Vineyards

• Permanent irrigation water pipes on way near Oliver, B.C., 5 years after rockslide destroyed system

  'There was a real sense of panic and urgency,' Ron Hovanes, mayor of Oliver in 2016, said after the slide.

  Consumer

  Apr 9
• Online dating site creator investing millions into planting vineyards in Vernon

  Markus Frind, an entrepreneur best known for creating the match-making website Plenty of Fish, is spearheading a project to plant grapevines on hundreds of acres of land in the Vernon area.

  Money

  Aug 12, 2020
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• Small Okanagan winery’s 2017 Syrah wins 2019 B.C. wine of the year

  “We’re in our sixth selling year going into our eighth vintage. But I’ve been growing grapes for almost 25 years.”

  Canada

  Oct 5, 2019
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• Nova Scotia bailing out farmers after last year’s ‘killer frost’

  The record lows arrived in early June, just days after a 28 C high that had set off a growth spurt in a wide variety of crops.

  Economy

  Feb 25, 2019
• Nova Scotia vineyards, farms facing potentially devastating crop loss due to frost

  Temperatures in the Annapolis Valley fell to below 0 C on Sunday night and into early Monday from the high 20s on Friday.

  Canada

  Jun 6, 2018
• Should ‘Naramata Bench’ be on the wine label?

  It's a wine-making region like no other; the soil structure, geography and climate on the Naramata Bench creates unique growing conditions.

  Canada

  Aug 4, 2017
• B.C wine industry desperate for workers

  A winemaker in Naramata, B.C. says now is the time to get a job in the industry.

  Canada

  Jun 22, 2017
• Health-conscious wine? Okanagan vineyard pushes for organic grapes

  One Kelowna winery is setting an aggressive goal: turning every vineyard in the valley organic by 2020.

  Environment

  Sep 30, 2016