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A decade of runaway success for BC wine producers was frozen on January 12/13 by a devastatingly cold Arctic outbreak.
Temperatures fell to -27 C in parts of the Okanagan and the Similkameen Valleys, dealing a deadly blow to vine buds waiting to burst and eventually become the 2024 harvest. It didn't stop there, with many vines dying as well. As a result, the region is experiencing a 90+ percent grapeless harvest this fall. While the vineyards are bouncing back, they are mainly just growing leaves, with winegrowers hoping for a return to fruit in 2025 and beyond. We can only wish them luck during what has become a significant reset that may, hopefully, prove beneficial to the future quality of BC wine. Future plantings will include new thoughts and improved techniques in wineries and vineyards. But for now, we can only watch and wait. We have a new video this month with Black Hills Winemaker Ross Wise discussing their plans for the future. Brent Gushowaty has taken a closer look at the triple threat of Summerland Sub-GIs while the rest of us focus on fall reds and white wines of substance in our daily release of tasting notes.
