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British Columbia: Wine Growers British Columbia (WGBC) hosted its Annual General Meeting in person at the Penticton Trade and Convention Centre on September 27, 2024, welcoming new members to the Board of Directors.

The WGBC Board is comprised of nine voting directors representing all full-member wineries of Wine Growers British Columbia. During the meeting, elections were held to fill several available seats. As a small winery representative, Lauren Skinner-Buksevics from Painted Rock Estate Winery was elected to a three-year term. For the three seats available for representatives of medium member wineries, Angela Lyons of Quails’ Gate Winery was elected to a three-year term, Paul Sawler of Dirty Laundry Vineyard to a two-year term, and Mark Sheridan of Hester Creek Estate Winery to a one-year term. From large member wineries, Josh Stewart of Arterra Wines Canada was elected to a three-year term, and Vincent Ong of Andrew Peller Ltd. was elected to a two-year term.

WGBC extends its gratitude to outgoing board members Chris Turyk of Unsworth Vineyards, Greg Berti of Andrew Peller Ltd., who is retiring from the wine industry following a fruitful 35-year career with Andrew Peller, Sheila Whittaker of Nostalgia Wines Inc., ex-officio member Al Hudec as well as retiring President & CEO Miles Prodan for their significant contributions and dedication to the organization.

As WGBC looks ahead to the coming year, we extend our gratitude to BC’s resilient wine community. Despite the challenges of recent years, we remain committed to supporting our member wineries and the vitality of the BC wine industry as we work together towards a bright future.

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ABOUT WINE GROWERS BRITISH COLUMBIA

Since 1990, WGBC has played a pivotal role in taking BC’s wine industry from a vision to an internationally recognized niche region producing premium wines and providing exceptional wine tourism experiences. WGBC markets the wine and regions of BC; delivers quality trade, media and consumer tastings; and acts as the voice of BC’s wine industry by advocating to government on behalf of industry that contributes $3.75 billion in provincial economic growth annually.

WGBC represents all wineries in British Columbia to grow the premium market share for the Wines of British Columbia, while driving awareness of our world-class wines and tourism product – as of 2019 drawing 1,191,500 visitors with $783.7million in tourism and tourism employment related economic impact on an annual basis.

For more information about Wine Growers BC programs and services, please visit WineBC.com.
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