Grape Varieties
of Canada

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Grapes fall into one of three categories 1) European or vinifera, 2) American or labruscana and 3) Hybrids.

Good examples of Vitus Vinifera are Chardonnay, Riesling, and Pinot Noir. They are more common and make greats wines examples of labruscana are Concord and Niagara no longer considered a good wine grape.

Hybrides were developed to have superior hardiness and disease resistant. They include Baco Noir, Maréchal Foch, L'Acadie and Leon Millot

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TERMS Note: As background to the reader, in this report, the following terms are defined as: •
A VINEYARD is defined as a land area that is planted to one or more varieties and may belong to Independent Grower(s) or Wineries.

• VINIFERA GRAPES are a species of “Vitis” native to the Mediterranean region, Central Europe and Southwestern Asia. • HYBRID GRAPES are created by crossing grape varieties, often coming from different plant families.

• LABRUSCA GRAPES are a species native to the Americas. They are known to be resistant to diseases like phylloxera and are less typically used in wine production.

• An INDEPENDENT GROWER VINEYARD is operated by a single grower or a group of growers who do not own or maintain a shareholder position in a winery and who sell grapes to wineries either under contract or on the open market.

• A WINERY VINEYARD is a vineyard site that is operated by a winery entity or a grower that also maintains an ownership or shareholder position in a winery. It can be an owned, leased or contracted property. Owners of winery operated vineyards can use grapes from these vineyards in the production of wine at their own winery and can also sell grapes under contact or open market to other wineries

The information for these pages has been gather from a number of resources.. From winery owners to winemakers to Wikipedia and numerous other websites. If you have creditable information about a grape varietal grown in Canada please contact us. Grapes we are curently looking at - osceola muscat, St Laurent, Aurol and more.

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