24. Canada

Question 1

Overview

Answer 1

• Most from Ontario + British Columbia
• famous for its Ice Wine
  o small% by vol, large% by value of bottled-exports
• Cool continental -> 41° - 51°N
• Growing season -> shorter than in many traditional wine regions

Question 2

Ontario

Answer 2

o 41° - 44°N
o Lakes mod extremes
o Most of Canada’s Icewine -> Vidal
o Riesling, Chard
o C.F
o High-volume -> small prem

Niagara Peninsula
§ Largest in Ontario
§ Diverse -> from shore of Lake Ontario to Niagara
Escarpment
§ 2 regional appellations, Niagara Escarpment (VG PN + Chard), Niagara-on-the-Lake (warmer, Bordeaux
blends)

Question 3

British Columbia

Answer 3

o further N than Ontario -> 48–51°
o Inland -> wide diurnal
o Equal red and white
o Merlot
o PN, CS, PG, Chard
o High-volume-> small

Okanagan Valley
§ Most of British Columbia’s plantings
§ Cool, N end (one of world’s most northerly)
* PN, Pinot Gris, Riesling, Chard, Gewürz
§ Hot desert conditions in S
* Merlot, CF, C.S, Syrah

Similkameen Valley
§ Rugged, rocky valley with a narrow strip of agricultural land
§ Merlot, PN, CS, Chard

Vancouver Island, Gulf Islands and Fraser Valley -> small coastal regions
§ Only early-rip grapes
§ Inexp wines