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Guide lambasts. B.C,

- book which ‘roundly

haat the B.C. ‘liquor list

blighed by Sterling
ml cations. ig now
available in Terrace at the
-Hub, 4613 Lakelse Avenue
and ‘the Terrace Herald at

Brant Kalum . Street. This

-- book has been the subject of

) much controversy in . the
, Vancouver. area and has’

Yaised the backs of people at
- the Liquor Board. Writing in
‘the Vancouver Province
' Jarvis Whitney published
‘the following column
_, dealing. with the book.

“By Jarvis Whitney

" Vancouver Province
he B.C. liquor store is a
irson’ 5 closet, a Scot-
‘chman’s revenge

' designated. to perpetuate.

our Presbyterian hangup
. that. something has to taste
' bad to be good,” says the
author of a new book. .
‘British-born Roland
_ Morgan, $1, adds. that he
his book (The B.C.
Wine and Spirits Guide 1976-

generate ‘enough
pressure to end all of that. In
‘Slightly larger than pocket-

size — and: produced on.
chain that
Terrace.

_ Rewsprint by t
~ publishes the
- Herald — the book walks all .

. over the Liquor Ad-
. ministration ‘Branch

listings. It gives more than

‘1,000. tasting ‘comments

‘(most of them biting),
. provincial rice
parisons, individual. unit
Paiste and a sharply critical
‘history”’ of B.C. wines.
Morgan — who told me “I”

don't pretend tobe an expert -

.on. wines and_ spirits,’
although I have. sampled
“most of the products listed
during: eight frustrating
~ fguor of wrestling with the

uor branch's list’’ — says

“bis approach to the situation

is “oriented to the consumer

blications, 224 ‘
pages. $2.99 paperback) will -

‘com: |

“and su

-they can make

and how toget a decent deal
in the world of skyrocketing -
prices.”

He knocks just about

‘ every.B.C. wine on the list,

with phrases such as:
“Acidic, metallic ... sweetly
uncooked, harsh and syrupy

, sour ... marked

sh
foxiness of taste ... dry,

inky, alcoholic grape juice.”
As close as any get to ac- .
ceptance' is faint priase such

ved Not too bad .
estrian - arely ac-’
ceptable ... fair” — y and

those are the Special

numbers brought . out: -
recent years in.an effort to
counter the industry’s bad
image.”

But Morgan, who came to
Canada as a‘ teacher and
switched to newspaper -
reporting, doesn’t blame the
wineries. He blames the law
that says they must buy the
bulk of grapes grown on
“B.C.’s far-from-ideal soil” ~
ests that if they -

were allowed to import good”

wine grapes from California’

and elsewhere “we'd see if

because they couldn’t blame -

‘the grapes any more.” He

says the liquor branch “for -

-a few million of its more
‘than $400 million a year,” —
should buy up all but. the

_ grapes.

best Okanagan vineyards,

let the rest become victims .
of urban sprawl, and import
Protecting and
subsidizing the grape-
growers by limiting grape

“and wine imports, and over-
. pricing . imported ‘wines,
Makes little sense, he says, -

‘ because ‘‘growers are! not

+

-big employers.” ..
‘Some of the facts outlined —
in the book, ‘many of which

have. been mentioned i in this
column in recent years but

_bear repeating:

.- The average: price of a
red Canadian .table wine in
B, ¢. is 11 cents more than

MGM’ S "Telefon"

‘Lee Remick. has - been:
signed to star with Charles
Bronson in. Metro-Goldwyn-
“Mayer's unconventional spy
thriller ‘“‘Telefon,’”’ it was

announced recently by

Richard Shepherd, MGM
Senior Vice President and
Worldwide .Head. of

_ _ Theatrical Production.

“The talented. actress will
the. American

contact for a Russian KGB
agent, played by Bronson,

‘ who has been sent to the

U.S. to seek and destroy a
Russian traitor whose acts
of sabotage can trigger .
World: War II. . ~

‘Martin . Elfand is

producing “Telefon,” with

Don Siegel directing. the
Peter Hyams screenplay.

cod wine

‘liquor list.

anywhere else in Canada.

comparisons
wines costing’ more here
than when they're shipped
to other provinces.)

- ‘There are 10 imported
red table wines in B.C.

— where the average price.

-of a Canadian red is 14 cents |.
less, and where there alsois -
a local wine industry —

there are 109 imported reds

under $3; In Quebec, there |
are 4 and i in Alberta there .

are 99
wines that cost between $3

and $4 in B.C. are priced at
an average of a dellar less in

other provinces

- There are 60 imported

- ped wines in B.C. , only three

of them’ from California,

“when we lie only an hour’s
air- t from the world’s
secon
B.C. carries 53 imported
- white wines. Ontario has 209

and Alberta lists 89. Only 13.

of the whites here are under
$3, while Ontario has 80 and
Alberta has 65 under that

price. There are twoFrench |.

white wines below $3 in B.C.

— Alberta has nine, Ontario |

_ lists 16 and Quebec has 25. In

rts this with price | - "
maribons showing B.C.

priced under $3. In ‘Ontario

t- wine’ district.:

"~The majority of imported. ‘on

all, we have a choice of 18 | =. >

French whites, while
Alberta has 20, Ontario has
63 and. ‘Quebec sells 83. ~

- B.C. table wines sell here
at the equivalent of $12.50
-per pint alcohol. Foreign

wines work out’ to $22.43

(with the more exotic items,

such as Chambolle Musigny, 7

‘at $14.95 a:bottle, selling for
$95 per pint of alochol).
‘Spirits come to $13.70...

point ‘that there is no

significant saving to the . |:
consumer to buy B.C. wine ~
_in bulk “contrary, to. the ~

“accepted: practice in other
-consumer areas.’ :

- Allin all, some telling | -
arguments,

despite
~ Morgan’s ~ unfortunate
reference. to the Liquor
Administration . Branch

throughout by its old title, ”
Liquor Control Board — and: -
despite the fact some of his |
prices are already ‘out of -

date. A- book Attorney-

General Gardom ‘should ~

read before his imminent

and’ long-promised Liquor.

‘Act changes — which, one

hopes, will free. the new.’ -
listings that have been held.

- Morgan also makes’ the ae a

up since last April by aap =

government dithering.

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ae - Q. —B. Cc. ‘imports 13 white wines under

$3; Ontario has. 80. Why? 53095.

a. in BC. where imports are fewest,
domestic wine. costs the most, Why? _

# . . book ‘Attorney-General .

_ |. - q@ardom should read before hisim- °

.-* minent and long-promised Liquor

po Act changes . ow

mo _—Jorvis Whitney, Voncouver Province .
ye Me ww. author Roland. Morgen has |
.Wiped the froth from his lips and.

taken: ‘a load oft his soul.”
- Leslie Paterson, ‘Vancouver Sun ;
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The Terrace. Herald,

The Hub

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