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Originally Posted by station
Great thread! The North Okanagan / Shuswap is an emerging wine region and we have a half a dozen small but mostly quality wineries here. Someone mentioned Edge of the Earth already. Celista Cuvée is a nice semi-sweet, fruity white and my friends at Marionette Winery make a really nice dry Riesling and a full-bodied Pulcinella that's a great pairing for Italian food. I've had the chance to participate in both their pressing and bottling processes and it was amazing.
Also since I'm sitting on nearly 40 southwest facing acres here I've started the process of planting a vineyard. So far I have a test vineyard with around 25 vines each in 6 varietals - 4 whites and 2 reds. The success of these will determine which varietals will make the cut for the full plantation.
Here are year one grapes on our Sauvignon Blanc vines!
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This is awesome. Good luck with it!
Out of curiosity, how are you planning for future climate change with your current plantings? I've often thought about investing in potential vineyard lands in BC in areas that are not currently ideal but are forecast to become suitable vineyard land with continued climate change.
The northern Okanagan and Shuwswap area is a good example of that, but as such an area in transition do you give much thought to the appropriateness of current varietal selection for how vineyard conditions may change 15 years from now?