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Argentina Joins WTO Challenge to BC Grocery Wine Sales

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Written by Mark Hicken Mark Hicken
Category: Latest News Latest News
Published: 13 February 2017 13 February 2017

Argentina has now joined the United States, the European Union and New Zealand in their challenge to the BC government's grocery store wine sales model. The challenge relates to the implementation of grocery store wine sales that allow 100% BC wine to be sold on regular grocery shelves but which requires that any imported wine be sold in a separate "store within a store". To date, no grocery stores have opened the latter sales model while the former model is rolling out slowly across the province. This topic will be discussed further at Tuesday's Wine Law Conference in Vancouver. Additional analysis of the challenge was featured in this Vancouver Sun article by Karen Graham.

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EU and New Zealand Join WTO Dispute Over BC Grocery Wine

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Written by Mark Hicken Mark Hicken
Category: Latest News Latest News
Published: 08 February 2017 08 February 2017

The European Union and New Zealand have now both formally requested to join the WTO dispute, initiated recently by the U.S., regarding the BC wine in grocery model (which permits the sale of only BC wine on regular grocery store shelves). See here for details. This trade topic has now been added to the agenda of the Wine Law Conference, to be held next Tuesday in Vancouver.

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BC's New Liquor Laws Now Effective

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Written by Mark Hicken Mark Hicken
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Published: 31 January 2017 31 January 2017

Businesses involved in the wine industry in British Columbia should take note that BC's new Liquor Control & Licensing Act and associated Regulation became effective on January 23, 2017. Links to the new statute and regulation are contained on this page of the LCLB's new web site: Legislation and Regulation. To support the new Act & Regs, the LCLB has also released new Terms & Conditions Guides for licensees. The new guide for wineries is here: Manufacturer's TAC Guide. There are also new guides for other categories of licensee here: TAC Guides. 

These new laws will be the subject of sessions at the upcoming BC Wine & Liquor Law Conference, to be held in Vancouver on February 14th. Wine industry attendees can obtain a reduced registration fee by changing the rate on the registration page to "wine industry rate". 

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U.S. Launches Trade Action Against BC Wine Grocery Model

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Written by Mark Hicken Mark Hicken
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Published: 18 January 2017 18 January 2017

The United States Trade Representative has announced this morning that the Obama administration has launched a trade enforcement action at the WTO against BC's wine in grocery store model. The details of the challenge are contained in this press release: United States Challenges Canadian Trade Measures That Discriminate Against U.S. Wine. The basis of the action is that BC's "regular shelves" grocery model discriminates against imported wines by allowing the sale of BC wines on regular grocery shelves but only permitting the sale of imported wines in a separate "store within a store" model. We will provide an update on this issue at the upcoming Wine & Liquor Law Conference in Vancouver on February 14th.

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BC Wine Law Conference Details (+ Discount)

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Written by Mark Hicken Mark Hicken
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Published: 03 January 2017 03 January 2017

Details of the 2017 BC Wine & Liquor Law Conference are now available from the organizer's web site: Law Seminars Wine Law Conference. The agenda should be fascinating with sessions on BC's brand new Liquor Control & Licensing Act (taking effect later this month), as well as a review of the new legislation's effect on industry and local government, discussion of wine labeling requirements, an update on interprovincial shipping and the effects of national trends in liquor law reform.

There is a discounted registration fee for those who work in the BC wine or liquor industry. This reduced $300 USD rate is now available by going to the conference registration page, selecting the "Rate" drop down box and changing it from "Regular" to "Wine Industry Member". The registration fee will then change to $300.

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