Canada

Question 1

What is Canada’s climate?

Answer 1

Harsh Continental.

Question 2

What is the most important DVA in the eastern Canadian Province of Ontario?

Answer 2

Niagra Peninsula. South-west corner of Lake Ontario.

Question 3

What is the main variety in the Niagra Penninsula?

Answer 3

Riesling.

Question 4

What variety is used for Icewine

Answer 4

Vidal. Hardy. But doesn’t have the acid structure and aromatic complexity of Icewines made from Riesling.

Question 5

What is the most important of the 5 DVA’s in British Columbia?

Answer 5

Okanagan Valley. Lies in a rain shadow b/w 2 mountain ranges. Low rainfall. Semi-desert environment. Very long day lengths during growing season. Plus glacial lakes. White grapes in the north and black grapes in the south.