Ontario should put wine consumers first: Hicken
UPDATE: An Ontarian representative of the liquor industry decries BC’s complaints, accusing BC’s wineries of being ‘entitled’ and says “The government of Ontario should be applauded for protecting taxpayers and saying no to winery welfare.” Clearly, a very strong anti-free trade sentiment exists among Ontarian liquor sellers, and this story is long from over. Last […]
Stacey and Mike set for a Similkameen Adventure
Tomorrow we begin our 10th annual wine travel excursion from Vancouver out to BC’s beautiful Okanagan Valley region. Over the decade we have made many friends and have learned much about this industry. After being kickstarted by new cross-border trade rules, the BC wine industry truly came into its own approximately 20 years ago in […]
Is the BC VQA wine standard in jeopardy?
SeeYaLater Ranch – a BC VQA wine UPDATE: The state of BC VQA is now going to be the #BCWineChat Twitter town hall discussion on Wednesday, (Aug. 7th) beginning 8pm with this week’s host Paul Rickett. For an archive of past chats visit bcwinechat.com. Are price-sensitive wine shoppers moving away from quality BC wines for […]