Concord of Canada — Profile, Food Pairings & Best Wines | Winedexer
Discover the best wines made with Concord as a single variety or as a blend of Canada.
Fruity, often sweet reds with a dense purple robe, light tannins and preserved acidity. Intense aromas of fresh grape, strawberry, raspberry and the characteristic foxy note (musky animal typical of Vitis labrusca). Often vinified sweet or semi-sweet. Pillar of American viticulture in the 19th century, today mainly used for grape juice, Welch's jelly and American kosher wine. Vitis labrusca hybrid selected around 1840 by Ephraim Bull in Concord, Massachusetts.
Canada - the world's second-largest country by area - is far from the most obvious of wine-producing nations, yet its vineyards are capable of producing both quality and quantity. Powerful Cabernets and AromaticDryGrape/riesling">Rieslings play an important role in the country's wine portfolio, but the deliciously Sweet Icewine (mostly white, but also red) is unquestionably the quintessential Canadian wine style. Making the most of their consistently cold winter temperatures, Canadian wine producers have become world leaders in ice wine production. The Canadian wine industry is primarily based in four provinces: Ontario and British Columbia, which are responsible for 98% of quality wine production, and Quebec and Nova Scotia, which are emerging wine regions with a small but loyal local following.