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Canada

Contents

  1. History
  2. Canadian Wine in Context
  3. Canadian Wine Law
  4. The Grapes of Canada
  5. British Columbia
  6. Ontario
  7. Quebec
  8. Nova Scotia
  9. Bibliography

History

Canadian Wine in Context

Canadian Wine Law

Ontario Wine Law

British Columbia Wine Law

Quebec Wine Law

Nova Scotia Wine Law

Icewine Wine Law

The Grapes of Canada

The Grapes of British Columbia

The Grapes of Ontario

The Grapes of Quebec

The Grapes of Nova Scotia

British Columbia

Okanagan Valley GI

Golden Mile Bench Sub-GI
Golden Mile Slopes Sub-GI
Naramata Bench Sub-GI
Okanagan Falls Sub-GI
Skaha Bench Sub-GI
East Kelowna Slopes Sub-GI
Lake County Sub-GI
South Kelowna Slopes Sub-GI
Summerland Bench Sub-GI
Summerland Lakefront Sub-GI
Summerland Valleys Sub-GI
The Influence of Water on Canadian Wine

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Similkameen Valley GI

Vancouver Island GI

Cowichan Valley Sub-GI

Gulf Islands GI

Fraser Valley GI

Thompson Valley GI

Kootenays GI

Lillooet GI

Shuswap GI

Ontario

Niagara Escarpment Regional GI

Beamsville Bench Sub-GI
Twenty Mile Bench Sub-GI
Short Hills Bench Sub-GI

Niagara-on-the-Lake Regional GI

St. David's Bench Sub-GI
Niagara Lakeshore Sub-GI
Four Mile Creek Sub-GI
Niagara River Sub-GI

Other Niagara Peninsula Sub-GIs

Lincoln Lakeshore Sub-GI
Creek Shores Sub-GI
Vinemount Ridge Sub-GI

Prince Edward County GI

Lake Erie North Shore GI

South Islands Sub-GI

Emerging Regions in Ontario

Quebec

Nova Scotia

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Comissão Vitivinícola da Região de Lisbo. A alma dos vinhos de Lisboa = The Soul of Wines Lisboa. Lisboa: Comissão Vitivinícola da Região de Lisboa, 2021.

Costa, Gonçalo. “Dão Wine.” Portugal.com, April 12, 2022. https://www.portugal.com/food-drink/dao-wine/.

Diário da República 1, no. 106 (June 1, 2010). https://www.ivv.gov.pt/np4/file/2355/P_296_2010.pdf.

Fraga, Helder, Iñaki García de Cortázar Atauri, Aureliano C. Malheiro, José Moutinho Pereira, and João A. Santos. “Viticulture in Portugal: A Review of Recent Trends and Climate Change Projections.” OENO One 51 no. 2 (May 15, 2017). https://doi.org/10.20870/oeno-one.2017.51.2.1621.

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Instituto da Vinha e do Vinho, I.P. “Caderno de Especificações: DO Carcavelos.” https://www.ivv.gov.pt/np4/%7B$clientServletPath%7D/?newsId=8617&fileName=PDO_Carcavelos.pdf.

Instituto da Vinha e do Vinho, I.P. “Caderno de Especificações: DO Colares.” https://ivv.gov.pt/np4/%7B$clientServletPath%7D/?newsId=8617&fileName=PDO_Colares.pdf.

Instituto da Vinha e do Vinho, I.P. “Caderno de Especificações: DO Obidos.” https://ivv.gov.pt/np4/%7B$clientServletPath%7D/?newsId=8617&fileName=PDO_Obidos.pdf.

Instituto da Vinha e do Vinho, I.P. “Caderno de Especificações: DO Vinho Verde.” https://www.ivv.gov.pt/np4/%7B$clientServletPath%7D/?newsId=8617&fileName=DO_Vinho_Verde_CVRVV_FINAL.pdf.

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Compiled by Lewis Kopman (April 2024)

Edited by Stacy Ladenburger

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