It was a year of replanting in B.C.’s wine country.

At West Kelowna, B.C.’s Quails’ Gate Winery , dozens of acres were replanted this year, part of a massive effort to rebuild what was lost to the cold snap that swept through the Okanagan in January 2024.

“We replanted about 70 acres this year,” said winemaker Rowan Stewart. “It’s one of the biggest, if not the biggest, replantings we’ve ever done as a company.”

Across the Okanagan Valley, wineries faced similar challenges. Some vineyards had to start almost completely from scratch.

“Places in the Okanagan had to replant up to 90 per cent of their vineyards in some cases,” said Jeff Guignard, CEO of Wine Growers BC.

“Overall, about a third of the region was replanted directly because of that freeze event.”

At Quails’ Gate, there’s

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