Since Alberta Premier Rachel Notley announced the province’s liquor commission would stop buying B.C. She has also heard from sympathetic Alberta restaurants that carry Encore Vineyards wine and have no intention of pulling the company’s product from their shelves or wine lists. The province accounts for a quarter of B.C.’s total wine sales, worth an estimated $70 million annually, said Miles Prodan, president of the B.C. “We’re hoping it gets resolved sooner rather than later, though.”So is McWatters Bond, who said a prolonged boycott could cause Encore Vineyards to rethink a planned expansion and the hiring of an additional 20 employees. Every winery’s business model is different, but from the small wineries to the big ones, we all depend on the sales in Alberta.”

Source: thestar February 09, 2018 22:30 UTC