(Wines&Vines) - In 2009, the Ontario provincial government insisted that the grape and wine industry come up with a plan to work together to further the production of VQA wines and reduce grape surpluses, which reached a total of nearly 8,000 tonnes that year, and that there would be no further government bailouts. The first two years of the pilot project have been a success to the point of continuing it for another two years. Grape prices will increase slightly during the next two years as a result of negotiations held between growers and wineries. Earlier in the year, agreement had been reached to continue a pilot project that was first used in 2010 to negotiate prices for a two-year period at one time.