https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/business/eileanan-breagha-joins-tidal-bay-party-310516/ While wineries around the province were dealing with the effects of a killing frost early last June, Ken MacLellan, owner of Eileanan Breagha in Cape Breton, was dealing with a different issue. “The lake sheltered us from the frost quite a bit. Some of … the one- or read more
https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/minister-macaulay-officially-opens-research-winery-in-kentville-nova-scotia-825333604.html KENTVILLE, NS, Feb. 28, 2019 /CNW/ – Nova Scotia’s reputation as a wine-growing region continues to flourish with award-winning labels and expanding production. In 2018, the province’s 23 licensed wineries produced 1.5 million litres of wine valued at over $23 million, employing over 700 people. Today, Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, read more
Church Point (NS), March 5, 2019 – Université Sainte-Anne is excited to announce that the Research Nova Scotia Trust is awarding $295,205 in funding to professors Karine Pedneault and Gustavo Leite. This funding will build the spaces and physical resources required to conduct the research activities planned in the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s AgriScience Programproject announced read more
In our continuing Canada’s Tastemakers series we profile people who are making an impact on Canada’s food scene, from authors to producers to chefs and more. Sometimes a tastemaker doesn’t have to be a person – sometimes it can be a product that’s the embodiment of a place. Like Tidal Bay wine. Tiffany read more
Wine does not get much more vibrant than this. Benjamin Bridge, the sparkling-wine specialist, has crafted a superb still riesling that combines a dollop of off-dry sweetness with electric-tart acidity for remarkable tension and balance. The flavours suggest lemon-lime, red berries, stone fruit and saline minerality. A wine that can read more
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Jay Drysdale recalls the novelty of discovering his first pét-nat several years ago. The co-owner of Bella Wines, a boutique bubbly producer in Naramata, B.C., had been browsing a store in San Francisco when he came across a modern example of a pre-Champagne style of sparkling wine that had somehow read more
Canadian Traditional Method Sparkling Wines Benjamin Bridge Méthode Classique Brut Reserve 2012, Nova Scotia ($74.95, winery direct) Michael Godel – A bottle of this was gifted to christen the first Irving Shipyard-built Arctic patrol vessel. Sophie Trudeau used the bottle to christen the Harry DeWolf during an October ceremony on the read more
An article from “The Chronicle Herald” regarding frost effecting wine production in Nova Scotia. Click Here to Read the Article
Halifax, N.S. – The 2018 Restaurant Awards Dinner, hosted by the Restaurant Association of Nova Scotia (RANS) celebrated outstanding service in the food and beverage industry at the annual awards dinner held on November 14, 2018 at The Prince George Hotel. “A large successful event with a sold-out crowd of read more