Okanagan Valley winemakers and executives say they are enjoying the best growing season in years even though the risk is always present that a severe heat dome could ravage crops.
After all, the industry has been rocked by extreme cold snaps in the past few years, and climate change can exact its wrath in unpredictable ways.
This is why researchers are exploring how heat can stress grapevines, and whether winemakers can use soil additives to improve vineyard yields.
Hester Creek winery president Mark Sheridan told BIV that the growing season since April has been one of the warmer ones he has seen since he moved to Canada from Australia
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