Provincial laws regulate our industry very tightly. They provide the rules by which we and our customers must abide.  We've listed the key regulations here for your information.

 

• Winemakers and their assistants must be of legal drinking age to use in-store winery services.

• Sampling of wine prior to purchase is not permitted.

• Sampling of wine prior to bottling (the day of) is limited to 170ml (five ounces) per batch by the winemaker whose name appears on the contract

• Exchanging wines on–site with other winemakers is not permitted. 

• Neither the on-premise winemaker nor his/her staff can add yeast to a batch of juice. This must be done by the customer. 

• Customers must bottle their own wine; neither the winemaker nor his/her staff may bottle the wine on behalf of the customer. 

• On-premise winemaking establishments cannot store wines for the customer once bottled.