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:

Column 1	Column 2
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.

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