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Ontario / New York Flashcards

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1
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Vidal Blanc is a hybrid of

A

Ugni Blanc and Rayon d’Or (Seibel grape - interspecific blend including aestevalis and rupestris)

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Niagara Peninsula is situated between which two Lakes?

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Ontario (north), Erie (south)

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Where is Iniskillin?

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Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario

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Sub-appellations for Niagara-on-the-Lake

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

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5
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Sub appellations of Niagara Escarpment

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Beamsville,
Shorthills,
20-mile bench

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Sub appellations of the peninsula not on the Escarpment

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Lincoln Lakeshore,
Creek Shores,
Vinemount Ridge

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Descending in price iniskillin wines

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CF, riesling, vidal;

sparkling ice wines from riesling and vidal

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8
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Last vintage of Pelee Island GI

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2013 - now “South Islands” appellation in Lake Erie North Shore

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9
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What is the northernmost region of Ontario?

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Prince Edwards Island - PN, CH, and Sparkling

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Ontario VQA appellation minimum %

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85%

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sub-appellations in Niagara Peninsula minimum %

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100%

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12
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Single vineyard VQA %

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100%

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13
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VQA Province minimum %

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100%

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14
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VQA vintage date minimum %

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85%

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VQA varietal minimum %

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85%

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What is the required minimum residual sugar for ice wine in Ontario and British Columbia?

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100 g/L

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17
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1974 important event in Canadian wine

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Canadian government lifted a moratorium on new wineries

18
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French hybrids in Canada

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Vidal, Baco Noir, Chancellor, Seyval Blanc

19
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Vidal Blanc is a cross of?

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Ugni Blanc and Rayon d’Or (hybrid)

20
Q

Ice wine harvest temperature

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-8 C, 17.5 F (night harvest)

21
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Minimum abv for icewine?

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7%

22
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How many glasses of ice wine are produced from one vine?

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ONE

23
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T or F - Canada produces more eiswein than all other countries combined?

A

TRUE

24
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Vin de Cure refers to?

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Wine made from dried grapes

25
Q

Canadian ‘Special Select Late Harvest Wine’ must be harvested above what Brix?

A

32 Brix

26
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What are the Finger Lakes sub-AVAs?

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Cayuga (1988); Seneca (2003)

27
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Why is riesling well-suited to the Fingerlakes?

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Riesling has hard wood, resistant to lower temperatures

28
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Who pioneered viticulture in the Fingerlakes in 1962?

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Konstantin Frank - Ukranian - trained thick trunks to prevent freeze

29
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1839 - where was the first commercial recorded vintage in New York?

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Hudson River - Brotherhood Winery

30
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Majority of vineyards on Long Island are on what fork?

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North Fork because land prices are much cheaper than the Hamptons

31
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Long Island well known for what style?

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Meritage - Meritage Alliance, no more that 90% of a single variety Bdx blends

32
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Influential Finger Lakes - moderating climate, delaying bud break

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Keuka, Seneca, Cayuga

33
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How many Finger Lakes are there?

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11

34
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Oldest operating winery in the USA?

A

Brotherhood Winery, Hudson River

35
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NY State AVAs

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Hudson River, 
Upper Hudson River Valley, 
Finger Lakes, 
Long Island (North Fork and Hamptons), 
Lake Erie, 
Niagara Escarpment, 
Champlain Valley
36
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The Niagara Escarpment of NY is known for what style of wine?

A

Ice wine from Vidal Blanc

37
Q

T or F - Vinifera grapes count for less than a third of plantings in NY?

A

True!

38
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Niagara grape (Finger Lakes)

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Concord x Cassady

39
Q

Signature grape of Nova Scotia?

A

l’Acadie Blanc

40
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Nova Scotia water influence

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Atlantic,
Gulf of St. Lawrence,
Bay of Fundy

41
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What is Nova Scotia’s first appellation?

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Tidal Bay - white blends with some RS (Annapolis and Gaspereau Valleys)

42
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In what year did the Fingerlakes lose 50% crop to frost?

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2015

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