Vineyards in the Okanagan are hurting after a devastating winter cold snap. But in the Cowichan Valley, it’s a different story.
Blue Grouse Winery in Cobble Hill is expecting to have another great summer after almost ideal weather during last summer's grape-growing season.
In the Cowichan Valley, it’s a different story. Wineries are expecting to have a banner year as they were spared from that same extreme weather event. Sanderson points to small blossoms beginning to grow on the vines at the winery. Soon they will become grapes that will be ready to harvest in about 100 days.Last year's harvest was excellent at Blue Grouse Winery. The 2022 whites have already been released and the reds are in production.
“For us, it wasn’t as cold so we didn’t get as much damage. So from that perspective, we were lucky,” said Sanderson.“It was tough beginning to the year last year, we had a really late spring,” said Sanderson.
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