Western Canada: B.C. wildfires threatens province’s wine industry

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Smoke exposure may lead to tainted wine, taking on a burnt taste, rendering the drink unsellable

This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.A heavy pall of grey from the smoke-filled skies near Kelowna has turned the sun orange and laden every breath with a campfire whiff. Vintners in the award-winning wine region are now wondering whether their grapes will retain a trace of this summer’s catastrophe.

Miles Prodan, president and CEO of Wine Growers British Columbia, said the impact of smoke on grapes is complicated. “There is like perceptible difference in flavour, especially once you are looking at grapes that are further along in maturity,” she said. If fires persist through August – and especially into September – the smoky quality would be more noticeable.

“It turned out that over 80 per cent of the people that tasted the wine bought it [and] loved it,” he said. “And a whole bunch of them have actually come back and looking for more, begging me for more, but I sold out.”On Friday, B.C.

 

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