HALIFAX — Canada’s wine sector is worth more than $10 billion a year and the industry says a few tweaks — like scrapping domestic trade barriers — could add billions of dollars to the national economy.
A new report commissioned by the Wine Growers of Canada says the sector could be worth an extra $3.7 billion if Canadians drank more homegrown wine.
It’s aiming to get domestic consumption to 51 per cent over the next 15 years, up from the current 40 per cent.
Wine growers say one of the biggest obstacles is that there’s no national system allowing wineries to ship their product direct to
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