The Globe & Mail recently shared an article on interprovincial trade where OCW’s President Michelle Wasylyshen was quoted, “Today, it’s easier for an Ontario winery to send their product to Europe than Quebec.
As a result of restrictions on interprovincial wine trade, Canada is the only significant wine-growing country that doesn’t primarily drink domestic wines, said Michelle Wasylyshen, president and CEO of Ontario Craft Wineries.
In Australia, the United States and France, the market share by volume of domestic producers is 82 per cent, 60 per cent and 87 per cent respectively, according to a 2023 Deloitte report. Canada’s is much lower – by more than double in most circumstances, according to Ms. Wasylyshen.”
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