Okanagan valley vineyard

About Us

Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing agriculture. The January 2024 deep freeze that decimated grape production in BC’s Okanagan Valley wine region is a clear example of the impact of climate change. The wine industry needs better climate prediction tools, mitigation efforts and adoption of new viticulture and enology practices to combat climate change and enable survival of the wine industry.  The Wine Production and Climate Change (WPCC) Research Cluster brings together researchers from the University of British Columbia (UBC), Summerland Research and Development Centre (SuRDC), the Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute (CCOVI) at Brock University, Vineland Research and Innovation Centre and the University of California, Davis with diverse areas of expertise associated with wine production including consumer science, chemistry, ecophysiology, enology, grape genomics, grape pathology, sensory analysis, soil microbiota, wine region sustainability and yeast genomics and proteomics.

Mission

We are building a network between the North American wine industry and wine researchers in diverse areas and institutions We are integrating/combining our expertise to identify the critical problems that the wine industry is facing due to climate change and collaborate to develop tools and strategies to address these challenges.

Vision

Our goal is to devise novel strategies that mitigate the impact of climate change on wine production, while generating knowledge that can be applied to other agricultural systems, walking towards a sustainable future for the wine industry.

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First Nations land acknowledegement

We acknowledge that the UBC Point Grey campus is situated on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm.

Wine Climate Change

Vancouver, BC Canada

Research Excellence Clusters at UBC Vancouver is a joint initiative of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Vancouver and the Vice-President, Research and Innovation. Funding support for the clusters is provided by Academic Excellence Funds – UBC Vancouver.

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