Commentary by Anthony Gismondi Coming off a successful wine festival where numerous Italian grape varieties and the many regions where they grow were in the spotlight, it’s becoming painfully obvious it is time to move to another level in British Columbia as we regulate our wines and place names. Let’s be fair, no amount of…
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BC Wine & Grape Industry stakeholders invited to town halls
In the weeks ahead the British Columbia Wine Authority (BCWA) will be conducting an industry plebiscite to allow licensed wine producers (both members and non-members of the BCWA) to vote on the Appellation Task Group recommendations. In advance of the vote, the Task Group is organizing a series of industry stakeholder town halls. They are…
BC Wine Report by Rhys Pender: BC Wine Appellation Task Group
Byline: Rhys Pender, MW, Wine Align Over the last 8 months, I have spent a good chunk of my time volunteering as part of the BC Wine Appellation Task Group. This group was given the mission statement “To engage the BC wine industry and use their input to recommend improvements on our system of appellations, and…
B.C. wine task group proposes reforms
Byline: Kimberly Davidson, Global News A B.C. wine task group is hoping to sub-divide wine regions to offer consumers more information about soil and climate conditions. Wine regions can be further broken down into appellations. Currently B.C. has five officially designated wine regions. They are the Okanagan Valley, Similkameen Valley, Fraser Valley, Vancouver Island and the…
B.C. wine industry wants more specific place names on bottles
Source: CBC News The B.C. Wine Appellation Task Group will submit a report to the Ministry of Agriculture tomorrow proposing that wine-producing regions be given specific names or appellations. The Task Group, made up of wine industry representatives, is recommending sub-geographical labels for the Okanagan Valley and other wine producing regions in B.C. “The idea…
New Wine Regions, Regulatory Reforms Proposed by BC Wine Task Group
A stronger “sense of place” will strengthen BC’s reputation among domestic and international wine consumers Vancouver, BC – A BC wine industry group released its final report Thursday after a seven-month comprehensive consultation on the future of British Columbia’s system of appellations. The BC Wine Appellation Task Group – an independent ad-hoc committee of leading…
Gismondi: Export — or die. B.C. wine retools for the 21st century
Byline: Anthony Gismondi. Source: Pique Newsmagazine British Columbia wine makers find themselves at a crossroads this summer. There’s no denying the region has grown up — just look at the price of local wine to see that we take a backseat to no one. The question is, can they sustain the interest and the prices…
Survey Reminder: Please Respond by July 3rd
Have you done our survey yet? There is still time! You are able to do our BC wine industry and consumer survey until 5pm on Friday, July 3rd. It will only take a few short minutes of your time. Click here for the survey: http://fluidsurveys.com/s/BCWATG/ We have had several hundred responses so far from a wide range…