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Red Rooster Winery Unveils New Label Celebrating the Return of Its Iconic Rooster After more than 25 years of crafting expressive wines on the Naramata Bench, Red Rooster Winery is proud to unveil a refreshed label design that brings back the brand’s iconic rooster. The relaunch celebrates the winery’s history while signaling a confident new…

Fresh, vibrant and easy to make at home, these seasonal cocktails from Dillon’s Small Batch Distillers are perfect for spring and summer sipping As the days grow longer and the weather begins to warm, cocktail season shifts into something lighter, brighter, and more refreshing. Enter Dillon’s Small Batch Distillers, whose latest lineup of spring and…

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…

Tonight’s wine reviews are a pair of delicious, vegan-friendly IGP Pays d’Oc wines from Languedoc that are brand-new arrivals at the LCBO, with both landing in-store and online in the March 21 LCBO VINTAGES New Release Collection. Praise Wines was founded a few years ago by sommeliers, friends, and business partners Scott Zebarth and Will…

By Rick VanSickle The Prince Edward County wine community is still small enough that it takes care of one another in life — and even in death. It’s a tight knit community of 43 or so wineries, most of them tiny, family-owned estates focused on the unique limestone terroir of the region that’s expressed through…

Gold Hill Estate Winery is the featured winery on Wine Club Canada this month so it seemed an ideal time to share with you Reflections on Winemaker Val Tait. But just before we get into that, just in case you don’t read right to the end, here is a link to Wine Club Canada if…

LITTLE ENGINE WINES WELCOMES ANDREW WINDSOR AS WINEMAKER A new era unfolds on the Naramata Bench as Scott Robinson steps into the role of Wine Director Little Engine Wines is pleased to announce the appointment of Andrew Windsor as winemaker, succeeding founding winemaker Scott Robinson, who assumes the newly created role of Wine Director. The…

Reading Time: 3 minutes A new era unfolds on the Naramata Bench as Scott Robinson steps into the role of Wine Director Winemaker – Andrew Windsor Penticton, B.C.  – Little Engine Wines is pleased to announce the appointment of Andrew Windsor as winemaker, succeeding founding winemaker Scott Robinson, who assumes the newly created role of…

MONTECUCCO LOOKS TOWARDS VINITALY 2026 WITH OPTIMISM: GROWTH, SUSTAINABILITY AND INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION From April 12 to 15, the Protection Consortium returns to Verona with a consortium desk, six companies and the Biodistrict: focus on foreign markets and green vocation VERONAFIERE Hall 9, Stand B16 The Consorzio Tutela Vini Montecucco DOC and DOCG returns to Vinitaly…

At the recent Vancouver International Wine Festival, I attended a seminar with Gérard Bertrand moderated by Vancouver’s Anthony Gismondi. A leading figure in Languedoc, Bertrand has made his family estate a top organic and biodynamic property, championing the unique terroir of Languedoc-Roussillon. Born in 1965 in Narbonne, Bertrand retired from professional rugby to take over…