[Growwine] Ontario's drinking culture: A big part of the battle?

[melissa lounsbury]

It would be nice to sell wine at the farmers market.We where at the one in St Jacobs an Ocalo had their wine for sale there. We sold a quanity of our vines this year to be made into juice an to be sold at the welland an Niagara farmers market. Maurice  



----- Original Message ----
From: Ryan <ryan.daum at gmail.com>
To: growwine at littlefatwino.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 2, 2008 11:06:22 AM
Subject: Re: [Growwine] Ontario's drinking culture: A big part of the battle?

This speaks to a bigger question, I think; while I like wine from
diverse regions and especially from close to home, I do think there is
probably a hard economic limit on the feasibility of wine production
"everywhere."  I think you touch on this, but it may be that beyond
the problems of the LCBO monopoly and regulatory problems in Ontario
there just isn't much of a market for wine that may be produced if
those regulations were to be loosened.

That said, I just wish it was possible to produce and market
small-scale wine in Ontario just like any other food product -- at
farmer's markets, etc.  I would love to have a couple acres of grapes
and make wine part-time, and be able to sell it to friends, at market,
etc.

Ryan

On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 10:34 AM, Paul Bulas <pabls at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Lately I've been thinking that some of the obstacles to getting a true
> artisanal wine culture started across Ontario might stem from the overall
> views toward alcohol - in addition to the regulatory obstacles we discussed
> last week (e.g. 5-acre minimum, etc.).  We now have grape varieties that
> work across much of Central Ontario - so the viticultural difficulties are
> being fast addressed.  But what about the cultural aspects in general?
> Would an overall liberalization of views about public alcohol consumption
> help a fledgling artisanal wine industry?
>
> Each country has its unique history, but I can't help thinking that we in
> Ontario - and perhaps many more jurisdictions in North America - would do
> well to re-shape policies concerning public alcohol consumption along the
> lines of those seen in much of Europe.  I can't underestimate how necessary
> it is to bring quality artisanal wine and beer into the mainstream by
> emphasizing that these are culinary products; "art of the land", if you
> will.  Without a change in overal mentality, I think there will continue to
> be an uphill battle because artisanal wines will just be seen as a "special
> occasion" thing; a knick-knack; something you get for someone on their
> birthday or anniversary but nothing you'd ever dream of getting even just
> for yourself to have with supper.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
>
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