Wine Community

My friend Ali told me about Rob, & Louis who are standing on the corner of Cambie & Water street, in front of the Starbucks, for the 12 days of Christmas rain, cold or  what little shine we get,  until the with their East Van Truck is FILLED.  Take 30 mniutes out of your day, shop for some high protein non-perishable food and bring it donw to the boys. Lets fill the truck – lets show people that Vancouver cares.

The happenings around the world inspired by social media are mind boggling,  government’s can no longer steam role or bully there way over people with antiquated agendas or policies, social media is the way to unite people and implement change.

Through social media I have an amazing group of people, with food and wine the common bond. We all have similar frustrations and stories about soporific bureaucrats impeding ideas, frustrating business, growth of our people, our industry & province. Now is our opportunity to voice those concerns, one story at a time.

On Wednesday December 21^st #BC Wine Chat http://bcwinechat.com/schedule/ will have on line discussion through Twitter on the following topics.

Interprovincial Wine Shipments in Canada December 21^st 2011

Custom Crush Facilities in BC December 28^th, 2011

BCLDB Regulations for Wineries January 4^th, 2011

BCLDB Regulations for Retailers and Restaurants, January 11^th, 2012

Tweet, Face Book, Blog, and text this to as many of your friends and industry colleagues as you can. Get them to tell their personal stories of how government interference has wasted time, money and above all cost us jobs.

I can tell you from conversations I have had with people in the Ministry of Jobs and Tourism & Innovation, is that they have no idea on what transpires on the street and how it affects small business, LET’S DO IT, and make our voices be heard.