Canada: Context

Question 1

Where does Canada rank in production globally?

Answer 1

30th same as Czech Republic or Macedonia

Question 2

Where is the majority of wine production concentrated in Canada?

Answer 2

British Columbia and Niagara Peninsula in Ontario

Question 3

Marc Anthony group owned by Andrew Peller group owns six wineries here

Answer 3

Okanagan Valley

Question 4

First wine to win a major award in Canada at Prix d’Honneur at Vin expo in 1991

Answer 4

Iniskillin Vidal Icewine
Vintage 1989

Question 5

Who was the main export for ice Wine in Canada in the 90s?

Answer 5

China

Question 6

What was Canada called by leif Erickson?

Answer 6

Vineland

Question 7

The Ile d’Orleans in Quebec was called this by Explorer Jacques Cartier

Answer 7

Ile de Bacchus (wild grapevines growing)

Question 8

Where was the first Vinifera reported to be planted in Canada?

Answer 8

Nova Scotia in the 1600s

Question 9

What is the first record of wine made in Canada?

Answer 9

A missionary in Ontario made wine from Labrusca and riparia in 1623

Question 10

When and where did commercial wine production begin in Canada?

Answer 10

1840s and 1850s in Niagara Ontario

Question 11

What is Canada’s southernmost inhabited land?

Answer 11

Pelee Island

Question 12

Where were most early wineries established in Canada in the late 19th century?

Answer 12

LENS Lake Erie North Shore

the rest were on Niagara Peninsula
Niagara Peninsula produced 60% of grapes though

Question 13

What year was the Pelée Island wine and Vineyard Company established: Canadas first commercial winery

Answer 13

1888

Question 14

What was the name of the sparkling wine produced by Pelée Island wine and vineyard Company?

Answer 14

L’Empereur Champagne

Question 15

Why did Niagara Peninsula become the only significant wine region of the early 1900s in Canada

Answer 15

LENS was replanted with tobacco and was a more profitable crop

Question 16

What happened in 1916 that stymied the wine industry in Ontario?

Answer 16

Ontario temperance act wine was only sold at wineries

minimum 5 gallon volumes. lasted till 1927

Question 17

What happened to wine consumption as a result of prohibition In Canada

Answer 17

People became wine drinkers there was nothing else to consume

Question 18

What was the first winery established on Vancouver Island in 1921 when prohibition was repealed in British Columbia

Answer 18

Growers wine company

Question 19

What year did Prince Edward Island repeal prohibition?

Answer 19

1948

Question 20

These retail systems were established in Canada to control sale and distribution of all alcoholic beverages

Answer 20

LCBO liquor control board Ontario
BCLDB British Columbia liquor distribution branch
NSLC Nova Scotia liquor corporation
SAQ Societé des Alcools de Quebec

Question 21

Why did the number of wineries decrease in Ontario from the 20s to the 30s?

Answer 21

Wineries sold their licenses to other wineries who could then open as many stores as they had licenses which led to concentration

Question 22

Canadian French hybrids planted in the 30s through the 50s

Answer 22

Baco Noir
Marechal Foch
Seyval Blanc
Vidal

Question 23

What was the first winery in Nova Scotia?

Answer 23

Domaine de Grand Pré
In Annapolis Valley

Question 24

These wines were established in the 1980s in Ontario

Answer 24

Cave spring
Henry of Pelham
Pelee Island

Question 25

These wineries were established in British Columbia in the 1980s

Answer 25

Cedar Creek Sumac Ridge Wild goose

Question 26

Who made the first ice Wine in Canada in 1978?

Answer 26

Walter Hainle Okanagaan Valley

Question 27

What's the temperature is needed in Canada before harvesting ice Wine grapes

Answer 27

-8°C or 18°F

Question 28

How did the CUSFTA free trade with United States influence the Canadian wine industry in 1988

Answer 28

In efforts to compete with US wines, BC government ripped out Labrusca and hybrid vines leaving 90% vinifera

Question 29

In Ontario in 1988 this association was created to guarantee geographical province of grapes

Answer 29

VQA or Vintners quality alliance

Question 30

What original French hybrids were approved for VQA seal

Answer 30

Baco noir and Vidal

Question 31

What are international domestic blends in Canada?

Answer 31

Ontario blends typically 25 to 30% is Ontario fruit and the rest bulk wine from other countries not labeled as VQA which must be 100% Ontario fruit

Question 32

In Ontario, what are the key institutions for viticulture?

Answer 32

Cool climate Oenology and viticultural Institute (Brock university) Niagara College

Question 33

This facility in Nova Scotia has a wine research center

Answer 33

Acadia university

Question 34

What is BC's premier Wine school?

Answer 34

Wine research center University of British Columbia

Question 35

Wineries of Quebec and Nova Scotia are dominated by this type of grape

Answer 35

Hybrids