Canada Flashcards
at what parallel does the Okanagan Valley lie
49th
what mountain ranges is Okanagan Valley between
Monashee and Cascade
minimum must weight for icewine in Ontario
32 brix
min RS for Canadian Icewine
100 g/l
what is the hybrid grape allowed for Icewine production in Canada?
Vidal Blanc
what are the sub-regional GI of Niagara Peninsula
- Niagara Escarpment
- Niagara on the Lake
name Ontario’s 3 primary viticultural areas?
Niagara Peninsula (largest), Lake Erie North Shore, Prince Edward County
in which part of Canada are VQA standards legally enforced? Voluntary?
Legally enforced in Ontario. Voluntary in BC
what are the official sub-GI of Okanagan Valley (gons)
- Golden Mile
- Okanagan Falls
- Naramata Bench
- Skaha Bench
what is Vin de Cure
wine made from dried grapes in Ontario
where is Tidal Bay
Nova Scotia
min abv of Canadian table wine
7%
at what temperature must grapes for icewine be harvested?
-8 C (17.6 F) and 35 brix
Niagara Peninsula is between which lakes
Erie and Ontario
most commonly used grapes for Canadian Icewine
Cabernet Franc, Riesling, Vidal Blanc
sub-regions of Niagara Escarpment
- Short Hill Bench
- Twenty Mile Bench
- Beamsville Bench
what are the 5 VQA viticulture areas of BC
- Vancouver Island
- Fraser Valley
- Similkameen Valley
- Gulf Islands
- Okanagan Valley
who was the first person to plant Chardonnay in Canada
Adhemar de Chaunac in 1951
where is Inniskillin based
Niagara on the Lake (est 1974)
min aging for Canadian Whisky
3 years
what was North America’s first single malt distillery
Glenora in Canada
