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BC wine industry in some areas purportedly had a crop loss of something like 90% by some estimates. With a 3 year turn around to re-establish the plants, and a very smoke tainted 2021, their industry is certainly in a trouble spot. Let's see if they have enough reserves to sell to get them past this disaster.



not just smoke tainted, a small bit of Kelowna (the heart of BC wine country) straight up burned down last year

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/mcdougall-cr...

the whole area is actually surprisingly dry in terms of rain due to being in the rain shadow of the mountain. the lakes nearby make it tolerable, but even a small shift in climate patterns will turn the area into a near-desert.




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