By Rick VanSickle Okanagan Crush Pad owners Christine Coletta and Steve Lornie have added to their estate holdings with a familiar vineyard tha
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Fallout from Comeau decision: “Canada has suffered a great loss” plus, what’s next for freeing the grapes in Canada
By Rick VanSickle “The people of Canada have suffered a great loss,” is how Niagara’s Hidden Bench vigneron and proprietor Harald Thiel describ
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On Cloudsley Nine: Niagara Pinot Noir project crafting sublime wines on Twenty Mile Bench (plus Vintages picks)
By Rick VanSickle Pinot Noir can be a powerful paramour; once it has you under its amorous spell it can turn mere mortals into slobbering wreck
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B.C. wineries respond to Alberta’s ban on B.C. wines with … love and kindness
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley announced an immediate boycott on all imports of wines from British Columbia Tuesday, in what is becoming a growing
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A shot fired at point-plonk range … and why it matters so much to Niagara wineries
By Rick VanSickle The headline was full of promise: ‘From Ontario, Cool-Climate Wines of Beauty and Vision.’ And it didn’t disappoint. (more&he
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