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Labrusca: A family of grapes – Vitis Labrusca – native to North America.*

Tannin: A compound in the skin and seeds of grapes that is essential in providing substance and backbone to red wines.*

Varietal: When the grape variety in the wine is named on the label (Chardonnay, Merlot), the wine is a varietal.*

Viticulture: Grapes for Icewine are harvested at -8° Celsius or lower, and often by moonlight.

Varietals: 49% of British Columbia’s wines are white. 51% are red. In the last acreage survey conducted, 97.1% of the yield was from vinifera grapes and 2.9% from hybrids.

*Schreiner, John - British Columbia Wine Country, Whitecap Books Ltd., 2003

 
 
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