But the travel restriction added volatility during the multibillion-dollar sector’s biggest month of the year, effectively shutting down important revenue streams such as wine tours and destination weddings, according to Mr. Prodan, who supported the ban.
Facing revenue shortfalls from climate-related crop losses, wine producers have raised prices significantly for consumers and the tour operators that bring hundreds of them to the vineyards, according to Krystina Rossworm, who owns and operates Beach Bum Tours in the District of Lake Country with her husband.
Kate Durisek, executive director of the BC Wine Grape Council, an industry-supported research and education body based in Penticton, said different varietals of grape are affected in different ways by lingering wildfire smoke, with some 2021 vintages tasting similar to past harvests and some so damaged certain vineyards declined to release them.
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