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Kim Uncorked: Welcome to my weekly wine recommendation. Hi, I’m Kim, a passionate lover of wine, food, and any experience that brings the two together! In this weekly blog post, I share my thoughts on a wine that I’ve recently purchased from one of our local independent wine merchants. If you’d like to know more…

Here are my top wine picks from the July 18, 2026 LCBO VINTAGES New Release Collection (digital edition here). The feature story for this release is Summer Smart Buys, while Orange Wines serve as the mini-theme. In total, the release showcases 121 products, along with an additional 20 Online & Flagship Exclusive (OFE) wines. It’s…

Premiers Open the Door to Direct Wine Sales. Now Governments Must Finish the Job Wine Growers BC welcomes national framework but says true free trade requires simple consumer access without new markups, fees, or red tape. Wine Growers British Columbia welcomes the agreement reached by nine provincial Premiers to expand direct-to-consumer alcohol sales across Canada,…

Kismet’s Manpreet Dhaliwal Continues Award-Winning Rise with National and International Wine Honours Canada’s first and only South Asian female head winemaker adds major competition results, critic recognition, and leadership honours to a standout season Just three years after becoming Head Winemaker, Manpreet Dhaliwal is earning recognition across some of the world’s most respected wine competitions,…

Reading Time: 5 minutes A decade ago, many questioned whether the Thompson Valley could consistently produce premium wine. Today, Monte Creek Winery has become the region’s standard-bearer, proving that its unique combination of warm summer days, cool nights and northern latitude produces wines with freshness, balance and distinctive regional character. Located just east of Kamloops,…

Reading Time: 2 minutes Wine Growers BC welcomes national framework but says true free trade requires simple consumer access without new markups, fees, or red tape. British Columbia – Wine Growers British Columbia welcomes the agreement reached by nine provincial Premiers to expand direct-to-consumer alcohol sales across Canada, calling it an important breakthrough toward a more open…

Premiers are fostering a more open and integrated economy by removing a major trade barrier within Canada. Today premiers of nine provinces – Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador – signed a landmark agreement to implement Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) sales of alcoholic beverages between their…

Canadian Wine Industry Welcomes Landmark Direct-to-Consumer Alcohol Sales  Agreement Wine Growers Canada (WGC), the national  association representing Canada’s wine industry, welcomed today’s landmark  agreement signed by nine provincial Premiers to implement direct-to-consumer (DTC)  alcohol sales between participating jurisdictions.  The Operating Agreement on Direct-to-Consumer Sales of Alcoholic Beverages  represents one of the most significant advances in…

Tonight’s red wine review is an excellent Merlot-based red wine from Bordeaux’s Left Bank that made its debut earlier this month in the July 4 LCBO VINTAGES New Release Collection. The wines of Château de Rochemorin are produced by Vignobles Famille André Lurton, one of Bordeaux’s largest and most respected family-owned wine companies. The Lurton…

Nearly 50 years after its first Ontario plantings, this Burgundian grape is enjoying a moment as Niagara winemakers embrace its crisp acidity, mineral character and cool-climate appeal In Canada, Paul Bosc first planted aligoté in 1978 in the then untapped Niagara region of southern Ontario. That’s almost 50 years ago, and while the grape is…