Canada

Contents

1. 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

Canada is a big country with a small wine industry, and, for many years, its wines were little known internationally. The exception was Icewine, the supersweet wine that, beginning in the 1990s, became a successful export, especially in China. These days, quality Canadian table wines are popular on the domestic market, and they are increasingly appearing on wine lists throughout the world.

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

Similkameen Valley GI

Vancouver Island GI

Gulf Islands GI

Fraser Valley GI

Thompson Valley GI

Kootenays GI

Lillooet GI

Shuswap GI

Ontario

Niagara Escarpment Regional GI

Niagara-on-the-Lake Regional GI

Other Niagara Peninsula Sub-GIs

Prince Edward County GI

Lake Erie North Shore GI

Emerging Regions in Ontario

Quebec

Nova Scotia

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Compiled by Lewis Kopman (April 2024)

Edited by Stacy Ladenburger