(PART TWO) -- The hospitality sector in these economic downturn days is in terrible shape. So, how bad is the wine and food economy?
It's so bad – that Jim Warren is now president of EIGHT different
It's so bad – that the Ontario Wine Awards now covers only
It's so bad – that wine bloggers pay YOU for visiting their blogs.
It's so bad – that all the European wine trade associations will merge into one group called "EU Wines" [pronounce it]
It's so bad – that VQA now means "Very Quaffable Assessment".
It's so bad – that CIC wines are now known as "Cellared in
It's so bad – that OVA has laid an egg.
It's so bad – that 20Bees has been renamed 12Bees.
It's so bad – that Fruit Wines of Ontario is selling its "QC" designation back to the Canadian Bar Association.
It's so bad – that the Canadian Wine Awards and the All Canadian Wine Awards have merged and relocated to
It's so bad – that the LCBO FLOOR price is now the CELLAR price.
It's so bad – that the Wine Council of Ontario has renamed itself Wine Council of Niagara.
It's so bad – that the Grape Growers of Ontario have taken over the Tender Fruit Association.
It's so bad – that emotional grapes don't get crushed anymore, they just quietly drop and rot.
It's so bad – that "auto and jewellery" ads are appearing on wine labels.
It's so bad – that restaurant buffets now have a time limit of 25 minutes.
It's so bad – that Diamond Estates has been re-branded as Silver Farms.
It's so bad – that "happy hours" are now "pleasant minutes".
It's so bad – that the Martini is now the Martinus (as Wayne and Schuster predicted).
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