Canada

Question 1

What is the name of the independent authority in Ontario that sets quality standards for the wine made there?

Answer 1

Vintners Quality Alliance (VQA)

Question 2

What is Canada’s southernmost winemaking appellation?

Answer 2

Pellee Lake (within Lake Erie North Shore, within Ontario)

Question 3

What are the 2 main grapes used for Icewine production in Canada?

Answer 3

Vidal, Riesling

Question 4

How do growers in Quebec protect their vines during the extremely cold winters?

Answer 4

Bury them in soil or cover with geotextiles

Question 5

In Ontario, what is the minimum amount of grapes required from a sub-GI if it’s on a wine lable?

Answer 5

100%

Question 6

What are the two hybrid grape varieties allowed in Ontario?

Answer 6

Vidal, Baco Noir

Question 7

What is the most prominent GI within British Columbia

Answer 7

Okanagan Valley (vineyards represent 85% of BC’s total area)

Question 8

What lake does the Niagara Peninsula touch?

Answer 8

Lake Ontario

Question 9

In what province and VQA is Inniskillin found?

Answer 9

Niagara Peninsula

Question 10

What is the most important GI of British Columbia in terms of production and quality?

Answer 10

Okanagan Valley

Question 11

What is the only French hybrid allowed in VQA ice wine production?

Answer 11

Vidal

Question 12

Name the 2 regional Appellations of Niagara Peninsula.

Answer 12

• Niagara Escarpment, Niagara on the Lake

Question 13

Where is the producer Inniskillin located?

Answer 13

• Niagra-on-the-Lake

Question 14

Varietal wines from both Ontario and BC must contain a minimum _______ of the stated variety.

Answer 14

-85% (100% for sub-GI’s)

Question 15

What is the only French hybrid still allowed for VQA wine production? What style of wine is it most used for?

Answer 15

• Vidal Blanc, ice wine

Question 16

What was Inniskillin’s first icewine vintage?

Answer 16

1989

Question 17

What is the min harvest temperature for icewine production in Canada?

Answer 17

• -8 degrees Celsius

Question 18

What are the unofficial subzones of Vancouver Island?

Answer 18

• Nanaimo, Saanich Peninsula

Question 19

What latitudes are all of Ontario’s appellations located within?

Answer 19

• 41-44 degrees

Question 20

Which province is Canada’s largest producer of wine?

Answer 20

• Ontario

Question 21

What hybrid grape dominated Canadian wine production in the 1970’s?

Answer 21

• De Chaunac

Question 22

List the DVAs of Ontario.

Answer 22

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

Question 23

What is the significance of Pelee Island?

Answer 23

• Previously a fourth DVA of Ontario, it existed until 2013, when it was formally deregulated. In 2016, this area was included in the South Islands sub-appellation within the Lake Erie North Shore DVA. It is also Canada’s southernmost point and smallest viticultural area, situated several miles off the shore of Lake Erie.

Question 24

List other wine making provinces not part of the VQA.

Answer 24

• Nova Scotia, Quebec

Question 25

What are the PGI appellations for Quebec?

Answer 25

- Vin du Quebec IGP. Vin de Glace du Quebec IGP

Question 26

Walter Hainle is credited with what type of wine production in Canada’s Okanagan Valley DVA ?

Question 27

British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley DVA is one of the most northern growing region in the world at the 49th parallel. The valley rests between what two mountain ranges ?

Question 28

British Columbia contains 9 DVAs, how many can you name ?

Question 29

Ontario has three DVAs, can you name them ?

Question 30

To make VQA vintage wine in Canada how much of the wine must come from that stated vintage in Ontario? In BC?

Question 31

Which region is Canada is VQA enforced, in which is VQA voluntary.?