ontario regulation 292/02
made under the
vintners quality alliance act, 1999
Made: September 25, 2002
Approved: October 18, 2002
Filed: October 22, 2002
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: November 9, 2002
Amending O. Reg. 406/00
(Rules of Vintners Quality Alliance Ontario under
Clauses 5 (1) (a), (b) and (c) of the Act Relating to
Terms, Descriptions and Designations for VQA Wine)
1.Paragraph 1 of section 5 of Ontario Regulation 406/00 is revoked and the following substituted:
1. The wine shall be in glass bottles and packaged for final sale to the consumer.
2.(1)Table 2 of the Regulation is amended by striking out “No sweet reserve shall be added to the wine” in Column 2 opposite subheading “2. Icewine” under the heading “Wine Categories” in Column 1 and substituting “Subject to subsection 6(2), sweet reserve may be added if the minimum brix level of the grapes used in the sweet reserve was 32 degrees brix at harvest”.
(2)Table 2 of the Regulation is amended by striking out “No sweet reserve shall be added” in Column 2 opposite subheading “3. Botrytized Wine” under the heading “Wine Categories” in Column 1 and substituting “Subject to subsection 6(2), sweet reserve may be added if the minimum brix level of the grapes used in the sweet reserve was 26 degrees brix at harvest”.
(3)Table 2 of the Regulation is amended by adding in Column 2 opposite subheading “4. Totally Botrytized Wine” under the heading “Wine Categories” in Column 1, “Subject to subsection 6 (2), sweet reserve may be added if the minimum brix level of the grapes used in the sweet reserve was 34 degrees brix at harvest”.
(4)Table 2 of the Regulation is amended by striking out “No sweet reserve shall be added” in Column 2 opposite subheading “5. Late Harvest Wine” under the heading “Wine Categories” in Column 1 and substituting “Subject to subsection 6(2), sweet reserve may be added if the minimum brix level of the grapes used in the sweet reserve was 22 degrees brix at harvest”.
(5)Table 2 of the Regulation is amended by striking out “No sweet reserve shall be added to any category of late harvested wine” in Column 2 opposite subheading “6. Select Late Harvest Wine” under the heading “Wine Categories” in Column 1 and substituting “Subject to subsection 6 (2), sweet reserve may be added if the minimum brix level of the grapes used in the sweet reserve was 26 degrees brix at harvest”.
(6)Table 2 of the Regulation is amended by striking out “No sweet reserve shall be added” in Column 2 opposite subheading “7. Special Select Late Harvest Wine” under the heading “Wine Categories” in Column 1 and substituting “Subject to subsection 6 (2), sweet reserve may be added if the minimum brix level of the grapes used in the sweet reserve was 30 degrees brix at harvest”.
3.(1)Item 1 of Appendix B to the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:
1. Varieties of Vitis vinifera
Column 1 / Column 2 /Prime Name / Synonyms /
Aligoté
Auxerrois / Pinot
Bacchus
Blauburger
Cabernet Franc / Cabernet 1
Cabernet Sauvignon / Cabernet 1
Chardonnay
Chardonnay Musqué / Chardonnay
Chasselas / Chasselas Doré
Chenin Blanc
Colombard / French Colombard
Dornfelder
Ehrenfelser
Faberrebe
Furmint
Gamay Noir / Gamay
Gamay de Chaudenay
Gewürztraminer / Traminer
Goldburger
Grüner Veltliner / Veltliner
Kerner / Trollinger x Riesling
Lemberger / Limberger, Blaufrankish
Madeleine Angevine
Madeleine Sylvaner
Malbec
Malvasia / Malvasia Bianca
Matsvani
Melon de Bourgogne / Melon
Merlot
Morio Muscat / Muscat 2
Muscat Blanc / Muskateller, Gelber Muskateller, Muscat 2
Muscadelle
Muscat Ottonel / Muscat 2
Müller-Thurgau / Riesling x Sylvaner
Nebbiolo
Optima
Oraniensteiner
Ortega
Perle of Csaba / Pearl of Csaba
Petit Verdot
Petite Sirah
Pinotage
Pinot Blanc / Weissburgunder, Pinot Bianco
Pinot Gris / Pinot Grigio
Pinot Meunier / Meunier
Pinot Noir / Spätburgunder
Reichensteiner
Riesling
Riesling x Traminer 3
Rkatsiteli
Rotberger
Samtrot
Sangiovese
Sauvignon Blanc / Fumé Blanc
Sauvignon Vert
Savagnin
Scheurebe
Schönburger
Sémillon
Sereksia Chornaya
Siegerrebe
St. Laurent
Sylvaner / Silvaner
Syrah / Shiraz
Traminer
Trebbiano
Viognier
Welschriesling / Riesling Italico
Zinfandel
Zweigelt / Zweigeltrebe
(2)The Table to subitem 2 i of Appendix B to the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:
Prime Name / Synonym /
Baco Noir / Baco
Chambourcin
Chancellor / Chancellor Noir
Couderc Muscat / Muscat du Moulin, Couderc
Maréchal Foch / Foch
Seyval Blanc / Seyval
Vidal Blanc / Vidal
Villard Noir
Vintners Quality Alliance Ontario:
Len Pennachetti
President and Chair
Paul Speck
Vice Chair
Dated on September 25, 2002.
45/02
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