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West Kelowna, B.C. vineyard testing out infrared expertise on its winery

Editorial Board Published January 23, 2025
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It might be the center of winter, however Quails’ Gate Vineyard is bringing the warmth to its winery with infrared expertise.

The West Kelowna vineyard is testing an infrared vacuum LED tube to remain sustainable by the winter or perhaps a chilly snap.

“It’s a light source that produces more heat than light and the idea is to heat the vine itself rather than the air around it, above that critical freeze temperature,” mentioned Rowan Stewart, Quails’ Gate winemaker.

The expertise is anticipated to carry the vines about 6 C hotter than the encompassing air, which is important in avoiding bud loss.

“-24 C is usually where you would see 50 per cent bud death and after that it progresses pretty quickly to 100 per cent, so if you warm -25 C to -20 C you could save your harvest,” Stewart mentioned.

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Filling a winery with this tech can value $10,000 to $20,000 an acre, however Stewart says it’s a one-time funding — except for common put on — and may repay over time.

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“You save that crop in one year and you’re close to paying it off, and that’s not even considering the wine that it makes,” mentioned Stewart.

After two chilly snaps prompted catastrophic bud loss, the BC Grape Growers Affiliation says wineries are taking a look at international and nationwide approaches, but it surely may take time to seek out the precise one.

“Maybe we don’t find the silver bullet now, and I’m not expecting us to find the silver bullet, I’m not expecting us to come with something in the next six months, a year, but I think what [we] need to learn to become more resilient to these climates,” mentioned Michael Kullmann with the BC Grape Growers Affiliation.

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Kullman says wineries must hold local weather variations in thoughts when making an attempt new practices.

“I think we need to be really careful about the type of technologies we bring over because we’re a unique wine-growing region. I can’t think of many wine-growing regions in the world where it would be -25 C in the winter and 45 C in the summer,” mentioned Kullman.

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