Byline: Kathy Michaels – Kelowna Capital News Back in the 1980s, B.C.’s jug wines were the bottom of the barrel, but a lot has changed since those inauspicious days. Winemakers improved their craft, creating top shelf vintages that earned steadily higher marks among oenophiles across the country and national borders. That widespread industry improvement came to…
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B.C. wine task group proposes reforms
Byline: Kimberly Davidson, Global News A B.C. wine task group is hoping to sub-divide wine regions to offer consumers more information about soil and climate conditions. Wine regions can be further broken down into appellations. Currently B.C. has five officially designated wine regions. They are the Okanagan Valley, Similkameen Valley, Fraser Valley, Vancouver Island and the…
B.C. wine industry wants more specific place names on bottles
Source: CBC News The B.C. Wine Appellation Task Group will submit a report to the Ministry of Agriculture tomorrow proposing that wine-producing regions be given specific names or appellations. The Task Group, made up of wine industry representatives, is recommending sub-geographical labels for the Okanagan Valley and other wine producing regions in B.C. “The idea…
BC Wine Task Group wants to change province’s wine industry
Byline: Lauren Sundstrom, VancityBuzz An independent wine makers advocacy group wants to make some changes to B.C.’s wine industry. The BC Wine Appellation Task Group has developed a set of 13 recommendations for the provincial government, most notably to create four new appellations. For those who aren’t aware, appellations are the technical term for the geographical…
B.C. winemakers call for new geographical sub-regions
Byline: Randy Shore, Vancouver Sun Changes would enable vintners to promote the notion of terroir B.C. winemakers are seeking an overhaul of the province’s appellation system in order to compete with the most prestigious winemaking regions in the world. An industry task group recommends the addition of 15 new geographical sub-regions within the Okanagan Valley…
Gismondi: Export — or die. B.C. wine retools for the 21st century
Byline: Anthony Gismondi. Source: Pique Newsmagazine British Columbia wine makers find themselves at a crossroads this summer. There’s no denying the region has grown up — just look at the price of local wine to see that we take a backseat to no one. The question is, can they sustain the interest and the prices…
B.C. Wine Group Wants Bold Changes For the Future
Byline: Anita Sthankiya in Kelowna Now. Grape growers, liquor industry reps and wine industry stake holders met recently to discuss longstanding issues affecting the growth of the BC wine industry sector. The BC Wine Appellation Task Group had discussions at its formal meeting in advance of a wine industry stakeholder online survey. Four major themes have emerged…
Bright and Crisp, Drink Wine From British Columbia
Originally published in The Village Voice, March 30, 2015. Acid: Wine needs it for balance. It makes your mouth salivate, cuts through fat and cream, keeps wines fresh, especially sweet ones, and helps the contents age gracefully in the bottle. But too much of it, and the drinking experience mimics sucking a tart, mouth-puckering lemon.…