December 2022's deep chill has killed vines and significantly reduced grape growth.
Many people think of heat domes stunting grape harvests when they hear that climate change is affecting B.C.’s wine sector.
Vineyard and winery owners would bear $133 million of that lost revenue, the WGBC said in a June report. Painted Rock Estate Winery owner John Skinner told BIV in August 2020 that forest fires forced him to close his winery and that he was scared it would burn to the ground.Forest fires in 2003 surrounded Cedar Creek Estate Winery, forcing owners to dispose of the winery’s celebrated Pinot Noir harvest that year.A Summerland Research and Development Centre study, released before the WGBC’s survey, forecast a similar ravaged grape harvest this year as a result of severe cold in late 2022.
Prodan praised the B.C. government for newly allowing grape farmers to apply for provincial compensation when they pull out varieties vulnerable to the changing climate and plant hardier ones. “There are new plantings all over the place from vineyards that were frozen out last November and December,” he said.
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