Will be interesting to see how it makes it through the yearly flood of the area.. the crops are very low and I am afraid they will be swamped every spring.

They are actually at a high point along PG Pulpmill road. If it floods, most of the CN yard will be under water.

@p Val.

Someone mentioned that this specific area of the river bed doesnt flood as it is higher. Who knows if that is true or not.

I’m sure they would have done their homework before investing as much as they have.

That is pretty much what I have been saying P Val…
but it seems he has friends in government so a quick pay out is probably imminent.

Good job guys

Yes, you guys are on to the entire devious plan. They did no research and have no idea what will happen come spring but if it floods his friends will cut him a giant paycheque.

I agree interceptor, We do have some brilliant people on this site!

Congratulations on opening a business and employing people at a time we are reading of businesses laying off or closing.

Well it’s not if you can see standing free water or not, it’s what’s underneath. The flood water ends up on both sides of Pulpmill road so you know the road is sitting on saturated ground, but as it weight and years of compacting have made it stronger. The ground of the vineyards will get soaked from underneath, if they prepped it right it may survive, but as there is no natural drainage with such a high watershed unless they installed some mechanical means to get rid of the water I think they may find it difficult to grow grapes when they are under water.

Also there are times that the water is so high that it covers the road, have driven through it many times on my way to work, if it gets that high I don’t think the vineyard is safe. I do hope all precautions where taken to make this a viable business. Not sure if any insurance company will cover for flood damage unless the premiums are ridiculously high.

In the 25 years that I have driven the Pulp Mill Road I have never seen any water in the area where this facility is located. Seems like it floods further East.

Not sure how much wine he can make from the plants he has. Probably will have to buy product to produce the wine.

He is only allowed to use grapes from other sources for three years then must use the ones they grow onsite. Not sure what happens after 3 years if they can’t grow them here.

Not just grapes.

I believe it will be only fruit wine only made from rhubarb, berries, etc and no grapes at all.

They’re going to make wine from: apples, haskap (honeyberry), gooseberry, cherry, raspberry, black currant, and rhubarb.

I remember reading about the 3 yr limitation for using other grapes but can’t recollect why the time or limit or everything it covers. If we keep getting weather like this it can only help them out :)

Takes a lot of berries to make 2000 cases of wine and a hell of a lot more to make 20,000 cases.

I see in other media where they state they will be getting some of their fruit (berries) from the lower mainland.

Flooding/high water has been utilized since we fell out of the caves . if you can midigate the damage ,then every flood delivers free natural fertilizer and minerals . This looks to me like micro bottom land . BCs biggest by value export berry is the blueberry . It benefits from being on frazer valley bottom land . PG could benefit in this field by longer hours of sunshine ,producing higher sugar levels . The berry growers of the area could start a co-op and compete . It’s a very good thing even if it just proves it can be done .

How many bottles per case?

I guess our mla’s were just making a quick stop while working tirelessly to end the strike at UNBC … lol

For gosh sake, it isn’t the MLA’s job to end the strike! They don’t have any authority in this area, and they’d just be meddling in the on-going negotiations.

“How many bottles per case?”
For wine, usually 12.

Posted on Friday, March 13, 2015 @ 2:18 PM by Saywho

I guess our mla’s were just making a quick stop while working tirelessly to end the strike at UNBC … lol

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That’s not their responsibility. I can only imagine the chaos if an ex cop like Morris got involved.

2,000 cases is 24,000 bottles or 18,000 litres.

P Val ..”Sour grapes” to you lol it is Fruit wines that they are making!

Lol.. As I think wine is disgusting I don’t care what kind they are making.. All I know is they have lots of standing water right now on the cut bank side of the road and the shrubs they have on the river side of the road are definitly in flood territory ( drove by there 30 min ago)

May just loose some winery designation if they have to rely on other crops than what they grow there. I just hope it works and the winos enjoy their product.

We will have to wait and see whether this area floods or not. I say not.

As for the blueberries, it would be pretty hard to compete with Vancouver. Also I see the blueberries in some of the grocery stores come from Chile. Hmmmmm. How do you compete with that.

how many people will be employed there to get 2 MLA’s and a mayor show up?

Posted on Friday, March 13, 2015 @ 5:45 PM by unlisted

how many people will be employed there to get 2 MLA’s and a mayor show up?

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It has nothing to do with the number of people employed. This is a rather unique business venture and it’s good to see our elected officials helping to publicize it.

We will have to agree to disagree on that.

But we can agree that this was a prime photo-op for serving politicians, can we not? No surprise Pattie knows how to generate publicity, and why not? It will be good for P.G. to see this venture prosper, and as someone else mentioned, local growers, current and future, could surely get in on the game by selling their berries to the winery.
metalman.

Burger Pattie ? ;-)

Palopu, I was not suggesting that the North should compete in blue berries . I was thinking currants but I have a bias . Sask. does a great deal of saskatoons and cherries that would go like gang busters in our climate .

Pattie say yes !

It’s going to be a tough slog to to get beyond local interest, unless they have a really fancy label, one of the keys in the wine trade. I already know what the reviews will ultimately say, even if the wine is good…. Grown a kilometre from 2 pulp mills , chemical plant and an oil refinery. Wine is hype and good timing. Look up 2 buck chuck .