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Five small BC wineries have been granted permission to bring their concerns to the Supreme Court of Canada in the interprovincial shipping of liquor case R. v. Comeau. The Supreme Court will hear the case in early December 2017.
R. v. Comeau is the first court case in which any winery in Canada has had an opportunity to address the legal barriers to interprovincial shipping of wine made from Canadian grown grapes.
This is an important case that will have a monumental effect on the Canadian liquor industry for decades to come and will benefit ALL CANADIAN WINERIES, but in particular small and medium size wineries that do not have national distribution.
The five BC wineries accepted as interveners have supported the cost of the initial application process (approximately $70k of their own money to date) and are prepared to fund this effort further. We ask all small and medium Canadian wineries to consider contributing to the legal fees that will help our team address questions at the heart of Canada's federalist constitution. Any amount, large or small will make a difference.
Let's work together to make this happen.
Curtis Krouzel (50th Parallel Estate ), Ian MacDonald (Liquidity Wines ), Jim D'Andrea (Noble Ridge Vineyard and Winery ), Christine Coletta (Okanagan Crush Pad Winery ), and John Skinner (Painted Rock Estate Winery ) have been spearheading this, gained intervenor status with the Supreme Court of Canada, garnered international media attention, and now they are asking for the wine industry to help by stepping up. The funds will be used to cover legal fees.*
Read the full release on the news wire here.
And follow here to see sample of the media attention this case has received to date.
*The funds collected will go into a pooled account that will be used to pay legal fees. The donation of money into this fund does not constitute a retainer and does not create a relationship between the donating party and our legal counsel. Any excess funds will be donated to support National Canadian wine scholarships.
R. v. Comeau is the first court case in which any winery in Canada has had an opportunity to address the legal barriers to interprovincial shipping of wine made from Canadian grown grapes.
This is an important case that will have a monumental effect on the Canadian liquor industry for decades to come and will benefit ALL CANADIAN WINERIES, but in particular small and medium size wineries that do not have national distribution.
The five BC wineries accepted as interveners have supported the cost of the initial application process (approximately $70k of their own money to date) and are prepared to fund this effort further. We ask all small and medium Canadian wineries to consider contributing to the legal fees that will help our team address questions at the heart of Canada's federalist constitution. Any amount, large or small will make a difference.
Let's work together to make this happen.
Curtis Krouzel (50th Parallel Estate ), Ian MacDonald (Liquidity Wines ), Jim D'Andrea (Noble Ridge Vineyard and Winery ), Christine Coletta (Okanagan Crush Pad Winery ), and John Skinner (Painted Rock Estate Winery ) have been spearheading this, gained intervenor status with the Supreme Court of Canada, garnered international media attention, and now they are asking for the wine industry to help by stepping up. The funds will be used to cover legal fees.*
Read the full release on the news wire here.
And follow here to see sample of the media attention this case has received to date.
*The funds collected will go into a pooled account that will be used to pay legal fees. The donation of money into this fund does not constitute a retainer and does not create a relationship between the donating party and our legal counsel. Any excess funds will be donated to support National Canadian wine scholarships.
Organizer and beneficiary
The Interveners
Organizer
Vancouver, BC
Christine Coletta
Beneficiary