Climate Change and Wine Production: Potential Impacts and Adaptations

📆 09/04/2024 17:58:00
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Wine Production,Okanagan-Similkameen,Crop Damage

A recent study suggests that while the Okanagan-Similkameen region in Canada may have suffered crop damage due to a cold snap, the long-term prospects for wine production in British Columbia are positive compared to other wine-growing regions affected by climate change. The study warns that regions like California and the south of France may become unsuitable for high-quality wine production if temperatures continue to rise at the current rate.

It’s too early to tell yet exactly how much damage was done during the January cold snap that hit the Okanagan-Similkameen, but early models show crops yields could be decimated this year.

Researchers say places like California and the south of France could become unsuitable for high-quality wine production if annual average temperatures continue to climb at their current rate. However, British Columbia could be an area of expansion due to a warming climate. “But, it’s important to also keep in mind that some cool climate regions are kind of known for a particular wine style. So that could mean that that wine style would change. Maybe that’s not something that growers really want either.”The report in Nature says that northernmost wine regions of North America, including B.C., Washington State, Oregon, the Great Lakes region and New England are likely to shift from cool to intermediate, or even warm, climate viticulture in the future.

What scientists can’t predict is extreme short term events like the cold snaps of the past two winters in the Okanagan-Similkameen, the heat dome of 2021 or wildfires. Stanley cautions against knee-jerk reactions to recent events.

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