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Labrusca: A family of grapes – Vitis Labrusca – native to North America.*

Varietals: 48% of British Columbia’s wines are white. 52% are red. 97.8% are made from vinifera grapes and 2.2% from hybrids.

Terroir: The sandy soil of the Black Sage Bench near Oliver reaches 300 feet deep in places.

Vinifera: A species of grape–Vitis Vinifera–that produces the classic wine grapes that have spread from the vineyards of Europe.*

Acreage: British Columbia currently has approximately 7,500 acres under vine, up from just 1,000 acres planted in 1989.

*Schreiner, John - British Columbia Wine Country, Whitecap Books Ltd., 2003

  
 
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT – BUILDING QUALITY AND PRODUCTIVITY.
 

The BCWI has coordinated research and development on behalf of members and the larger wine industry with our Research & Development Committee, throughout its 15-year history. The committee has conducted a range of research projects that raised the bar for vineyard productivity and wine quality – key to the emergence and success of the BC wine industry.

As well, our fruitful partnership with the federal government’s Pacific Agri-food Research Centre in Summerland has enabled us to pursue important enology and viticulture research.


 
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