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FP Marketing: Starbucks selling wine and beer
In the mood for an extra-hot grande latte? What about a short cabernet sauvignon, or a venti pale ale? Coffee giant Starbucks, which announced in June that it would run a test market selling wine and...
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Vineyards uncork Chinese markets
By Amy Chung It’s not an uncommon scene to witness Louis Vuitton-toting businessmen dilute their $500 bottle of Hennessy with CocaCola or shoot back their glass of red wine like vodka in China. With...
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Bottoms up
The good news in our business is that in tough times, people still drink, they just drink a little differently,” says Gordon Fitzpatrick, president of CedarCreek Estate Winery in British Columbia’s...
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Striking gold in the wine cellar
Alternative Investor Although the definition of “alternative investments” is somewhat fluid, there are certain investments that clearly fall within this category. Investing in wine is one of these....
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The bargain hunter’s guide to great wine
By Victoria von Biel One of the best wine books I’ve read recently is Unquenchable: A Tipsy Quest for the World’s Best Bargain Wines by award-winning Canadian writer Natalie MacLean. In it, she writes...
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VQA forbidden fruit for Ontario’s non-grape winemakers
In Ontario’s wine industry, the grapes have all the gravitas. It took John Rufa three decades to grow his passion for fruit wine from a basement-dwelling hobby to a thriving small business producing...
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Canadians drinking less beer, turning to imported wine: report
By Sheila Dabu Nonato The taste for beer in this country has been waning over the past decade, as more people choose to buy imported wine, a report released Monday suggests. Beer and liquor store...
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Wine in port
“To be quite honest, when we first opened, the comments were like, ‘wine bar? In Saint John? I give it a few months and it’s gone,’” recalls Peter Smit, owner of Happinez, a tiny subterranean spot in...
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Wine from Gobi desert takes aim at China’s growing thirst
WUHAI, China — As spring warms the sands of the Gobi desert in China’s vast Inner Mongolia region, it’s not just the local camels who are happy to see the end of a long, cold winter. Just a few hundred...
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For Wolfgang Blass, wine and women go hand in hand
Wolfgang Blass says women are his long time weakness and the secret to his success. In a recent interview with the thrice-married raconteur behind Australia’s Wolf Blass wine label, females were a...
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E-commerce site uncovers a world of wine hidden in the shadows
Walk into any LCBO store and you will see hundreds of wines lined up on the shelves. But chances are, you won’t find the wine you drank and loved the night before at your favourite restaurant. That’s...
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Quebec’s high taxes make cheap wine hard to find
MONTREAL — Efforts by successive Quebec governments to find more revenue sources over the years have contributed to an unintended consequence on the store shelves of the province’s liquor monopoly: the...
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Goldman Sachs loan to ex-trader backed by 15,000 bottles of fine wine
Talk about liquid assets. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. accepted almost 15,000 bottles of fine wine as loan collateral from a former high-ranking executive, according to a regulatory filing last month....
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How a Canadian ski coach and other indie vintners are shaking up Chile’s wine...
MAULE VALLEY, Chile — Sven Bruchfeld doesn’t mind if you don’t like his wine, as long as some people love it. He is part of a bold new wave of independent vintners who are challenging Chile’s...
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Small and crafty, Quebec’s band of merry winemakers awaits breakout moment
Dunham, Que. – Quebec is known the world over for producing airplanes, maple syrup and hydro power. But for the last 30 years, a group of bullheaded individuals have been labouring quietly in the...
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How Okanagan’s wine industry is taking on the world
It’s no accident that the brand-conscious Chinese are eyeing investments in British Columbia’s wine industry: In less than 30 years, the sector has created some of the world’s most acclaimed wines by...
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The new face of B.C. wine: Why Chinese buyers are pouring into the Okanagan’s...
KELOWNA, B.C. — It’s harvest season in British Columbia’s Okanagan wine country. Among the yellowing vineyards, the crushing of grapes, and the tourists flocking to winery shops to sample and stock up...
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William Watson: Tear down those wine barriers!
Opening for Liberals to back free trade between provinces There was self-congratulation all round last month when, after a “mistaken” filibuster by the NDP, both the Commons and Senate unanimously...
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‘Real coup’ for Canadian wineries buried in TPP deal will combat ice wine...
A wine tradeshow sounds like an adult Disneyland: endless samples from around the world, flamenco dancers, exotic food pairings and pavilions boasting each country’s best vintages. But for Richard...
View ArticleThese five beer pairings prove that suds need no longer take a back seat to...
This article appears in the February edition of the Financial Post Magazine. Visit the iTunes store to download the iPad edition of this month’s issue. Wine pairings have long been the rage, while beer...
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