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BC’s Harvest Treasures Together Make a Special Treat

One of BC’s most delicious, sweet treats comes in the form of wine. Late Harvest wine and the iconic Icewine are both made from grapes that have dehydrated on the...

Charcuterie Boards 101. BC Wines, Local Cheeses with Butter and more. Guide by Jennifer Schell

BC Wine and cheese go together like peas and carrots. And like every great relationship when paired correctly, they will create the perfect marriage of flavours with each bringing out...

BC Vintages. By Master of Wine, Rhys Pender

Heat domes, frosts, fires, floods, wind, rain and drought. You name it, the BC wine industry has probably experienced it this last decade. If you’ve checked out the latest Vintage...

Pair It Perfectly with BC Wine. Notable Nutritious Chicken Recipes for BC Chicken Month. By Jennifer Schell

September is Chicken Month in BC so let’s celebrate our local chicken farmers and their dedication to supplying our communities with nutritious and delicious chicken. This month make a point...

A Wine Club For Everyone. Unlocking Your VIP BC Wine Experience

Diana, who works on the sales side of the wine industry, lives in the Kitsilano neighborhood of Vancouver, and wasn’t even contemplating joining a wine club when visiting a newer...

Local Farmers. Local Markets. Boutique BC Wines Pair Perfectly with Premium Produce from BC Farmers’ Markets

Farm to table, sea to table, forest to table; this is how best to eat and to live.  BC Farmers’ Markets offer us this gift of lifestyle through the age-old...

Chef Shane Chartrand Speaks To Indigenous Peoples Day; Shares Feature Recipes. BC Wine Pairings By Indigenous Sommelier Eliana Bray

Although I have not yet personally met Chef Shane Chartrand, I have been following his culinary journey through reading his recipe book tawâw: Progressive Indigenous Cuisine, connecting on social media,...

Wines of BC Go Wild for BC Salmon. April is BC Wine Month. Feature Recipe by Jennifer Schell

April is BC Wine month and officially marks the return of springtime in wine country! Can you hear the corks a-flying – or more likely, caps a-twisting?! Our beautiful 2022...

On our terms. Stories of women working in BC wine. By Nikki Bayley

If you’ve ever wondered if there’s a place for you in the wine industry – even if you don’t come from a winery-owning family or long line of grape growers...

BC Sparkling Wines. Choose Quality for the Biggest Date Night of the Year

Well wine lovers, the Christmas season is well and truly behind us and when we flip the calendar there is a big day to look forward to. So now that...

Ringing in the New Year with Boutique Wines from BC. By Kurtis Kolt

We’re kicking off the New Year with our wine glass full, courtesy of a fresh release of four boutique British Columbian wines available for a very limited time at BC...

Value in the glass. Sustainability in BC wine – By Master of Wine, Ross Wise

As we approach the holidays and get ready to raise a glass to a new year ahead, there are some exciting developments underway in the BC wine industry – changes...

Ageability of BC Wine

As a wine lover, there are few things better than pulling a bottle out of the cellar, opening it up, pouring a splash and smelling perfection in the glass. Reaping...

Lesser Known Red Varietals Making a Splash in BC Wine Country

There’s nothing more daunting than being tasked with bringing a bottle of wine to a special dinner, and entering your liquor store to see aisles of wine, bottles lined like...

BC Chicken Month

Quality BC Wines Pair Perfectly With BC Chicken Recipes September is BC Chicken Month and it is prime time for cooking. Local fall veggies are in season and the variation...

Fall Boutique Wines From BC Now At BC Liquor Stores. By Kurtis Kolt

  The hits just keep on coming! A fun quartet of high-quality, boutique BC VQA. wines are hitting BC Liquor Stores this autumn. They’re all small-run, limited-quantity wines that will...

BC Rosé on a Roll. By Tim Pawsey

Rosé has gone mainstream. Nowadays pink wines appeal to more people than ever—including even … guys! Not only that, once regarded mainly as a seasonal summer sipper, rosé is now...

Chardonnay – Don’t Shy Away!

The misunderstood grape Chardonnay means oak – isn’t that what most of us are told as we reach for one of the first whites we tried? At least that’s what...

BC wines in your glass, and BBQ on your grill

The forecast for summer is warm, sunny and social, and that means plenty of gatherings around the grill. How lucky for us that the season of outdoor dining coincides with...

Saluting BC Wine Dads

British Columbia’s winemakers share the grit, experience and refinement to make wines that are a lasting expression of the place they were grown and crafted. Father’s Day is June 20,...