Tag: Farm Friends

3 BC Pinot Noirs for Farm Friends

3 BC Pinot Noirs: More Farm Friends Wines For You

 mywinepal  April 18, 2018

With Kinder Morgan considering their decision to continue with their oil pipeline to the Vancouver Lower Mainland to be made by May 31, 2018, the rhetoric between the Alberta and BC governments has ramped up.  In February, the Alberta government restricted the import of BC wines into Alberta.  Farm Friends, organized by several BC wineries in response to the boycott…

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The Okanagan Wine Initiative Members Set to Collaborate and Raise Profile

 mywinepal  April 16, 2018

Big news today in the BC wine industry, with seven BC wineries joining together to form “The Okanagan Wine Initiative” to “…drive one-another to excel and adopt best business practices and to help elevate the identity of the Okanagan as a premium wine producing region and superb wine tourism destination…”  The seven wineries are 50th Parallel Estate Winery, Culmina Family Estate Winery, Haywire…

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Supporting BC Wine and Alberta Beef – Farm Friends

 mywinepal  February 25, 2018

Farm Friends was a stand-up grazing event, organized by several BC wineries in response to the recent boycott on the importation of BC wine to Alberta.  The day of the event, held at Edible Canada, the Alberta government dropped the ban so that the event became more of a celebration of BC wine and pairing with Alberta products, like beef and bison. A Farmer’s…