On the road to Fort Berens in Lillooet – BC’s emerging wine region
Stacey and I were invited on a bus excursion from downtown Vancouver to Lillooet, BC, as guests of the owners of Fort Berens Estate Winery, ostensibly to see their new facility up-close and attend their grand opening. What the all-day adventure became was a fantastic window on the challenges and opportunities wine-making provides to drive […]
Premiers Intervene So Canadians Can Drink Premium #BCWine
The following report was originally published at Vancouver Sun and Huffington Post Canada. The annual meeting of Canada’s premiers at the Council of the Federation conference in Charlottetown recently was dominated by the topic of interprovincial trade. It is argued that Canada’s economic growth is stunted by a “perfect storm of dumb” — as federal Industry […]
Will improved #internaltrade help #BCwine? YES!
Canada’s federal government are campaigning for more open trade between provinces Liquor monopolies and inter-provincial trade barriers that allow them are making headlines this week, and it’s no surprise that wine producers are taking notice. The C.D. Howe Institute report released this week titled Uncorking a Strange Brew: The Need for More Competition in Ontario’s Alcoholic […]