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John Skinner, owner of Painted Rock Estate Winery in the Okanagan, wants to mail his customers wine but can t. Mailing wine between provinces is illegal. Photo courtesy of Painted Rock Estate Winery
John Skinner just wants to mail a case of his vineyard’s wine to family in Ontario but can’t without breaking the law. For Okanagan winemakers like Skinner, that domestic trade barrier has been a further hindrance to business already slowed by the pandemic.
“(It) is just ridiculous,” said the winemaker and owner of Painted Rock Estate Winery in Penticton, B.C. “We’re the only other nation on Earth that doesn’t allow the direct-to-consumer transfer of wine. Every other wine-producing nation allows it.”