Winemakers & Viticulturists’ Vintage Roundtables

Wine Growers British Columbia (WGBC) is pleased to invite BC grapegrowers’, viticulturists, and winemakers to submit their interest in participating in one of our 2024 Vintage Roundtable events. This year, we’re evolving the format of the annual Winemakers & Viticulturists Forum to create more intimate and region-specific discussions, recognizing the unique challenges faced across BC. Instead of a single virtual event, Rhys Pender, MW, will facilitate four separate roundtables:

South Okanagan & Similkameen Valley*
District Wine Village
Friday, November 15
2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Submit Your Interest >

Central & North Okanagan Valley*
Tantalus Vineyards
Wednesday, November 20
2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Submit Your Interest >

Thompson Valley, Shuswap, Lillooet, Kootenays
Virtual Meeting
Thursday, November 28
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
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Vancouver Island, Gulf Islands, Fraser Valley
Virtual Meeting
Thursday, November 28
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
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These roundtables will offer a unique opportunity to connect with your peers, sharing insights and reflections on the season. The discussions at the forum will help to inform the annual vintage report, an important tool to ensure trade and media are well informed when they are promoting BC wines from this vintage.

*Seating is extremely limited for the in-person round table events, please provide as much detail as possible when you submit your interest. Attendees will be selected based on a variety of factors such as vineyard location(s), varieties grown, viticulture techniques employed etc. We aim to ensure a diverse range of experiences are contributing to the discussion.

Ahead of the forum, we encourage you to complete the Vintage Survey, even if you have experience no or a minimal harvest this year, which will provide valuable data to guide discussions. Your input in the survey also contributes to the BC Wine Grape Vintage Report.

Please note: Participation in the roundtable events is exclusive to BC winemakers, viticulturists, and grapegrowers’. The events will not be streamed live or recorded for distribution, and all survey responses will remain confidential.