'Absurd' inequities: Why craft distillers are Slamming B.C. Government

"Higher taxes, a production cap: B.C. distillers push for wine-like treatment. B.C. craft distillers have told BIV that there are several specific ways in which the B.C. government is treating them less favourably than it does wineries.

For one thing, government mark-ups, or taxes, on spirits is higher than it is for wine. Another beef is that craft distillers have a production limit that they must stay below to gain some tax advantages. Wineries do not have that restriction. Finally, wineries get financial kick-backs, or reimbursements, when they sell products in government-run liquor stores.

Distilleries do not."   Read more at Business Intelligence for B.C. (external link)