CTV-News reports that Southern Ontario grape bud mortality this winter is in “the neighborhood of 40 to 50 percent.” This quote comes from Bill George with the Ontario Grape Growers Association. In Georgian Bay, where Canadians also plant vinifera grapes above 45 degrees north latitude, bulldozers are currently at work burying vines. That must be some hard frozen ground!
See: Wine growers look to protect their vines in the cold
Mark Ganchiff
Mark Ganchiff is the publisher of Midwest Wine Press, the leading source of news on the growing wine industry in the central United States. Mark has been a wine judge at the 2012 and 2014 INDY International Wine Competition, the 2014 Cold Climate Wine Competition, the 2013 Mid-American Wine Competition, the 2012 Illinois State Fair Wine Competition and the 2013 Michigan Wine Competition. He also enjoys speaking at wine events including the Cold Climate Wine Conference, the Illinois Grape Growers and Vintners Association Annual Meeting, the Midwest Grape and Wine Conference and the Wisconsin Fruit and Vegetable Conference. Mark's articles about regional wine have appeared in Vineyard & Winery Management, WineMaker and several regional magazines. Mark is a Level One Sommelier in the Court of Master Sommeliers. He lives in Louisville, but also has a residence in Chicago.
