VQA

VQA is an appellation system for Ontario wines similar to the Appellation Controlee laws in France or the DOC laws in Italy.

The Ontario Wine Industry 1993

Unless wine is labeled VQA it likely consists of up to 80% foreign grapes that are bottled here.

Tales From The Vault The Nag 2009

To purchase wine with a higher Resveratrol content look for the three letters VQA (Vinters 'Quality Alliance) on the label.

The Healthy Barmaid, the New Minister of Health 1996

The VQA was put in place for the 1988 vintage and it was then that the Ontario wine industry began to show its true potential.

The Ontario Wine Industry 1993

VQA on a bottle of Ontario wine means that 100 per cent of the grapes were grown in one of three designated viticultural areas: Niagara Peninsula, Lake Erie North Shore, and Pelee Island.

The Ontario Wine Industry 1993

More astonishingly, wines that carry the VQA appellation -- which is currently only six per cent of Ontario production -- rose spectacularly.

The Ontario Wine Industry 1993

To give you an idea of how the consuming public has responded, sales of VQA wines in 1992 rose 72 per cent over the previous year.

The Ontario Wine Industry 1993

In two years LCBO sales of VQA wines have gone up by 53.3 per cent, from 520,800 litres to 1,065,700 litres.

The Ontario Wine Industry 1993

Are they making Ontario wine under VQA regulations or are they bottling imported wine?

The Ontario Wine Industry 1993

And now I come back to my theme -- the success of VQA.

The Ontario Wine Industry 1993