Ontario / New York Flashcards
Vidal Blanc is a hybrid of
Ugni Blanc and Rayon d’Or (Seibel grape - interspecific blend including aestevalis and rupestris)
Niagara Peninsula is situated between which two Lakes?
Ontario (north), Erie (south)
Where is Iniskillin?
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
Sub-appellations for Niagara-on-the-Lake
Niagara Lakeshore,
Niagara River,
Four Mile Creek,
St. David’s Bench
Sub appellations of Niagara Escarpment
Beamsville,
Shorthills,
20-mile bench
Sub appellations of the peninsula not on the Escarpment
Lincoln Lakeshore,
Creek Shores,
Vinemount Ridge
Descending in price iniskillin wines
CF, riesling, vidal;
sparkling ice wines from riesling and vidal
Last vintage of Pelee Island GI
2013 - now “South Islands” appellation in Lake Erie North Shore
What is the northernmost region of Ontario?
Prince Edwards Island - PN, CH, and Sparkling
Ontario VQA appellation minimum %
85%
sub-appellations in Niagara Peninsula minimum %
100%
Single vineyard VQA %
100%
VQA Province minimum %
100%
VQA vintage date minimum %
85%
VQA varietal minimum %
85%
What is the required minimum residual sugar for ice wine in Ontario and British Columbia?
100 g/L
1974 important event in Canadian wine
Canadian government lifted a moratorium on new wineries
French hybrids in Canada
Vidal, Baco Noir, Chancellor, Seyval Blanc
Vidal Blanc is a cross of?
Ugni Blanc and Rayon d’Or (hybrid)
Ice wine harvest temperature
-8 C, 17.5 F (night harvest)
Minimum abv for icewine?
7%
How many glasses of ice wine are produced from one vine?
ONE
T or F - Canada produces more eiswein than all other countries combined?
TRUE
Vin de Cure refers to?
Wine made from dried grapes
Canadian ‘Special Select Late Harvest Wine’ must be harvested above what Brix?
32 Brix
What are the Finger Lakes sub-AVAs?
Cayuga (1988); Seneca (2003)
Why is riesling well-suited to the Fingerlakes?
Riesling has hard wood, resistant to lower temperatures
Who pioneered viticulture in the Fingerlakes in 1962?
Konstantin Frank - Ukranian - trained thick trunks to prevent freeze
1839 - where was the first commercial recorded vintage in New York?
Hudson River - Brotherhood Winery
Majority of vineyards on Long Island are on what fork?
North Fork because land prices are much cheaper than the Hamptons
Long Island well known for what style?
Meritage - Meritage Alliance, no more that 90% of a single variety Bdx blends
Influential Finger Lakes - moderating climate, delaying bud break
Keuka, Seneca, Cayuga
How many Finger Lakes are there?
11
Oldest operating winery in the USA?
Brotherhood Winery, Hudson River
NY State AVAs
Hudson River, Upper Hudson River Valley, Finger Lakes, Long Island (North Fork and Hamptons), Lake Erie, Niagara Escarpment, Champlain Valley
The Niagara Escarpment of NY is known for what style of wine?
Ice wine from Vidal Blanc
T or F - Vinifera grapes count for less than a third of plantings in NY?
True!
Niagara grape (Finger Lakes)
Concord x Cassady
Signature grape of Nova Scotia?
l’Acadie Blanc
Nova Scotia water influence
Atlantic,
Gulf of St. Lawrence,
Bay of Fundy
What is Nova Scotia’s first appellation?
Tidal Bay - white blends with some RS (Annapolis and Gaspereau Valleys)
In what year did the Fingerlakes lose 50% crop to frost?
2015
