O. Reg. 174/17: RULES OF VINTNERS QUALITY ALLIANCE ONTARIO RELATING TO TERMS FOR VQA WINE

Column 1

Label Declarations

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Viticultural and

Oenological Requirements

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Required Information (Principal display panel)

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Required

Information

(Any surface of the

container, except

the top or bottom)

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Conditions

(including optional Nomenclature)

20. Skin Fermented White

The wine shall be a table wine or effervescent wine produced exclusively from fresh grapes, of a white or pink variety, listed in Appendix B.

100% of the grapes used shall be macerated and fermented on their skins for a minimum of 10 days. Fermentation shall occur

when the skins are present.

The wine shall have an actual alcoholic content not less than 7.0% and not greater than 14.9% by volume.

Turbidity requirements set out in VQA chemical analysis guidelines shall not apply to wines in this category labelled with “Bottled with Lees”

VQA — Geographical indication — VQA

Skin Fermented

White

Vintage Year

Grape variety or varieties and/or proprietary name

Skin Fermented White shall be declared in a type size at least as large as the varietal declaration on the principal display panel and not less than 2 mm based on the smallest letter.

Nothing shall be written between the grape variety name and Skin Fermented White.

Where no grape varieties are declared on the principal display panel, the term Skin Fermented White shall be declared in a type size not less than 3.2 mm based on the smallest letter.

The terms Amber Wine, Orange Wine or Vin Orange may appear at the producer’s discretion, in a type size no larger than Skin Fermented White.

If the wine is bottled with its lees, the label shall declare “Bottled with Lees”

A wine produced from one or more vitis vinifera grape varieties that does not list the grape varieties on the label or only references vitis vinifera varieties on the label shall not contain wine produced from hybrid grape varieties.

A wine produced from one or more hybrid grape varieties listed in subitem 2 i of Appendix B that is labelled as a varietal wine may contain wine produced from vitis vinifera grape varieties.

Varietal wines containing hybrid grapes shall only be entitled to a provincial designation