(Wines&Vines) - A historic British Columbia vineyard has been scorched by wildfire, lending a dramatic touch to the start of the 2012 harvest. A wildfire that began Sunday afternoon on Trepanier Bench above Peachland, British Columbia, has left Walter Huber facing the prospect of replanting most of the 40-year-old vines on 12 acres originally planted by Walter Hainle, founder of the Canadian ice wine pioneer Hainle Vineyards. Huber, who bought the Hainle family’s eponymous winery and vineyards in 2002, was initially optimistic. Despite the evacuation of more than 1,500 area residents from the benchlands, the wildfire was brought under control, and smoke had largely been billowing in the opposite direction from the ripening grapes.