Canada - Ontario Flashcards
VQA of
Ontario
- *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**
Sub Appellations of
Niagara Peninsula
(outside another appellation)
[west-east]
(3)
- *Vinemount Ridge**
- (south of Niagara Escarpment)*
Creek Shores
Lincoln Lakeshore
Sub Appellations of
Niagara-on-the-Lake VQA
(4)
“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
Sub Appellations of
Niagara Escarpment
[west-east]
(3)
- *BTS**
- “a “short 20 mile beam” till you can “escape niagra”*
Beamsville Bench
**Twenty Mile Bench **
Short Hills Bench
Appellations of
Niagara Peninsula VQA
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.
Where is
Four Mile Creek?
It is a Sub-Appellation of
Niagara-on-the-Lake
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also here:
Niagara Lakeshore
Niagara River
St. David’s Bench
Where is
Prince Edward County?
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
Where is
Twenty Mile Bench?
It is a Sub-Appellation of
Niagara Escarpment
also here:
Beamsville Bench
Short Hills Bench
Where is
Lake Erie North Shore?
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).
Where is
Niagara Lakeshore?
It is a Sub-Appellation of
Niagara-on-the-Lake
=====
also here:
Niagara River
Four Mile Creek
St. David’s Bench
Where is
Short Hills Bench?
It is a Sub-Appellation of
Niagara Escarpment
also here:
Beamsville Bench
Twenty Mile Bench
Where is
St. David’s Bench?
It is a Sub-Appellation of
Niagara-on-the-Lake
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also here:
Niagara Lakeshore
Niagara River
Four Mile Creek
Where is
Pelee Island?
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.
Where is
Vinemount Ridge?
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)
Where is
Niagara River?
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