Free the Wine!

A recent Globe and Mail wine column by Beppi Crosariol provides a range of wine picks for consumers who want to find a reasonably priced “house wine”. However, the picks highlight the ridiculous price of wines in British Columbia. For the wines that are chosen, you can see the significant wine price differences between Ontario and BC here. Only two wines are the same price and nearly all of the wines are much more expensive in BC - up to 33% more expensive! Remember, this is a comparison between two liquor monopolies … not a comparison between the U.S. and Canada where the differences would be even greater. Something is seriously wrong with the BC LDB pricing structure when you have differences this large between MONOPOLIES. Of course, if Canadian shipping laws weren't also so absurd, we would at least be able to order from Ontario ...