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  • Canadian Wine for Dummies
  • Written by author Barbara Leslie
  • Published by Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated, November 2002
  • How can the same grapes make two different wines? Can you tell what a wine tastes like by reading the label? By understanding wine, you can drink better wine. In grocery stores, liquor stores, and at the vineyard, the key to picking a tasty wine is knowin
  • Includes directory of 120 wineries coast to coast! The fun and easy way to enjoy Canadian wine. Baffled by Bordeaux? Stumped on Sauvignon? Whether you're new to wine or a more seasoned oenophile (wine lover) this is the book for you. this friendly
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Introduction
How to Use This Book
Part I: What Is Wine?
Part II: Appreciating Wine
Part III: Enjoying Wine
Part IV: Wine and Food
Part V: Wineries across Canada
Part VI: The Part of Tens
Part VII: Appendixes
Icons Used in This Book

Part I: What Is Wine?

Chapter 1: What Makes a Wine
Understanding What Wine Is
Winemaking Basics

  • The importance of air
  • The grape's goodness
  • A fascination for thousands of years
  • A widespread appeal
  • An astonishing array of colours and sizes
  • A knockout combination: Sugar and acid
  • Setting the Standards
  • Canada's designated viticultural areas
  • VQA regulations
Chapter 2: Wine in Its Elements
Breaking It Down: Wine's Key Ingredients
  • Where's the fruit?
  • What's so good about acid?
  • What's the degree of alcohol?
  • What use are tannins?
  • What's this fifth element of wine?
    Deciphering a Canadian Wine Label

    Chapter 3: Getting to Know Your Berry
    Looking Closely at the Grape
    Life Preservers for Wine: Tannins to the Rescue!
    Contrasting Reds and Whites

  • Macerating makes the difference
  • White wines don't macerate
  • Drinking red wine in its youth
    Exploring the Variety of the Grape World
    Labelling for Variety

    Chapter 4: In the Vineyard
    All Grapes Are Not Created Equal
    Where Wine Grapes Grow— And How!

  • Why vines should struggle
  • How grapes get sweet
  • The cool connection
    A History of Mediocrity
    A Year in a Canadian Vineyard
    Weathering the Vintage
  • Frost warnings
  • Singing in the sunshine
  • Crying inthe rain
  • Harsh lessons
    The Education Advantage

    Part II: Appreciating Wine

    Chapter 5: Sensing Good Wine
    Visual Basics

  • Judging colour
  • Looking at whites
  • Seeing red
  • Checking out those legs!
  • Sending wines back: Five unsightly reasons to do so
    Nuancing the Nose
  • Getting swirling again (it's worth it)
  • Finding the right partners
  • Smelling something fishy: Avoiding bad wine days
  • Bottle stink and other problems
  • Oxidation
  • Corkiness
  • More stinky reasons for sending wines back

    Chapter 6: Pleasing Your Palate
    Getting to Know Your Tongue
    Putting Your Palate to the Test

  • Comparing whites
  • That glowing colour
  • Those revealing legs
  • The nose knows
  • The proving of your palate
  • Comparing reds

    Chapter 7: Judging the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
    Describing How Wines Taste
    Scoring Wine by Number

  • Your basic tasting sheet
  • The write words
  • Appearance
  • Bouquet
  • Taste

    Chapter 8: Sharing Good Taste
    Organizing a Tasting

  • Striking the right mood
  • Setting the scene
    Tasting in Private
  • Intimate encounters
  • Crowd scenes
  • Dinner parties
    Tasting in Public
  • Cruising the best wines
  • Getting the right answers

    Part III: Enjoying Wine

    Chapter 9: Wine in Restaurants
    Getting to Know the House Wine
    Reading a Wine List

  • Pick the perfect wine
  • Remember weight and acidity
  • Weight
  • Acidity
  • Consider how it's cooked
    Ordering Wine
    Sending Wine Back
    Real-Life Wine Experiences
  • The wrong way
  • The right way
    Wines for Vegetarians
    White Wine as an Aperitif

    Chapter 10: At Home with Wine
    Wine Buyer Beware
    Bringing Home the Wine

  • Handling reds
  • Handling whites and roses
    Cork Procedures
  • Choosing a corkscrew
  • Uncorking the bottle
  • After you've opened the bottle
  • To air is divine
    What a Difference a Glass Makes
  • A glass for red
  • A glass for white
  • A glass for champagne and sparkling wine

    Chapter 11: Buying for Keeping
    Storing Your Wines
    Choosing the Best Cellar Site

  • No basement? No worries!
  • Setting up your cellar
    Cataloguing Your Wines
    Collecting a Canadian Cellar
  • 24 bottles of wine on your wall
  • Preparing for future consumption
    Buying Wine in Canada
  • The liquor monopolies
  • Catalogue shopping
  • Private orders
  • Personal importation
  • Privatized wine shops
  • Auctions
  • Independent wine stores
  • The Internet
  • Purchasing wine on-line from Ontario wineries
  • Purchasing wine on-line from B.C. wineries
  • Purchasing wine on-line from wine agents
  • Purchasing wine on-line from your provincial liquor board

    Part IV: Wine and Food

    Chapter 12: The Marriage of Wine and Food
    Planning a Wine and Food Wedding
    Grape Expectations

  • Chardonnay
  • Chenin Blanc
  • Gewurztraminer
  • Icewine
  • Muscat
  • Pinot Blanc
  • Pinot Gris
  • Riesling
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Gamay
  • Merlot
  • Nebbiolo
  • Pinot Noir
  • Sangiovese
  • Syrah/Shiraz
  • Tempranillo
  • Zinfandel
    Don't Forget the Fortifieds
  • Sherry: Any Palomino is a pal of mine
  • Port: Overturning the tradition
  • Ruby ports (bottle-aged)
  • Tawny ports (cask-aged)

    Chapter 13: Wine and Cheese
    The Perfect Match

  • Types of cheese
  • How cheese is made
    Classifying Cheeses
    Matching Canadian Wines and Cheeses
    Matching International Wines and Cheeses

    Chapter 14: Planning Your Wine Matches
    Zeroing In On the Right Wine
    Asking Two Easy Questions
    Matching Dish by Dish

  • Matching wine and soup
  • Matching wine and fish
  • Matching wine and beef
  • Matching wine and pork
  • Matching wine and lamb
    Life Is Short: Start with Dessert
    Facing Up to the Big No-No: Wine and Chocolate
    What about Nuts?

    Chapter 15: Cooking with Wine
    Why Cook with Wine?
    What Wine to Use in the Kitchen

  • Where to start
  • How much wine to use
    Going Back to (Cooking) School
  • The Wine Country Cooking School at Strewn
  • The Cooking School at Hainle Vineyards

    Chapter 16: Icewine: Canada's Icing on the Cake
    What Exactly Is Icewine?

  • Where Icewine comes from
  • How Icewine is made
    Canadian Content: Icewine in Canada
  • The Vidal grape
  • The Riesling grape
  • The parade of awards
    Savouring Icewine
  • Matching Icewine with food
  • Laying down Icewine

    Part V: Wineries across Canada

    Chapter 17: The Origins of Canadian Wine
    The First 700 Years: 1000 to 1700

  • Jacques Cartier and the French tradition: 1535
  • Crossbred resistance and the American influence: 1619
    Potential in Ontario: 1800 to 1866
  • First international recognition
  • Niagara developments
    Ontario's Potential Realized: 1866 to 1900
  • Temperance in a teacup
  • The birth of the liquor boards
  • Post-Prohibition days
  • A Brights spot during the Depression
  • Changing styles in the postwar years
  • The daffy world of Baby Duck
  • The invasion of the imports
    Beginnings in British Columbia: 1920
  • Tried, tested, and true
  • An apple a day couldn't keep creditors at bay
  • Winds of change
  • With a little help from the legislature
    Quebec's Story begins in 1870
    Experimentation in Nova Scotia: 1913

    Chapter 18: Ontario Wineries
    Between a Rock and a Wet Place
    Niagara Bench Wineries
    Mainly on the Plain
    Niagara-on-the-Lake Wineries
    Canada's Deep South
    Lake Erie North Shore Wineries
    Urban Corkfitters
    Toronto (GTA) and North of Toronto Wineries

    Chapter 19: British Columbia Wineries
    North of the Border, Down Okanagan Way
    Okanagan Valley Wineries
    Over the Hill, Not Too Far Away
    Similameen Valley Wineries
    A Gentle Style of Wine
    Greater Vancouver and Fraser Valley Wineries
    New Kids on the Block
    Vancouver Island Wineries

    Chapter 20: Quebec and Atlantic Province Wineries
    Quebec Wineries: And They Said It Couldn't Be Done!
    Eastern Townships Wineries
    Monteregie Wineries
    Quebec City and Other Wineries
    Atlantic Province Wineries: Not a Fish Story
    Annapolis Valley Wineries

    Chapter 21: Fruit Wineries
    A Fruity Phenomenon
    Which Fruit Where
    Ontario Fruit Wineries
    British Columbia Fruit Wineries
    Nova Scotia Fruit Wineries

    Part VI: The Part of Tens

    Chapter 22: Ten Frequently Asked Questions About Wine
    Where Do I Start If I Want to Get into Wine?
    Why Are Some Wines More Deeply Coloured Than Others?

  • What is a vintage wine?
    What Wine Should I Bring to a Dinner Party?
    How Can I Tell When Wine Is Ready to Drink?
    How Can I Tell When a Wine is "Off"?
    How Long Can I Keep a Bottle of Wine after I Opened It?
    Why Do I React Badly When I Drink a Certain Wine?
    Which Region of Canada Produces the Best Wines?
    How Do Canadian Wines Compare to Those of Other Countries?

    Chapter 23: Ten Ontario Winemakers to Watch
    Marcus Ansems: Creekside Estate Winery and Habitant Vineyards, N.S.
    Derek Barnett: Southbrook Farm & Winery
    Pierre-Jean Bosc: Chateau des Charmes
    Ray Cornell: Hernder Estates Winery
    Philip Dowell: Inniskillin Wines
    Ron Giesbrecht: Henry of Pelham Family Estate Winery
    J-L Groux: Hillebrand Estates Winery
    Brian Schmidt: Vineland Estates
    Ann Sperling: Malivoire Wine Company
    Jim Warren: Daniel Lenko Estate Winery and Nesher Wines

    Chapter 24: Ten British Columbia Winemakers to Watch
    Olivier Combret: Domaine Combret
    Roger Dosman: Alderlea Vineyards
    Bill Dyer: Burrowing Owl Vineyards
    Ian Mavety: Blue Mountain Vinyard & Cellars
    Alex Nichol: Nichol Vineyard & Farm Vintners
    Bruce Nicholson: Vincor/Jackson-Triggs Vintners
    Sandra Oldfield: Tinhorn Creek
    Howard Soon: Calona Vineyards
    Frank Supernak: Hester Creek Estate Winery
    Erik von Krosigk: Hillside Estate Winery, Pinot Reach Cellars, Red Rooster Winery, Saturna Vineyard

    Part VII: Appendixes

    Appendix A: Glossary
    Appendix B: Directory of Canadian Wineries
    Ontario

  • Niagara Bench wineries
  • Niagara-on-the-Lake wineries
  • Lake Erie North Shore wineries
  • Toronto/GTA wineries
  • Other areas
    British Columbia
  • Okanagan Valley wineries
  • Similkameen Valley wineries
  • Greater Vancouver and Fraser Valley wineries
  • Vancouver Island wineries
    Quebec
  • Eastern Townships wineries
  • Monteregie wineries
  • Quebec City and other wineries
  • Other Areas
    Nova Scotia
  • Annapolis Valley wineries
    Prince Edward Island
    Fruit wineries
  • Ontario
  • British Columbia
  • Nova Scotia
  • Newfoundland
    Useful Web sites for more wine information

    Appendix C: Coolers Corkscrews
    Wine accessories
    Wine magazines (English)
    Wine magazines (French)
    Computer software: Cellar programs
    Catalogue shopping for wine

  • Manitoba
  • Ontario
  • Quebec

    Appendix D: Canadian Highlights of the Vintners Quality Alliance (VQA) National Wine Standard
    Mission Statement
    Geographical Indications (G.I.)

  • Provincial areas
  • Viticultural areas
    Vineyard Designation
    Estate Bottle Declaration
    Wine Categories
    Labelling
  • Varietal wines
  • Blended wines (proprietary names)
  • Vintage dating
  • Foreign geographical indications
  • Synonyms
  • Addition of water
  • Chaptalization
  • Sweet reserve
  • Certification process
  • Label approval
  • Tasting/evaluation panel— composition
  • Packaging
  • VQA label declaration
    Maintenance of This Standard
    Establishment of New Provincial Authorities

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