A merlot vineyard in the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia.
For the second season in a row, the region’s vineyards are suffering from winter damage. There were four consecutive days of -26C temperatures (-14.8F).
The region used to have more cold-hardy Lambrusca hybrid grapes, but “in 1988, the BC government gave grape growers $8,100 an acre to pull out the Labrusca grapes and plant vinifera. And the rest,…
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