns a completely unbiased answer since…

Reading Time: 3 minutes For immediate release – 03/11/2025 Vancouver, BC – As BC wineries prepare to bottle their 2024 vintage, producers are eagerly anticipating the spring debut of a new wine category, “Crafted in BC”. This limited-time offering, produced under the Vintage 2024 Relief and Support Program, highlights the industry’s resilience and innovation. “Crafted…

By Rick VanSickle To understand the aging potential of your wine purchases, you must know where they started before you tuck them in the cellar for the long haul. Trial and error have spoiled many a good bottle of wine left far too long in the cellar, but also has resulted in some mind-blowing experiences.…

Tomorrow is the third EVEF webinar (Tuesday, March 11th 12-1:30PM) which will focus on Disease Management. The Eastern Viticulture and Enology Forum Series (EVEF) is a collaborative series of webinars for grape growers coordinated by many viticulture extension programs.  Please see below for program details and registration link for our next EVEF webinar on Vineyard Disease Management scheduled for 12-1:30 pm Tuesday, March 11. DETAILS This 90-minute live webinar is free but registration…

It’s not for the faint of heart Going no-till certainly has been picking up steam in recent years, and overall it’s a good thing. When I first got involved in viticulture back in 2010 I was living in Italy. Like a lot of Medditerranean viticultural areas, there was a tendency to disc everything all the…

We applaud the BC government’s move to remove U.S. wine from BC Liquor Store shelves. The post BC Government removes U.S. wine from Liquor Store Shelves first appeared on My VanCity. Read BC Government removes U.S. wine from Liquor Store Shelves at MyVanCity

Leaning Post whites Monday, March 3rd: Nadia and Ilya Senchuck sent me six of their wines that will be offered to members of the wine club My Wine Canada. Leaning Post Sauvignon Blanc 2024 (Niagara Lakeshore) Pale straw in colour with a lime tint; grassy, green plum and grapefruit bouquet; medium-bodied, crisply dry, gooseberry and…

By Rick VanSickle As the LCBO acted swiftly to remove all U.S. booze from its store shelves last week, Ontario wineries scrambled to fill the suddenly vast empty spaces. Note, also in this Niagara Wine Report: Our picks from the Vintages release Saturday, including, Peninsula Ridge, Domaine Le Clos Jordanne, Bachelder Wines, Hidden Bench, Liebling…

Creative Pairings with Italy’s Most Popular White Wine The post Vancouver Internatonal Wine Festival Trade Seminar Pinot Grigio Delle Venezie DOC and Cicchetti first appeared on My VanCity. Read Vancouver Internatonal Wine Festival Trade Seminar Pinot Grigio Delle Venezie DOC and Cicchetti at MyVanCity

For decades, Canada has been producing exceptional wines, earning praise from critics and enthusiasts alike. Yet many of these outstanding bottles never reach Canadian consumers, often overshadowed by more widely available options. Now, with shifting tariffs and economic uncertainty, local wineries face even greater challenges. So how do we ensure these winemakers continue to thrive…