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March 15, 20242

Ontario wine vintage charts all the way back to 1998 (with 2023 just added)

By Rick VanSickle When winemakers quote Charles Dickens you know something dramatic occurred with the Ontario grape harvest in 2023. (more…)

March 12, 20240

A Niagara grower’s lament on icewine, grape surpluses, and taxation

There is no doubting that icewine put Canada on the world wine map, but in recent years, that sweet vinous treat has fallen on hard times. (more&helli

March 7, 20242

The dry “miracle” in the fall that saved the Ontario grape harvest in 2023

By Rick VanSickle It was a dickens of a year for growing grapes in Ontario in 2023, but don’t take our word for it, read what dozens of winemakers an

March 6, 20242

Do we need another wine competition in Canada? We have some answers

By Rick VanSickle A reader recently posed the question: Do we really need another wine competition in Canada? (more…)

March 1, 20243

Federal government announces $177-million extension to Wine Sector Support Program

The Canadian government today announced an extension to the Wine Sector Support Program with an investment of up to $177 million over the next three y