At the B.C. Lieutenant Governor’s Wine Awards, Upper Bench Estate Winery took top spot with its 2019 Riesling.

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The report says 83 per cent of wineries and grape growers have been negatively affected.

“This event allows all of the wineries to enter their wines and get in front of the consumer."

"It is the worst I have seen and my parents have seen," one New Brunswick farmer said.

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.

The decision comes after an agreement between the governments of Canada and Australia.

Wineries across the Okanagan are reopening their doors for taste testing after the province of B.C. rescinded a closure order last week that was first issued on March 17.

The trucking company says they lost around the equivalent of 5,000 bottles of wine.

Luckett Vineyards attracts thousands of visitors annually, but right now, its wine tasting room and restaurant in the Gaspereau Valley sits empty.