CIC Causes Split in Ontario Wine Industry
mhicken December 2nd, 2009
Some of Ontario’s largest producers (those that make Cellared in Canada wines) have withdrawn from the Wine Council of Ontario and formed their own alternative trade organization, the Winery and Grower Alliance of Ontario. The split was apparently caused by the Ontario government’s introduction of increased taxation on CIC wines in order to support the growth of VQA sales. There now appear to be two distinct camps within the Ontario industry, those that produce solely VQA product and those that produce both VQA and CIC product. The latter group is apparently set to fight the new tax as reported in this story from Wines & Vines: Ontario Wineries From New Group.
