Dr. Mehdi Sharifi, AAFC - Ground Cover Management and Sustainability in European Vineyards: Insights from the GiESCO 2025 Conference GiESCO is an internationally recognized event focused on viticulture and enology, with presentations from researchers around the world. In 2025, there were over 350 attendees, and the main theme was sustainability and climate change. Dr. Sharifi...
Save the Date! November 26th at UBC Okanagan campus. Open to all members of industry! Co-hosted by the University of British Columbia and Agriculture and Agrifood Canada, hear updates on the 6 ongoing S-CAP funded research projects for wine grapes in the morning. Stay for lunch, and a presentation on smoke taint as well as...
Dr. Mamadou Lamine, Dr. Odile Carisse, and Dr. Kosal Khun; AAFC Quebec – Developing and validating disease detection tools to improve the management of powdery mildew and botrytis rot in vineyards. The presentation will focus on Activity 16, Objective 4 of the Sustainable Canadian Agriculture Program Projects being conducted at AAFC labs in Quebec. The project...
February 19, 2026 - 12:00 - 1:00 - Hannah Charnock, Brock University - Mitacs Proposal - Tracking Provincial Sparkling Wine Harvest Chemistry & Characterizing Chemical and Sensory Qualities of BC Bubbles Sparkling wine is a growing market segment, highlighting clear opportunities for domestic development. In BC, producers face significant vintage-to-vintage variability driven by climate pressures,...
January 15, 2026 - 12:00 - 1:00 - Dr. Joanna Fountain, Lincoln University, NZ - Climate change impacts and adaptation options in cool climate wine regions: from knowledge to action Bio/Introduction Dr. Jo Fountain, is an Associate Professor at Lincoln University in Aotearoa New Zealand. She is a rural social scientist with diverse research interests focused on...
February 19, 2026 - 12:00 - 1:00 - Hannah Charnock, Brock University - Tracking Provincial Sparkling Wine Harvest Chemistry & Characterizing Chemical and Sensory Qualities of BC Bubbles Sparkling wine is a growing market segment, highlighting clear opportunities for domestic development. In BC, producers face significant vintage-to-vintage variability driven by climate pressures, yet there...
April 16, 2026 - 12:00 - 1:00 - How wildfire smoke exposure may change the aroma of wines The aim of the presentation is to give a quick overview of...
May 21, 2026 - 12:00 - 1:00 - Torin Kelly, Invasive Species Council of BC and Lisa Scott, Okanagan and Similkameen Invasive Species Society - Invasive species awareness in BC...
Join us to hear from several researchers working within the AgriScience Grape & Wine Research Cluster as they share updates on the first three years of their research projects! Attendees...
Join us to hear from several researchers working within the AgriScience Grape & Wine Research Cluster as they share updates on the first three years of their research projects! Attendees will have a chance to learn about current research from across Canada on topics like soil health, vine stress, wine flavour modification, cold hardiness, and...