Total annual economic impact of the B.C. wine industry
$2.8 billion
Provincial wine industry workers in 2017
12,000
17 grape wineries in B.C. in 1990
275+ grape wineries today
929 individual vineyards
4,130 total hectares of grapevines
60 grape varietals
14,046,430 litres of B.C. VQA wine sold in 2017-2018, more than 1.5 million cases
Provincial market share, by litres sold, of B.C. VQA wines last November: 19%
B.C. vineyards located in the Okanagan Valley:
1932 The province's oldest commercial winery established: Kelowna's Calona Vineyards, now operating under Andrew Peller
$283.90 per capita annual spending on wine in B.C., 2016-2017
20% higher than the Canadian average
35% of total provincial alcohol spending
2.3 litres per person
B.C. exports wine to 17 international markets
Sources: B.C. Ministry of Agriculture, Agriculture Canada, B.C. Wine Institute, BC Liquor Distribution Branch, Statistics Canada