What was your greatest challenge?
"Keeping up with all of the reporting while doing more business."
"Making enough wine to keep up with demand."
"Mother nature challenges, controlling disease and unwanted external elements i,e. leaf hoppers and birds and other mites who eat the grapes."
"Fires, resulting smoke coverage and ash."
Social Media?
What will you investment in?
What are your thoughts on our wine laws?
"This change was long over due!"
"Need to be able to sell Canada wide"
"Should be modernized as practiced in the US"
"Still not 100% sure that grocery store sales won't allow for imports in the future."
"From what’s seen in jurisdictions with wine in grocery, could cause a race to the bottom"
What do you think of the wine law?
We asked about your hopes and dreams for your business and the industry and here were a few combined responses.
"Steady growth and a strong local wine industry… Increasing production so we are using all the grapes we produce.…Making money while keeping prices down. "
"Fewer government restrictions… dictating to wineries what they can charge for their products."
"More customers looking for something different other than mainstream wines."
"A more cohesive industry heading toward the same goals - promoting B.C. wines to the world."
"Finding a balance between growers and wine producers. Remember a good wine starts in the vineyard!!!"
What varietals were your best crop in the vineyard? What wine varietals or blends sold the most for you?
- Sauvignon Opal
- Sauvignon Blanc
- Mead
- Merlot
- Pinot Noir
- Cab Franc
- Pinot Gris
- Cab Noir and Blanc this Year in the vineyard.
- White and Red Blends & Merlot sold best this year.
- All Our Varietals Did Well For Us. Cab Franc, Malbec, Merlot ( Hat Trick), Plus Merlot.
- Gamay Noir and Malbec. They all sold out.
- Chardonnay they sold the best but the others were sold.
