Canadian Wine Regions
Moose and Mounties, sure, but wine? Sure! In fact, Canadian
dessert wines -- "ice wines" -- are gaining in international
recognition. And varietals as well are making inroads south of the
border and overseas.
Moose and Mounties, sure, but wine? Sure! In fact, Canadian
dessert wines -- "ice wines" -- are gaining in international
recognition. And varietals as well are making inroads south of the
border and overseas.
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Cold Comfort
While Canada is not exactly known as "wine country" -- most of it is too cold for
wine cultivation -- wine is produced in Southern Ontario (Niagara Penninsula),
Nova Scotia and southern British Columbia. Wine has been produced for more
than 200 years in the country but only recently has Canadian wine been seen
much outside Canada except for a period when Canadian-produced port and
sherry style wines were popular as an inexpensive and accessible alternative
to proper Port and Sherry. Even now Canada produces just 0.3 percent of all
wine. Canada's most familiar wine the sweet, dessert wine called ice wine (or
Eiswein in German).
In 1988, two important events occurred that would have a positive effect on
Canada's wine industry: Free trade with the United States was declared, and
the Vintners Quality Alliance (VQA) was established to ensure the quality of
Canadian wine. Since the 1990s, Canadian wine production and quality has
been growing steadily, as Canadian wines and ice wines have been gleaning
international recognition.
While Canada is not exactly known as "wine country" -- most of it is too cold for
wine cultivation -- wine is produced in Southern Ontario (Niagara Penninsula),
Nova Scotia and southern British Columbia. Wine has been produced for more
than 200 years in the country but only recently has Canadian wine been seen
much outside Canada except for a period when Canadian-produced port and
sherry style wines were popular as an inexpensive and accessible alternative
to proper Port and Sherry. Even now Canada produces just 0.3 percent of all
wine. Canada's most familiar wine the sweet, dessert wine called ice wine (or
Eiswein in German).
In 1988, two important events occurred that would have a positive effect on
Canada's wine industry: Free trade with the United States was declared, and
the Vintners Quality Alliance (VQA) was established to ensure the quality of
Canadian wine. Since the 1990s, Canadian wine production and quality has
been growing steadily, as Canadian wines and ice wines have been gleaning
international recognition.
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