The smoke from B.C.’s wildfires is having an impact on some important Okanagan produce, with honey volumes down and fears over the flavour of wine grapes.
Matt Noestheden, a PhD chemistry student at the University of British Columbia Okanagan, is working on tests to help winemakers assess the quality of smoke-shrouded grapes.
He says it’s too early to predict how smoke in 2018 will affect B.C. wines, but the longer it lingers the greater the possibility of an unpleasant outcome.
Potential smoke taint
Red wine grapes change colour from green to red in a process known as veraison, and Noestheden
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