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Jonathan Luiten left a comment for Mark Hicken

"Hi Mark. Great talk today at the wine law seminar. I think you filled Judy's shoes just fine! Cheers, Jonathan."

Mar 29, 2011

Mark Hicken posted a discussion

Allergen Labelling on Wine

Health Canada has introduced new regulations (effective in August 2012) which will require the disclosure of potential allergens in wine. For example, if the wine contains egg, fish or milk products as a result of their use in fining, the wine label would have to disclose that. What do wineries think?

Feb 16, 2011

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Luke Whittall replied to Mark Hicken's discussion State of the BC Wine Industry - SFU Report

"What's been the outcome of this paper?"

Feb 15, 2011

Mark Hicken replied to Mark Hicken's discussion State of the BC Wine Industry - SFU Report

"Interesting comments. Thanks for your input, Sierra."

Feb 15, 2011

Mark Hicken and Roblin Cronkhite are now friends

Feb 13, 2011

Luke Whittall replied to Mark Hicken's discussion State of the BC Wine Industry - SFU Report

"Interesting paper so far. I'm not through with the whole thing but there are some good points, especially about the social fragmentation of the industry most noticeably between the larger and smaller wineries. There are factual errors (p. 56 -…"

Jan 20, 2011

Mark Hicken posted a discussion

State of the BC Wine Industry - SFU Report

Wines & Vines ran a story this morning on an SFU report which analyzes the current state of the BC wine industry. My web site (winelaw.ca) was cited as a reference in…See More

Jan 12, 2011

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Mike Nierychlo replied to Mark Hicken's discussion Help to Modernize Canada's Wine Shipping Laws

"Thanks Mark, EVERYBODY. . . GET ON BOARD!!!"

Dec 7, 2010

Mark Hicken posted a discussion

Help to Modernize Canada's Wine Shipping Laws

As many members of this group will already be aware, Kelowna-Lake Country MP, Ron Cannan, has introduced a motion in the House of Commons to modernize Canada's archaic wine shipping laws. A post-prohibition era 1928 law currently makes it illegal for consumersto transport a single bottle of wine across a provincial border. Thelaw also makes it illegal for BC wineries to ship to consumers in otherparts of Canada. This law was originally designed to stop theinter-provincial traffic of liquor…See More

Dec 6, 2010

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Mark Hicken and Allison M Markin are now friends

Oct 16, 2010

Mark Hicken replied to Allison M Markin's discussion Social media workshops for wineries

"Allison, I attended a very interesting conference on the legal issues related to the use of social media last week in Seattle. I think that this angle might be an interesting one to include in your workshop/classes. Please feel free to send me an…"

Sep 15, 2010

Mark Hicken and Winecouver are now friends

Aug 4, 2010

Mark Hicken commented on Bradley Cooper, BlackCloud Wines's blog post My take on the Biodynamic Fieldtrip

"As another participant, I heartily concur! Great summary Brad. I thoroughly enjoyed the trip."

Jul 9, 2010

Mark Hicken is now friends with Bradley Cooper, BlackCloud Wines and Allison Vidug

Jul 2, 2010

Mark Hicken replied to Sandra Oldfield's discussion Cellar in Canada

"Interesting thoughts on this. I wrote an article on this (also linked to previously) which is here. The bottom line from a legal perspective is that current federal law requires a declaration of the "country of origin" on all wine sold in…"

Jun 30, 2010

Mark Hicken replied to Bradley Cooper, BlackCloud Wines's discussion Biodynamic Wines - a workshop with Philippe Armenier

"Brad, Thanks again on this. I won't arrive in Kennewick until late on Sunday so I won't join the group until Monday morning. I would like to attend the Whitehouse Crawford dinner on Monday evening. One thing I noticed when I was booking…"

Jun 18, 2010