The British Columbia (BC) wine industry is a puzzle because of the juxtaposition in classification of BC as a New World wine-producing region, with its winemaking and vineyard management approach that resembles the Old World wine-producing countries. Unlike the New World wine regions, the BC wine industry doesn’t build around a flagship grape variety, but around the uniqueness of terroir 2. The latest developments on the policy side, including wine industry plebiscite (spring/summer 2016) proposed the establishment of new appellations (4) and sub-appellations (16). Currently, wineries in BC produce wines from grapes that not always come from terroir associated with the location of their estates suggesting terroir heterogeneity. Knowing that...