New York/Canada Flashcards
NY % of V. vinifera
Less than 1/3 of states vineyards
Dr. Konstantin Frank
Successful cultivation of vinifera since 1960s
NY varieties
CH, RS, PB, GW grow well thoughout state
Long Island AVA
North Fork of Long Island AVA; The Hamptons, Long Island AVA
Long Island climate/varieties
Maritime, warmer, BDX varieties. Growing season 3 weeks longer than Finger Lakes
Finger Lakes AVA
90% of NY production. Seneca Lake AVA, Cayuga Lake AVA
Finger Lakes soils
Shallow topsoils on sloping shale beds above lakes
Finger Lakes varieties
RS, PN, CF
Lake Eyrie AVA
Spans 3 states, 17 wineries. Most grapes for juice and table grapes
Hudson River AVA
Brotherhood Winery, oldest operating winery in US. Glacier deposited shale, slate, schist, limestone. Royal Kedem Winery/Royal Wine Corporation, one of world’s largest kosher wineries. Seyval Blanc, Chard
Niagara Escarpment AVA
Borders Lake Ontario’s south shore. Grapes grown on limestone escarpment. 17 wineries. Unctuous ice wines from Vidal Blanc
NY vinous diversity
American vines, American hybrids, French hybrids, vinifera
Vitis labrusca
Phylloxera resistant, winter hardiness
NY planted hybrid
Concord
Catawba, Delaware
Red-pink native varieties Vigorous and winter hardy. Sparkling wines
Niagara
Native white, table grapes, sparkling wine. Can be finished with some rs to balance its intense aroma
French hybrids
Seyval Blanc, Vidal Blanc, Vignoles
Canada wine producing provinces
Ontario, British Columbia, Quebec, Nova Scotia
Canada varieties
French hybrids; Vidal Blanc, Seyval Blanc, Baco Noir, Maréchal Foch. Some vinifera
Canada style
Sparkling or ice wines
VQA
Vintners Quality Alliance. Established legal framework for appellation of origin system. Controls must weights, chaptalization, permitted varieties (not labrusca)
International Canadian Blend
Usually contain majority imported juice or wine
Ontario
Largest producer (15,000 acres) of vinifera
Niagara Peninsula
Niagara Escarpment, Niagara on the Lake. RS, CH, CF, PN. Icewine