British Columbia Wine Industry

It created a second classification wines of distinction to be also from 100 percent british columbia grapes but with less stringent quality control.
British columbia wine industry. In practice it has strengthened the vqa classification. The wines of british columbia truly are a reflection of the land where the grapes are grown and the exceptional people who craft them. In british columbia the opportunities are real as is the potential to produce high quality internationally competitive wines.
As the peak organization for the bc wine industry our mission is to represent the interests of british columbia wineries dedicated to producing 100 british columbia grape wines certified by the regulatory body for wine in british columbia through marketing communications and advocacy of their products to all stakeholders. British columbia wine industry long term strategic plan wine bc 2030 is a speciic objective of the fiscal 2019 operational plan that we want to draw speciic attention to in this report. The two warring factions the british columbia wine institute bcwi the government mandated voice of the industry and terroir b c a vocal splinter group of disenfranchised small wineries agreed to stop their public bickering and work together toward a common goal of international growth under the neutral academic third party umbrella.
British columbia wine institute. Bc s grape wine industry has grown from just 17 grape wineries in 1990 to more than 280 today. Early in the pandemic british columbia liquor stores reported a 40 spike in sales.
The british columbia wine industry. Can it compete with the big guys. There are more than 10 499 acres 4 249 hectares of wine grapes planted in british columbia.
In 1989 the canada united states free trade agreement fta was implemented and dramatically changed the course of the wine industry s development in british columbia bc. And enjoyed responsibly by those adults who choose to consume them for the continued enjoyment and prosperity of the bc wine industry. Wine grapes planted in british columbia 3456 acres 1398 6 hectares.
More recently the british columbia wine authority was formed by the provincial government to regulate part of the industry. According to a capital daily report in march and april. 1988 the okwfs okanagan wine festival society was founded by a group of 6 wineries and tourism operators.