BC Wine Institute won’t give up Kamloops fight
KAMLOOPS — The controversy surrounding Kamloops City Council’s decision to prohibit wine sales at Save-On-Foods, is growing.
The BC Wine Institute is calling on City Council, to reconsider not to allowing a development variance for the Summit Drive Save-On-Foods. The Wine Institute holds 21 VQA licenses throughout the province, including the one held by Overwaitea, after its purchase last year of Discover Wines. Miles Prodan says there’s a tremendous amount of misinformation and fear mongering.
“We’re not trying to take anything away from the existing private liquor stores, we’re not trying to have our shelves filled with anything other than 100% BC VQA, there’s room for everybody, there’s consumers that love 100% local wine and we want to give them the opportunity to get it,” says Prodan, President & CEO, BC Wine Institute.