Single-vineyard wines: terroir truth or marketing hype?

As producers across the Okanagan Valley and Niagara Peninsula zero in on their most distinctive vineyard sites, single-vineyard wines are reshaping how Canadian wine expresses place—and why it matters The names of vineyards are appearing more frequently on Canadian wine labels. Is this just marketing hype or is there something special, or even superior about these single-vineyard wines? By definition, a single-vineyard wine is one produced exclusively from grapes grown in a specific vineyard site. It follows that the designation emphasizes characteristics of that vineyard’s terroir (soil composition, microclimate, altitude, sun exposure, and vineyard management practices among others). It also suggests a distinctiveness and individuality expressed in the resulting wine. Read Also: Explore Ontario’s Twenty Mile Bench sub-appellation This concept is not new. In the Old World (if we can still call it that), single-vineyard wines have been produced and marketed for a long time. Where it al

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