Post Freeze report: Nova Scotia Wine Grape Initial Impact Assessment

At the beginning of February Nova Scotia was widely hit by a freeze event, having some differences in a couple places, and damaging many crops, including grapevines. In the case of vineyards many factors played a role on their damage, such as the historically warm start of winter, and the impact on the bud acclimation, which effected hybrids and Vitis vinifera in different ways.

• Did you know the difference between winter advective freeze and winter inversion event?
• Did you know that December 2022 and January 2023 have been the warmest on record?
• How can the warm temperatures impact bud acclimatation?
• Which is the bud viability of primary and secondary buds in Vitis vinifera and hybrids?

All this information and more can be found in the following article.

Please check February 3 - 4, 2023 Post Freeze Report: Nova Scotia Wine Grape Initial Impact Assessment or the hyperlink https://www.perennia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Feb-2023-Wine-grape-post-freeze-report_AAFC-Perennia_21Feb2023.pdf

"Les vignobles et les vins de la Nouvelle-Ecosse, Canada" January 18

Francisco Diez, Viticulture Specialist at Perennia, has been invited to present at ‘Chaire Unesco: Culture et Traditions du Vin’ in Dijon at Burgundy University. This presentation will be in French, and will take place next Wednesday January 18 at 14:30 Nova Scotia time (19:30 France time).

Vineyard and Winery Labour Survey from WGNS and GGANS

Dear industry,

The Wine Growers of Nova Scotia and the Grape Growers of Nova Scotia are working on a pilot project to identify and quantify the impact of labour issues on the grape and wine industries. Perennia is supporting them in implementing the project with funding support from the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture. 

The first component is an online survey.  We are asking all wineries and vineyards to please have only one representative from the business complete the survey.  It should take about 10 minutes.

If you can find that time in your busy schedules to complete by August 1, 2022 that would be very much appreciated. 

SURVEY LINK:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SR9ZW2L

Answers are completely confidential. Data shared at any time will be aggregate only.

The second component will be small focus groups that you will hear more about shortly.

Thank you so much for your attention to this important matter!