MEDIA ENQUIRIES
   

To discuss media visits, key messages, story ideas, the Wines of British Columbia and the BC Wine Institute, contact: 

Lindsay Anders
Communications Manager
#107 - 1726 Dolphin Avenue
(Landmark I Building)
Kelowna, BC V1Y 9R9 Canada
Tel. (250) 762-9744 ext. 103
Email: landers@winebc.com

To view past BCWI media releases please click here


Follow us on Twitter
  QUICK FACTS ABOUT BC’S WINE INDUSTRY
  For the most up to date information about BC's wine industry please go to our quick facts page here

  QUICK FACTS ABOUT The BRITISH COLUMBIA WINE INSTITUTE
  For more information about the BC Wine Institute and our role in BC’s wine industry, please go to our about us page here
 

Organic: A technique for growing grapes without using chemicals such as pesticides, herbicides or commercial fertilizers.*

Must: Unfermented grape pulp or juice.*

Terroir: The sandy soil of the Black Sage Bench near Oliver reaches 300 feet deep in places.

Geology: Mt. Boucherie (near Kelowna), home to a number of wineries, is an extinct volcano.

Sales: British Columbia VQA wine sales have doubled in the last six years to more than $155 million annually.

*Schreiner, John - British Columbia Wine Country, Whitecap Books Ltd., 2003

 
© 2006 British Columbia Wine Institute.  All rights reserved.