After a long and unhappy winter, spring has at last sprung and I don’t think we’ve ever been more delighted to see the first green shoots of bud break.
The challenges we’ve faced during the pandemic have made us appreciate the true essence of things, and that’s just what we’re doing in this issue. In other words, we’re getting down in the dirt, digging into the unique soils from which British Columbia’s exciting wines spring. Rhys Pender MW maps the province’s soil types and chats with wine country’s top soil scientist, Scott Smith, who is defining its Geographical Indications. We also visit Blue Mountain Vineyards to
taste how terroir affects the flavours of wine planted only rows apart. And we follow Anthony von Mandl on the trail of the glaciers that carved out the Okanagan Valley.
