Ontario Flashcards
Who produced the first icewine in Canada? When?
- Walter Hainle, a German immigrant
- 1978
Who put Canadian ice wine “on the map”?
- Inniskillin with its 1989 Vidal icewine at 1991 Vinexpo in Bordeaux
What is the reglementation around the temperature for icewine?
- The temperature must reach -8 celsius or lower
What is the largest producing wine region in Canada?
- Ontario with almost 7000 hectares
Ontario wine region is moderated by which bodies of water?
- Lake Ontario
- Lake Erie
- Niagara River
What is the regional appellation of wines coming from Ontario?
- Ontario, considered as a Provincial Indication
Pelee Island appellation was absorbed by which appellation?
- Lake Erie North Shore, it is considered as a sub-appellation name South Islands
What are the three appellations (designated Viticultural area) within Ontario?
- Niagara Peninsula
- Prince Edward County
- Lake Erie North Shore
What are the regulations about the origin of the grapes in Ontario?
- If labeled Ontario: 100% from Ontario Grapes
- If one of the three appellations (Niagara Peninsula, Prince Edward County, Lake Erie North Shore): 85% rules
- If a sub-appellations: 100%
What is the appellation system in Ontario?
- VQA (Vintners Quality Alliance); consultant from LCBO are blind tasting the wines to qualify if the wines represent the appellation or not
What are the two regional sub-appellations of Niagara Peninsula?
- Niagara-on-the-lake
- Niagara Escarpment
Niagara Escarpment regroup which sub-appellations?
- Beamsville Bench
- Twenty Mile Bench
- Short Hills Bench
Niagara-on-the-Lake regroup which appellations?
- Niagara Lakeshore
- Four Mile Creek
- Niagara River
- St David’s Bench
What are the sub-appellations of Niagara Peninsula who are not within Niagara-on-the-Lake and Niagara Escarpment?
- Lincoln Lakeshore
- Creek Shores
- Vinemount Ridge
How many grape varieties are allowed by the VQA Niagara Peninsula?
- 80 Vitis Vinifera and 8 hybrids
