Since its establishment in 1994 Free House Wine & Spirits has strived to maintain its initial goal on delivering to the hospitality trade – and ultimately to the consumer – the best quality products at the most affordable price. The passion for wine that prompted the founding partners, Ted Latimer and Don Bryant, to progress from retail to wholesale distribution has remained undiminished even as the Calgary-based agency expanded to serve all of Canada. Today the portfolio has grown in size and diversity to include some of the wine world’s most exclusive and interesting producers.

The Free House Wine and Spirits Annual National Sales Conference
July 2007 | Walla Walla, Washington
The Free House sales team descended on Walla Walla, Washington for their annual National Sales Conference from July 10-13. Beginning with a tour and tasting at Abeja, led by acclaimed winemaker John Abbott, the staff also journeyed through Woodward Canyon's legendary wines and vineyards with charismatic founder Rick Small. Additionally, the team were among the first to explore the site of the new Pacific Rim Winery, helmed by GM / winemaker Nicolas Quillé, and owned by Bonny Doon's eccentric Randall Grahm. This organic and biodynamic vineyard will ultimately produce several tiers of quality Riesling and Chenin Blanc, including premium single vineyard selections and an icewine called 'Vin de Glaciere'.

Rich From Justin Winery Visits Vancouver and Kelowna!
August 2007 | Vancouver and Kelowna
Justin is a family owned winery in Paso Robles, California that specializes in Bordeaux varietals. We had the privilege to take Rich Richardson (Director of sales and marketing) around to different restaurants and stores in our market. One of our stops was a wine dinner at the Rotten Grape wine bar in downtown Kelowna. Here Rich spoke of his passion for the wines and bio-dynamic farming. We tried world class wines including Tempranillo, which is only sold to members of the Justin wine club!