Ontario

Question 1

How many acres does Ontario have under vine?

Answer 1

about 15,000 acres

Question 2

When were vinfera vines planted in Canada?

Answer 2

1950s and 60s. Vinifera on a commercial scale happened in the 1970s

Question 3

When did prohibition end in Ontario?

Answer 3

1927

Question 4

When was the moratorium on new winery licenses lifted in Ontario?

Answer 4

1974

Question 5

When did Ontario start the VQA system?

Answer 5

1988

Question 6

What does VQA stand for?

Answer 6

Vintners quality alliance

Question 7

What are the Ontario VQA rules?

Answer 7

• mandatory standards
• min 85% grapes come from appellations and regional appellations
• 100% of grapes have to come from sub-appellations
• all non-sparkling wines must be vintage-dated and contain 85% of grapes harvested that year
• varietal requires 85%
• single vineyard must be 100% from that vineyard
• winemaking standards
• grape selection

Question 8

What are the BC VQA rules?

Answer 8

• voluntary
• min 95% of grapes come from stated appellation
• single vineyard must be 100% from that vineyard
• Vintage dated wines must contain 85% of grapes from that vintage
• 85% minimum for varietal label
• winemaking standards
• grape selection

Question 9

What are the three main Viticultural Areas of Ontario?

Answer 9

• Niagara Peninsula
• Lake Erie North Shore
• Prince Edward County

Question 10

What is the latitude range of Ontario’s wine regions?

Answer 10

41-44º in latitude

Question 11

At what temperature are grapes for icewine harvested?

Answer 11

-8º C

Question 12

What are the regional appellations of Niagara Peninsula?

Answer 12

• Niagara Escarpment

- Niagara-on-the-Lake

Question 13

Name the sub-apps of Niagara Peninsula that are not in a regional app

Answer 13

• Vinemount Ridge
• Creek Shores
• Lincoln Lakeshore

Question 14

Sub-apps of Niagara-on-the-Lake regional app

Answer 14

• Niagara River
• Niagara Lakeshore
• Four Mile Creek
• St. David’s Bench

Question 15

Sub-apps of Niagara Escarpment regional app

Answer 15

• Short Hills Bench
• Beamsville Bench
• Twenty Miles Bench

Question 16

Key producers of Niagara Peninsula

Answer 16

Inniskillin
Cave Spring
Tawse
Featherstone
Flat Rock Cellars
Creekside
Chateau des Charmes
Stratus

Question 17

Major natural features of Niagara Peninsula

Answer 17

Lake Ontario
Niagara Escarpment (north facing cliff formation dividing the appellation)

Question 18

What is the warmest and largest VA of Ontario? What is the mean July temp?

Answer 18

Niagara Peninsula.

Mean July temp is 22.3ºC (72ºF)

Question 19

What is the coolest VA in Ontario? What is the mean July temp?

Answer 19

Prince Edward County.

Mean July temp is 19ºC (66.2ºF)

Question 20

What are the major natural features of Prince Edwards County?

Answer 20

Bay of Quinte

Lake Ontario

Question 21

Key Producers of Prince Edward County?

Answer 21

Norman Hardy
The Grange of Prince Edward County
Rosehall Run
Closson CHase
Hinterland (sparkling)

Question 22

Where did Pelee Island go?

Answer 22

declassified in 2013, in 2016 it was included in the South Islands sub-app within the Lake Erie North Shore VQA

Question 23

What is the sub-app of Lake Erie North Shore?

Answer 23

South Islands

9 of them, including Pelee Island