BCWI is governed by a Board of Directors that is reflective of best practices in modern corporate governance. The Board consists of nine elected voting winery members and two non-voting ex officio members who oversee the work of the President & CEO (who manages the BCWI), and who provides strategic guidance and effective oversight for the organization and industry. The Board ensures that appropriate systems of governance, leadership, and stewardship are in place to enable BCWI’s President & CEO to manage and lead the organization effectively.
See BOD Features https://winebc.com/industry/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/09/BOD-Key-Features.pdf
As the peak organization for the BC wine industry, our mission is to represent the interests of the British Columbia wineries dedicated to producing 100% British Columbia grape wines certified by the regulatory body for wine in British Columbia, through marketing, communications, and advocacy of their products to all stakeholders.
Our Vision: British Columbia is recognized as one of the world’s premium wine regions.
As the unified BC Wine Industry Representation and Voice: Through collaboration amongst industry stakeholders, groups and organizations, the BC Wine Institute is the peak BC wine industry contact, source and voice in providing direction, coordination, and alignment of industry and government resources and efforts including research, analysis, policy recommendations, and advocacy.
Advocate for and Continue to Support: Policies and programs critical to the success of the BC wine industry.
Industry Communication: The BC Wine Institute will ensure members and stakeholders are communicated with and have access to relevant and current industry information and resources and are knowledgeable about the purpose of the BC Wine Institute and the role and responsibilities of the Board of Directors and President & CEO in working on behalf of the BC wine industry.
BC Wine Authority (BCWA): The BC Wine Institute advocates for necessary updates and/or changes to provincial wine regulation to support a model that protects the BC VQA Wine standard within a registration, regulatory, and audit system that covers all wineries in British Columbia.
Brand Marketing Effectiveness: Our brand is Wines of British Columbia. Our brand will be communicated through all our programs and communications.
Maximizing the Return-on-Investment of our Program Strategies and Tactics: The BC Wine Institute will establish and monitor measurable objectives for our programs to ensure they are effective and efficient in achieving our visionary goals.
Market Development: The BC Wine Institute will identify and prioritize key domestic and international markets based on a measurable return-on-investment to industry and ensure a premium market for current production and future growth.
BC VQA Wine Stores: The BC Wine Institute will continue to ensure our sales channel is maximized to the benefit of the BC wine industry.
Wine & Food Tourism Marketing: The BC Wine Institute recognizes that destination wine and food tourism is critical to the success of BC wineries. The BC Wine Institute will take a leadership role in ensuring the Wines of British Columbia play an integral role and that the BC Wine Institute is the key contact of trade and media for provincial marketing and tourism initiatives.
Our Home Market: The BC Wine Institute will ensure that our marketing efforts are strategically aligned and mutually supportive in all sales channels within British Columbia.
Benefits:
Our mission is to represent the interests of British Columbia wineries dedicated to producing 100% British Columbia grape wines certified by the regulatory body for wine in British Columbia. Our members benefit from the marketing, communications, and advocacy of their products to all stakeholders.
Example reach for one of our 2019 marketing campaigns promoting BC wine:
Broadcast reach: 5,821,200
Social reach: 540,000
Website: 110,000 pageviews (or 23,800 from just the two campaign pages)
Newsletter reach: 20,000
Our strategic communications efforts provide members with regular and timely news updates including;
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- industry trends and business updates
- government policy
- sales figures
- competitions and conferences
- education and webinars
- network opportunities
- Access to information resources, key messaging, media requests, business, education, and network opportunities.
As the leading voice of British Columbia’s certified 100% BC wine industry, the BCWI works closely with all levels of government and builds partnerships with a broad range of stakeholders to meet the business needs and policy interests to create common solutions to the shared challenges for our industry.
Fees:
BCWI member fees are based on the volume of wine with 100% BC grape content your winery sells in BC. The fee is $0.10 per litre, with an annual minimum of $100
2019 Annual Report
2020 FY Operational Plan
https://winebc.com/industry/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/04/Fiscal-2020-ACM-Operational-Plan.pdf
2020 Media Kit
https://winebc.com/industry/media/media-kit/
WineBC 2030 Infographic
https://winebc.com/industry/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/12/WineBC2030-Infographic_print.pdf
WineBC 2030 Long-Term Strategic Plan
https://online.flowpaper.com/792a0728/BCWIWineBC2030LongTermStrategicPlan/#page=1