Canada Flashcards
Winemaking provinces of Canada
British Colombia
Ontario
Nova Scotia
Quebec
Ice wine in Canada must have this RS g/l
100g/l
GIs and Official subregions of Okanagan Valley (British Columbia)
Golden Mile Bench GI (est 2015)
Okanagan Falls GI (est 2018)
Naramata Bench GI (est 2019)
Skaha Bench GI (est 2019)
Golden Mile Slopes GI (est 2020)
East Kelowna Slopes GI (est 2022)
South Kelowna Slopes GI (est 2022)
Lake Country GI (est 2022)
Summerland Bench GI (est 2022)
Summerland Lakefront GI (est 2022)
Summerland Valleys GI (est 2022)
Unofficial subzones of Okanagan Valley: Black Sage/Osoyoos
What is vin de Curé
Dried grape Wine
Two Authorized wine categories for BC (British Columbia)
BC “Wine of distinction”
BC “VQA” Certified wine-
ice wine, late harvest
Sub appellations of Niagara Peninsula (Ontario) (3)
Niagara Peninsula:
Vinemount Ridge
Creek Shores
Lincoln Lakeshore
Niagara on the Lake:
Niagara River
Niagara Lakeshore
Four Mile Creek
St. David’s Bench
Niagara Escarpment:
Short Hills Bench
Beamsville Bench
Twenty Mile Bench
Soil of Prince Edward County
Clay and Sand over Trenton limestone
Producers of Prince Edward County (Ontario)
Norman Hardie
The Grance of Prince Edward County
Rosehall Run
Closson Chase
Hinterland (sparkling)
What is the climate of Okanagan Valley? (British Columbia)
Famous vineyard is Blue Mountain Vineyard
Semi-Desert
Main grapes of Niagara Peninsula (Ontario)
White: Riesling, Chardonnay, Vidal, Sauvignon Blanc
Red: Pinot Noir, Cab Franc, Gamay, Cab Sauv, Merlot
Key Producers of Niagara Peninsula (Ontario)
Cave Spring
Flat Rock Cellars
Tawse
Creekside
Chateau des Charmes
Featherstone
Stratus
Grapes of Prince Edward County (Ontario)
Red: Pinot and gamay
White: Chardonnay
Ontario Wine Map
Okanagaan Valley Wine map
Main grapes of Lake Erie North shore (LENS), style of wine (Ontario)
Only red wine
Red Grapes: Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon
Producers: Colio Estate Wines, Vivace Estate Winery
Where is Iniskillin located?
Niagara on the Lake (Ontario)
Within Niagara Peninsula
Tidal bay is the only appellation in this Province
Nova Scotia
51% combined Seyval, l’Acadie, Geisenheim 318 and/or Vidal
Maximum 49% combined Riesling, Pinot Blanc, Chasselas
The unofficial wine regions of Laurentides, Lanaudière, and Montérégie surround which major Canadian city?
Montreal
What is the minimum Brix level required at harvest for “Special Select Late Harvest” wines in Ontario?
30 brix
This body of water separates Vancouver Island from City of Vancouver and south islands
Straight of georgia
Salt Spring, Saturna, Pender, Quadra, and Hornby are unofficial sub-regions of which DVA?
Gulf Islands
Norman Hardie is here:
Prince Edward County, Ontario
L’Acadie Vineyards is here:
Nova Scotia
Nichol Vineyard is here:
Naramata Bench GI, British Columbia
What mountain range provides a rainshadow for Okanagan valley?
Cascades and Monashee Mountains
This man, in 1973 produced ice wine in Okanagan valley (British Columbia) prior to Inisklillin
Walter Hanlie
What does VQA (Vintners Quality Alliance) on a bottle in Ontario?
that all the grapes that went into it were grown in Canada.
Soil type of Niagara Escarpment
Queenstone Shale
What is Icewine Dosage (Ontario)
traditional method sparkling wine for which a min. 10% Icewine is added as dosage, with a min. 20 g/l of residual sugar
Three main subregions of Ontario
Lake Erie North Shore
Niagara Peninsula
Prince Edward County
Two PGIs of Quebec:
Vin du Québec IGP: (for white, rosé, red, sparkling, late harvest, and dried grape wines)
Vin de glace du Québec IGP: (for icewine only)
Winegrowing Regions (not IGPs) of Quebec
Appalachian Foothills
Appalachian Plateau
Deux-Montagnes
Lake Saint-Pierre
Monteregian Hills
Quebec and the Banks of the St. Lawrence River
Richelieu River Valley
GIs of British Columbia (excluding Vancouver Island and Okanagan Valley)
British Columbia GI
Fraser Valley GI
Gulf Islands GI
Unofficial subzones of Gulf Islands: Gabriola, Saturna Island
Kootenays GI (est 2018)
Lillooet GI (est 2018)
Shuswap GI (est 2018)
Similkameen Valley GI
Thompson Valley GI (est 2018)
Wine growing regions of Vancouver Island:
Vancouver Island GI
Cowichan Valley GI (est 2020)
Unofficial subzones of Vancouver Island: Nanaimo, Saanich Peninsula
