Canada - Ontario

Question 1

VQA of

Ontario

Answer 1

• *Lake Erie North Shore**
• • (southernmost VQA of Ontario)*
• *Prince Edward County**
• • (easternmost VQA of Canada)*
• Pelee Island used to be its own VQA. That status was removed in 2013 (why?). It is now considered part of Lake Erie North Shore.
• *Niagara Peninsula**
• - Vinemount Ridge** (south of Niagara Escarpment)*
• *- Creek Shores**
• *- Lincoln Lakeshore**
• *- Niagara Escarpment
• • Beamsville Bench
• • Twenty Mile Bench
• • Short Hills Bench**
• *- Niagara-on-the-Lake**
• *– Niagara Lakeshore**
• *– Niagara River**
• *– St. David’s Bench**
• *– Four Mile Creek**

Question 2

Sub Appellations of

Niagara Peninsula
(outside another appellation)

[west-east]

(3)

Answer 2

• *Vinemount Ridge**
• (south of Niagara Escarpment)*

Creek Shores

Lincoln Lakeshore

Question 3

Sub Appellations of

Niagara-on-the-Lake VQA

(4)

Answer 3

“You sit on David’s Bench when you are near a
Lakeshore, River, or Creek”

Niagara Lakeshore

• *Niagara River**
• (home to Inniskillin)*

Four Mile Creek

St. David’s Bench

Question 4

Sub Appellations of

Niagara Escarpment

[west-east]

(3)

Answer 4

• *BTS**
• “a “short 20 mile beam” till you can “escape niagra”*

Beamsville Bench

**Twenty Mile Bench **

Short Hills Bench

Question 5

Appellations of

Niagara Peninsula VQA

Answer 5

Vinemount Ridge

Lincoln Lakeshore

Creek Shores

• *Niagara Escarpment**
• has 3 sub-VQA:*
• -Beamsville Bench*
• -Twenty Mile Bench*
• -Short Hills Bench*

This is in the western central part of Niagara Peninsula. It is away from the lake and sandwiched between the 3 VQA of Niagara Lakes tht are not within any other region (listed above).

NOTE:
-Do not confuse this with the Niagara Escarpment AVA in New York State!

• *Niagara-on-the-Lake**
• has 4 sub-VQA:*
• -Niagara Lakeshore*
• -Niagara River*
• -Four Mile Creek*
• -St. David’s Bench*

This is the easernmost portion of Niagara Peninsula. It goes right up to the border of New York.

Inniskillin winery is here, in the Niagara River VQA.

Question 6

Where is

Four Mile Creek?

Answer 6

It is a Sub-Appellation of
Niagara-on-the-Lake

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also here:
Niagara Lakeshore
Niagara River
St. David’s Bench

Question 7

Where is

Prince Edward County?

Answer 7

It is a VQA of
Ontario

Canada’s newest; approved in 2007. On the north-east shores of Lake Ontario (Prince Edward Island).

Good for Burgundy varietals:
Chard, PN, Gamay

Question 8

Where is

Twenty Mile Bench?

Answer 8

It is a Sub-Appellation of
Niagara Escarpment

also here:
Beamsville Bench
Short Hills Bench

Question 9

Where is

Lake Erie North Shore?

Answer 9

It is a VQA of
Ontario.

• This is the southernmost VQA in Canada

The region is largely defined by water, with Lake St Clair to the north, the Detroit River to the west, and Lake Erie to the south.

NOTE:
This VQA now contains the former VQA of Pelee Island (revoked in 2013).

Question 10

Where is

Niagara Lakeshore?

Answer 10

It is a Sub-Appellation of
Niagara-on-the-Lake

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also here:
Niagara River
Four Mile Creek
St. David’s Bench

Question 11

Where is

Short Hills Bench?

Answer 11

It is a Sub-Appellation of
Niagara Escarpment

also here:
Beamsville Bench
Twenty Mile Bench

Question 12

Where is

St. David’s Bench?

Answer 12

It is a Sub-Appellation of
Niagara-on-the-Lake

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also here:
Niagara Lakeshore
Niagara River
Four Mile Creek

Question 13

Where is

Pelee Island?

Answer 13

It is a former VQA of
Ontario.

It was revoked (why?) in 2013

Canada’s smallest and southernmost wine growing region. It is an Island in the middle of Lake Erie.

Question 14

Where is

Vinemount Ridge?

Answer 14

It is a sub-appellation of
Niagara Peninsula

It sits just to the south of Niagara Escarpment

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other (non sub) VQA here:
Lincoln Lakeshore
Creek Shores

(outside of any appellation)

Question 15

Where is

Niagara River?

Answer 15

It is a Sub-Appellation of
Niagara-on-the-Lake

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also here:
Niagara Lakeshore
Four Mile Creek
St. David’s Bench

Question 16

Where is

Lincoln Lakeshore?

Answer 16

It is a sub-appellation of
Niagara Peninsula

It is due west of Creek Shores along the banks of Lake Ontario.

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other (non sub) VQA here:
Creek Shores
Vinemount Ridge

(outside any appellation)

Question 17

Where is

Niagara-on-the-Lake?

Answer 17

It is a Regional Appellation of
Niagara Peninsula

Has 4 sub-appellations:
Niagara Lakeshore
Niagara River
Four Mile Creek
St. David’s Bench

Question 18

Where is

Niagara Escarpment?

Answer 18

It is a Regional Appellation
of Niagara Peninsula

Has 3 sub-appellations:
Beamsville Bench
Twenty Mile Bench
Short Hills Bench

Previous MS ?

Question 19

Where is

Niagara Peninsula?

Answer 19

It is a VQA of
Ontario

Has 2 Appellations:
Niagara Escarpment (3)
Niagara-on-the-Lake (4)

Has 3 Sub-Appellations outside other regions:
Vinemount Ridge
Creek Shores
Lincoln Lakeshore

Niagara Escarpment has 3 sub-appellations:
Beamsville Bench
Twenty Mile Bench
Short Hills Bench

Niagara-on-the-Lake has 4 sub-appellations:
Niagara Lakeshore
Niagara River
Four Mile Creek
St. David’s Bench

Question 20

Where is

Beamsville Bench?

Answer 20

It is a Sub-Appellation of
Niagara Escarpment

also here:
Twenty Mile Bench
Short Hills Bench

Question 21

Where is

Creek Shores?

Answer 21

It is a sub-appellation of
Niagara Peninsula

It lays just north of Niagara Escarpment on the shores of Lake Ontario. It has many small waterways winding throughout it which give it is namesake.

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other (non sub) VQA here:
Lincoln Lakeshore
Vinemount Ridge

(outside any appellation)