This year’s harvest in the BC interior was extremely different from past harvests as the winter cold snap killed most of the grape vines. Coastal and Fraser Valley wineries did not suffer the same fate. The amount of grapevine loss varied a bit in the interior, depending on how close the vineyards were to interior lakes and the slopes where the vines were planted. Most of the grape vines are vitis vinifera which cannot wholly withstand the cold weather, but we do have some hybrid vines that produced wine this year. Because of this variability, I’ve asked more winemakers than usual to talk about their harvest and where they sourced grapes, if any. I will write a separate article for the wines produced along the coast and Fraser Valley.
The winemakers I interviewed are:
Bradley Cooper, Director of Sales and Winemaking, at Therapy Vineyards & Inn Rob Hammersley, Owner | Winemaker, at Black Market Wine Co. Evan Saunders, Winemaker, at Blasted Church Vineyards Matt Dumayne, Winemaker, at Haywire Winery Grant Stanley, Winemaker & General Manager, at SpearHead Winery Alison Moyes, Winemaker/General Manager, at Solvero Wines Alessandro (Alex) Nel, Winemaker, Fort Berens Estate Winery Ltd Where Are These Wineries?
Here is a Google map showing the location of the wineries, colour-coded to the winemaker names above.
My Interview Where are your vineyards and winery located? 
Therapy Vineyard’s only bin of BC Chardonnay
Brad: The winery and
This Article was originally published on My Wine Pal
