This award-winning cheddar is a tasty addition to your stay at home cheese platter. Cheese Name: Agropur Grand Cheddar 3 Year Origin: Made in Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil, Quebec Milk Type: Thermized cow's milk Style: Aged Cheddar Description: Grand
It's easy to self isolate with these 20 local wines, available for under $20 in BC. Whenever possible, try to purchase directly from the winery, or from independent wine shops, to keep our industry healthy and strong. 87/100Black Hills Alias Riesling
Though you can't go visit these wine regions, you can certainly enjoy them, and support them, while remaining at home. Here are 20 recently tasted gems from our international wine community many widely available in government stores but be sure to look
Carrying on with our #BCWineMonth focus, this week's Top 10 highlights one of our province's (and country's) strengths : sparkling wine. From authentic ancestrales, to quick and cherry charmat bubble, through to lengthy and ageworthy traditional method
Longtime BC winemaker Val Tait is leaving Bench 1775 to downsize her life and work to return to follow her passion: making wines that tell stories and interacting with the people who enjoy that kind of wine. “The decision to leave Bench was a difficult
Following up on last week's Top 10 BC White Wines, this week we highlight some of our favourite BC Reds, recently tasted at GOW. With #BCWineMonth here, and everyone sticking much closer to home, we can't think of a better time to seek out and enjoy these
We have always kept a close watch on the BC Wine industry at GOW. With the current global shutdown, and April marking the annual BC Wine Month, we thought there was no better time to shine the light on our local producers, farmers, vintners, and eno-heroes. Buying
The summer of 2019 started with warmer than usual temperatures and then cooled off in February. Decreased snow in the winter months resulted in water shortages which led to overall yields being down 20-30%. The lack of summer rains resulted in perfectly
Even though you can't physically travel to most wine regions right now, it doesn't mean you can't be transported there by what's in your glass. That's one of the most tremendously powerful things about wine: the ability to reach your senses, trigger memories,
Following last week's Top 10 : Italian Reds, we're welcoming in spring with a flush of fresh Italian whites to brighten your days. And it's a lesson in Italian diversity as well. In this expanded list, we reach from the tip to the tail of Italy, and don't
An announcement shared with BC liquor retailers today by ABLE BC, the voice of BC's private liquor industry. We are very pleased to announce that, effective immediately, LPs [Liquor Primary] and FPs [Food Primary] currently operating in compliance
The history of time has walked across the Roussillon, so it should come as no surprise that eventually, the ultimate terroir hunter, Michel Chapoutier, would place a wooden stake in the ground here and build a small domain at Latour-de-France. The
As we're all practicing safe self-distancing across the country, we may be dipping into our cellars or getting in touch with our local wine shops to find some wines to fill our days. This week we're thinking about our Italian friends, the first in the
Fairview Cellars is pleased to announce that Danielle Hutton has been hired as General Manager. Danielle hails from Oliver and brings with her a passion and commitment to everything she does. With over 20 years in the hospitality industry, and leading
March 13, 2020, The BC Wine Institute (BCWI) is closely monitoring the rapidly evolving COVID-19 updates to ensure we're complying with all measures to help reduce the spread. At the direction of the Province and Provincial Health Authority, we have made
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