Canada Flashcards by Ryan Totman

Only French hybrid allowed for VQA icewine

Vidal

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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

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Is VQA approval mandatory?

British Columbia - NO
Ontario - YES

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What does the VQA control?

Varietal selection, plus some aspects of winemaking:
- Chaptalization
- Acidification
- Must Weights
- etc

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VQA %’s

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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VQA

Single Vineyard

% of grapes

100%

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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

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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

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Niagara Peninsula

2 Regional appellations

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

Lincoln Lakeshore, Creek Shores (W to E, lakeshore)
Vinemount Ridge (inland, behind Niagara Escarpment)

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Niagara-on-the-Lake

Sub-appellations

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

Beamsville Bench
Twenty Mile Bench
Short Hills Bench

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DVA

VQA Designated Viticultural Area, seen only in British Columbia

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British Columbia

Largest wine region by production

Okanagan Valley

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DVA contiguous with Puget Sound AVA

Fraser Valley

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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

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)** ## Footnote **(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**