Is BC holding out on us?

[Chef]

I may have to do with production volume as well. I don't know the relative amounts between Ontario and BC, but we have a similar situation here in the States. Because California produces SO MUCH wine, it is everywhere in the market. Most people don't know it, but there are wineries in nearly every state (I think Alaska is the only exception). But, if you go into the stores, most of the US wine you find is from California.

Also, the wholesalers don't want to deal with small volumes. They would much rather deal in a California wine that produces, say 500,000 bottles or more a year, than a wine that produces only 50,000 a year.

Your absolutely correct about the production in the US except that there are wineries in Alaska. The top two producers are CA 90.2% and NY 4.6%, the other 48 states make up the the rest and i think WA is over 2% so that doesn't leave much for everyone else. I am sure that the case is similar in Canada, and of course they also have the import of all the CA stuff as well.

[davedove]

Your absolutely correct about the production in the US except that there are wineries in Alaska. The top two producers are CA 90.2% and NY 4.6%, the other 48 states make up the the rest and i think WA is over 2% so that doesn't leave much for everyone else. I am sure that the case is similar in Canada, and of course they also have the import of all the CA stuff as well.

Wow! I knew that California produced a lot, but I didn't know it had that large a share. When I buy wine here in Maryland, I tend to buy Maryland wines, or from one of the bordering states. Pennsylvania and Virginia have a lot of wineries, but with California producing that much, they're probably still less than 1% each.