Finance committee  Correct. It's significantly less.

Finance committee  Do you mean in revenue per acre?

Finance committee  There are differences across the country in yields per acre depending on the region, the grape variety, and the style of wines we're trying to produce. On average, across our market we would be at about three tonnes per acre. For the cost of a tonne of grapes, right now we're ave

Finance committee  I would like to comment on that as well. One of the challenges, as my colleague mentioned, is the new U.S. administration. It is focusing on tearing up NAFTA, or renegotiating it. But three industries have been singled out: dairy, softwood lumber, and wine. The United States co

Finance committee  Yes. I understand that both the EU and the U.S. in particular, along with a couple of other countries, have made that statement, but to add a little weight to my colleague's comments, we're a highly leveraged industry. I grew up on a farm myself, and this is farming at its roots.

Finance committee  Thank you, Chair Easter, and members of the committee. Ladies and gentlemen, I'm here today representing my company, Devonian Coast Wineries, the largest winery in Atlantic Canada and the seventh-largest in Canada, as well as the Winery Association of Nova Scotia and its growers