Annual forest fires fed by climate change are dragging winemakers and scientists into a high-stakes game of hide-and-seek to find and eliminate offensive aromas in vintages caused by smoke taint.
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British Columbia - Wine Growers British Columbia is thrilled to release a new set of ten topographic wine maps showing the dramatic landscape of the province and its nine diverse wine regions in detail, now available at WineBC.com.
During the last year, Wine Growers British Columbia worked with consulting soil scientist Scott Smith and Linda Decker of Geo Earth Mapping, on the cartographic development of these high-resolution topographic maps. For the purposes of wine labelling, these regions are referred to as Geographical Indications (GIs) and divisions of these as sub-Geographical Indications (sub-GIs). These are formal designations of the place of origin of the fruit that goes into B.C. VQA Wine.
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With International Women’s Day arriving this Monday, it is a great time to highlight some of the women crafting excellent wines.
Every female worker faces challenges not seen by males. In Canada, the pay gap sits at about 75 cents, according to Statistics Canada, meaning full-time working women generally earn 75 cents for every dollar earned by a man in a similar job.
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We have been fortunate in Canada to have strong, trail-blazing women who are beacons for others people such as former Tinhorn Creek winemaker and chief executive officer Sandra Oldfield; Ann Sperling, who makes wines in B.C., Ontario and Argentina; and Christine Coletta, co-owner of Okanagan Crush Pad and one of the founders of both the B.C. VQA program and the B.C. Wine Institute, now known as Wine Growers British Columbia.
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