Last July, the B.C. provincial government announced it granted temporary relief for B.C. wineries to incorporate out-of-province grapes for the 2024 vintage. The changes dealt with two significant winter events in 2022 and 2024 that led to substantial plant and production damage. Most interior wineries lost almost 50 per cent of their crop in 2023 and close to 95 per cent in 2024. Read More
The so-called replacement wines using grapes from outside the province are hitting shelves and websites Life, Food, Anthony Gismondi, BC wine, BC wineries Last July, the B.C. provincial government announced it granted temporary relief for B.C. wineries to incorporate out-of-province grapes for the 2024 vintage. The changes dealt with two significant winter events in 2022 and 2024 that led to substantial plant and production damage. Most interior wineries lost almost 50 per cent of their crop in 2023 and close to 95 per cent in 2024. Read More