Wine Grapes and Wind Machines

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Innovative collaborations protect wine industry

When it comes to agriculture and climate change, grapes are an early indicator. In Ontario’s Niagara-on-the-Lake wine region, severe weather and Polar Vortex cold snaps threaten this nine-billion-dollar industry. New technologies and an innovative collaboration between industry, research scientists and wind machines, ensures wineries like Pillitery Estates can keep one step ahead of the changing climate. Not only are they adapting but they’re buffering their risk by storing double the inventory. Planning for next year, but also future generations. Cheers to that.

Recommended Video Citation

Climate Atlas of Canada. (2021). Wine Grapes and Wind Machines: Innovative collaborations protect wine industry. Prairie Climate Centre. https://climateatlas.ca/video/wine-grapes-and-wind-machines

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