Canada Flashcards
Only French hybrid allowed for VQA icewine
Vidal
VQA
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
Is VQA approval mandatory?
- British Columbia - NO
- Ontario - YES
What does the VQA control?
-
Varietal selection, plus some aspects of winemaking:
- Chaptalization
- Acidification
- Must Weights
- etc
VQA %’s
- Vintage: 85%
- Varietal: 85%
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Location: 100% in province
- 95% for BC VQA areas
- 85% for Ontario VQA areas
- 100% for sub-appellations (in the Niagara Peninsula)
VQA
Single Vineyard
% of grapes
100%
Estate bottling
Requirements
- 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
Ontario
3 Viticultural Areas
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
Niagara Peninsula
2 Regional appellations
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Niagara Escarpment
- W, higher elevation running parallel to the lake
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Niagara-on-the-Lake
- E, btwn the lake shore and Niagara River
Niagara Peninsula
Sub-appellations not included in a regional appellation
- Lincoln Lakeshore, Creek Shores (W to E, lakeshore)
- Vinemount Ridge (inland, behind Niagara Escarpment)
Niagara-on-the-Lake
Sub-appellations
- Niagara River (E, running perpendicular to the other 3)
- Niagara Lakeshore
- Four Mile Creek
- St. David’s Bench
Niagara Escarpment
Sub-appellations
- Beamsville Bench
- Twenty Mile Bench
- Short Hills Bench
DVA
- VQA Designated Viticultural Area, seen only in British Columbia
British Columbia
Largest wine region by production
Okanagan Valley
DVA contiguous with Puget Sound AVA
Fraser Valley
1st winery founded in Britsh Columbia
Calona Vineyards
- 1932
- Located in Kelowna
Major bodies of water in BC
- Straight of Georgia
- Fraser River
- Similkameen River
- Okanagan Lake (HUGE)
- Okanagan River
Canada
4 Winemaking Provinces
- British Columbia
- Ontario
- Quebec
- Nova Scotia
Canada’s organic farming capital
Similkameen Valley
- According to Wines of Canada
Norman Hardie
Producer’s Location
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Ontario
- Prince Edward County
L’Acadie Vineyards
Producer’s Location
Nova Scotia
Vignoble de la Bauge
Producer’s Location
Québec
Nichol Vineyard
Producer’s Location
British Columbia
The unofficial wine regions of Laurentides, Lanaudière, and Montérégie surround which major Canadian city?
A. Montréal
B. Toronto
C. Ottawa
D. Vancouver
E. Halifax
Montréal
Nova Scotia’s only official appellation
Tidal Bay
Okanagan Valley GI
4 subzones
- Golden Mile GI 2014
- Okanagan Falls GI 2018
- Naramata Bench 2019
- Skaha Bench 2019
Okanagan Valley GI
2 unofficial subzones
- Kelowna (N)
- Black Sage/Osoyoos (S)
Vancouver Island GI
2 unofficial subzones
- Nanaimo (N, red)
- Saanich Peninsula (S, yellow)
(Cowichan Valley GI est 2020, Center )
Gulf Islands GI
2 unofficial subzones
- Gabriola
- Saturna Island
British Columbia
10 GIs
- 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
British Columbia
4 GIs est 2018
- Kootenays GI
- Lillooet GI
- Shuswap GI
- Thomson Valley GI
Ontario
“Special Select Late Harvest”
Min. Brix
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)
Kelowna and Black Sage are unofficial viticultural regions in which appellation?
A. Niagara Peninsula
B. Okanagan Valley
C. Prince Edward County
D. Vancouver Island
Okanagan Valley
- Naramata granted GI in 2019, previous unofficial
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
Gulf Islands
T/F: VQA sparkling wines must be vintage dated.
False
