B.C.’s wineries have faced unprecedented challenges in the past four years, from COVID shutdowns to the heat dome, the 2022 winter freeze that killed 54% of vine crops, not to mention the challenges of multiple wildfires.
But Christa-Lee McWatters, chair of BC Winegrowers and co-owner of TIME Family of Wines, told the Penticton Rotary Club on Wednesday that the wine industry has weathered bad times before and they will survive this too.
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