John Schreiner
Recent Posts on BCBusiness
May 7, 2013
Okanagan Crush Pad Winery: Crushing the Competition
No one has shaken up Okanagan winemaking more than Christine Coletta and Steve Lornie, the husband and wife team who launched Okanagan Crush Pad Winery in 2010. The Crush Pad winery in Summerland is a custom-crush facility, which means that in addition to making its own brands, it’s a channel through...
May 7, 2013
The Second Coming of B.C. Wineries
Tony Holler, the majority owner of Poplar Grove Winery, has a perception problem with friends who know he became wealthy in the pharmaceutical business. “A lot of my friends say that this is a pretty expensive hobby,” Holler says. “It isn’t a hobby. Let’s not kid ourselves; we’re building a...