Interesting piece at TheHub on how Canadian wine drinkers can stop buying US wine.
His first suggestion is excellent. The rain-shadow zone of BC is identical in climate and soil to the rain-shadow part of Washington. Any grape that grows around Wenatchee will also grow around Kelowna. The author says BC does have some vineyards in that area, not nearly as many as the climate could support. Should be a business opportunity, but ideally should have started a long time ago. Vines and wines take years to mature. He also suggests Australia and more obviously Europe.
Separate products need to redevelop national pride in separate ways. The BIG project for Canada is redeveloping east-west infrastructure after too many years of strictly north-south. Ports, railroads, electric grids, pipelines.
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