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1
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Only French hybrid allowed for VQA icewine

A

Vidal

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VQA

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Vintner’s Quality Alliance

  • Ontario VQA - 1988, Enforced, 85% from stated Appellation (100% for Sub-Appellations Niagara Peninsula), 85% Vintage, 85% Variety
  • British Columbia VQA - 1990, Voluntary, 95% from stated Appellation, 85% Vintage, 85% Variety
  • Only 2 areas with VQA status
  • 100% grapes from Province
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3
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Is VQA approval mandatory?

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  • British Columbia - NO
  • Ontario - YES
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What does the VQA control?

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  • Varietal selection, plus some aspects of winemaking:
    • Chaptalization
    • Acidification
    • Must Weights
    • etc
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VQA %’s

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  • Vintage: 85%
  • Varietal: 85%
  • Location: 100% in province
    • 95% for BC VQA areas
    • 85% for Ontario VQA areas
    • 100% for sub-appellations (in the Niagara Peninsula)
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6
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VQA

Single Vineyard

% of grapes

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100%

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Estate bottling

Requirements

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  • 100% from the vintage
  • From land owned or controlled (min 10 yr lease) by the winery
  • Produced and bottled at the winery, which must be in the same GI as the vineyard (smaller than BC)
  • For fortified estate bottled wines, distillate must be produced on the estate
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8
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Ontario

3 Viticultural Areas

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N to S

  • Prince Edward County
  • Niagara Peninsula
  • Lake Erie North Shore

Pelee Island - former, deregulated in 2013; included in South Islands sub-appellation w/in Lake Erie North Shore VQA in 2016

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Niagara Peninsula

2 Regional appellations

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  • Niagara Escarpment
    • W, higher elevation running parallel to the lake
  • Niagara-on-the-Lake
    • E, btwn the lake shore and Niagara River
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Niagara Peninsula

Sub-appellations not included in a regional appellation

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  • Lincoln Lakeshore, Creek Shores (W to E, lakeshore)
  • Vinemount Ridge (inland, behind Niagara Escarpment)
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Niagara-on-the-Lake

Sub-appellations

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  • Niagara River (E, running perpendicular to the other 3)
  • Niagara Lakeshore
  • Four Mile Creek
  • St. David’s Bench
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Niagara Escarpment

Sub-appellations

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  • Beamsville Bench
  • Twenty Mile Bench
  • Short Hills Bench
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DVA

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  • VQA Designated Viticultural Area, seen only in British Columbia
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British Columbia

Largest wine region by production

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Okanagan Valley

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DVA contiguous with Puget Sound AVA

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Fraser Valley

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16
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1st winery founded in Britsh Columbia

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Calona Vineyards

  • 1932
  • Located in Kelowna
17
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Major bodies of water in BC

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  • Straight of Georgia
  • Fraser River
  • Similkameen River
  • Okanagan Lake (HUGE)
  • Okanagan River
18
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Canada

4 Winemaking Provinces

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  • British Columbia
  • Ontario
  • Quebec
  • Nova Scotia
19
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Canada’s organic farming capital

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Similkameen Valley

  • According to Wines of Canada
20
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Norman Hardie

Producer’s Location

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  • Ontario
    • Prince Edward County
21
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L’Acadie Vineyards

Producer’s Location

A

Nova Scotia

22
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Vignoble de la Bauge

Producer’s Location

A

Québec

23
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Nichol Vineyard

Producer’s Location

A

British Columbia

24
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The unofficial wine regions of Laurentides, Lanaudière, and Montérégie surround which major Canadian city?

A. Montréal

B. Toronto

C. Ottawa

D. Vancouver

E. Halifax

A

Montréal

25
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Nova Scotia’s only official appellation

A

Tidal Bay

26
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Okanagan Valley GI

4 subzones

A
  • Golden Mile GI 2014
  • Okanagan Falls GI 2018
  • Naramata Bench 2019
  • Skaha Bench 2019
27
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Okanagan Valley GI

2 unofficial subzones

A
  • Kelowna (N)
  • Black Sage/Osoyoos (S)
28
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Vancouver Island GI

2 unofficial subzones

A
  • Nanaimo (N, red)
  • Saanich Peninsula (S, yellow)

(Cowichan Valley GI est 2020, Center )

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Gulf Islands GI

2 unofficial subzones

A
  • Gabriola
  • Saturna Island
30
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British Columbia

10 GIs

A
  • British Columbia GI
  • Fraser Valley GI
  • Gulf Islands GI
    • Unofficial: Gabriola, Saturna Island
  • Kootenays GI 2018
  • Lillooet GI est 2018
  • Okanagan Valley GI
    • Golden Mile GI 2014, Okanagan Falls GI 2018, Naramata Bench 2019, Skaha Bench 2019
    • Unofficial: Kelowna, Black Sage/Osoyoos
  • Shuswap GI 2018
  • Similkameen Valley GI
  • Thomson Valley GI 2018
  • Vancouver Island GI
    • Cowichan Valley GI 2020
    • Unofficial: Nanaimo, Saanich Peninsula
31
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British Columbia

4 GIs est 2018

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  • Kootenays GI
  • Lillooet GI
  • Shuswap GI
  • Thomson Valley GI
32
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Ontario

“Special Select Late Harvest”

Min. Brix

A

30°

  • Table Wine and Wine: dependent on variety and appellation, between 17-20°
  • Icewine: 32° (after pressing)
  • Botrytized Wine: 26° (after pressing)
  • Totally Botrytized Wine: 34° (after pressing)
  • Late Harvest Wine: 22°
  • Select Late Harvest Wine: 25°
  • Special Select Late Harvest Wine: 30°
  • Fortified and Liqueur Wine: 18°
  • Vin de Curé: 27° (after drying)
33
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Kelowna and Black Sage are unofficial viticultural regions in which appellation?

A. Niagara Peninsula

B. Okanagan Valley

C. Prince Edward County

D. Vancouver Island

A

Okanagan Valley

  • Naramata granted GI in 2019, previous unofficial
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Gabriola and Saturna Island are unofficial sub-regions of which DVA?

A. Okanagan Valley

B. Similkameen Valley

C. Fraser Valley

D. Vancouver Island

E. Gulf Islands

A

Gulf Islands

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T/F: VQA sparkling wines must be vintage dated.

A

False

North America Wine (14 decks)

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