Canada: B.C. lets wineries import grapes for 2024 vintages after 'devastating' winter losses

Published 2024년 7월 25일

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The B.C. government is permitting wineries to import grapes and juice for their 2024 vintages due to a devastating winter freeze that wiped out 90% of grape production and damaged 15% of vines. This temporary measure, effective from April 2025 to March 2026, aims to support the wine industry, preserving hundreds of wineries and thousands of jobs. Wines made with imported ingredients will not be labeled as B.C. products. The initiative seeks to protect jobs and sustain the cultural and economic vitality of the industry.

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PENTICTON — The B.C. government says wineries can import grapes and juice to make their 2024 vintages after "devastating" losses this winter. The province says allowing winemakers to import grapes from outside B.C. is a "temporary measure" to prop-up hundreds of wineries and thousands of jobs after freezing weather wiped out this year's harvest. Public Safety Minister and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth says financially supporting the wineries will "protect jobs and maintain the cultural and economic vitality" of the industry. The province says wineries indicated January's "deep freeze" in the Okanagan that sent temperatures down to -20 C for several days had resulted in 90 per cent loss of grape production and damaged an estimated 15 per cent of vines. The B.C. government says the support measures will run from April 2025 until March 2026. Wine ...

Source: Timescolonist