[Growwine] News article

[Paul Troop]

VQA wines get a refund (read kickback) from the LDB and, if I understand it 
correctly, VQA stores in BC.  Another blow for those committed to varieties 
not on the VQA list.

If believe there are several countries/jurisdictions that give back funds to 
regional wineries in the name of something like industry development funds. 
It's all in the way it's worded.

Paul
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Martin Paré" <midmp at abacom.com>
To: <growwine at littlefatwino.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 11:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Growwine] News article


what about international trade agreements ?  i thought only Ontario and BC
did something back in the 80s to legally keep the special markups  ?

On 15 Nov 2007 at 12:29, littlefatwino at trytel.net wrote:

>
>
> Lardy has sent this article to you from The Chronicle Herald 
> (http://thechronicleherald.ca)
> Lardy comments: This is an amazing gamble.  Back in the 80's Ontario wines 
> had a very favourable markup vis a vis imports and it was ruled trade 
> illegal.  Very interesting indeed, and extremely nice to see a Canadian 
> government willing to bend towards helping the locals instead of pushing 
> yet more factory imports...
>
> Published: 2007-11-15
>
> Grape expectations
>
>  Local winemakers will have an­other reason to pop the corks in the new 
> year.
>   On Jan. 2, the Nova Scotia Li­quor Corp. will drop its price markup on 
> Nova Scotia wines by 70 per cent to encourage in­dustry growth. It may be 
> good news for grow­ers but it will take awhile for consumers to reap the 
> benefits. "If people are expecting to see on Jan. 2 a whole bunch more 
> Nova Scotia wine and a whole bunch more lower prices for those wines, 
> that´s not going to happen," NSLC spokesman Rick Perkins said.
> Read the full story at http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/9004623.html
>
>
>


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