Research
Our centre is truly interdisciplinary, spanning six different faculties and two campuses (Vancouver and Okanagan) with fourteen current members actively working in three pillars of wine related research.
Research Clusters
Viticulture and Climate Resilience
This cluster of laboratories seeks to understand the biological processes that regulate grape quality, identifying the best sites and soils, developing strategies to improve grape quality and vineyard health are to sustain the production of premium wines in the face of climate change and extreme weather events.
Grape and Wine Biotechnology
This cluster of researchers explores chemical and biological aspects of grape and wine production including metabolomics, smoke-taint and yeast. With labs located in Vancouver and Kelowna and industry partners across the province, these teams strive to unlock answers to local and global wine production challenges of the present and future.
Wine Economics and Culture
This cluster of researchers is focused on social science aspects of the wine world that impact the competitiveness of a wine territory. This cluster explores regional identity, optimizing wine region governance, agricultural economics, wine territory development and public interests, consumer demand and the global wine trade.
Research Facilities
