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Canadian wineries / Text by Tony Aspler ; Phtography by Jean-François Bergeron/Enviro Foto.

by Aspler, Tony, 1939-

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Firefly Books, 2013.

Wineries -- Canada.

Wine and wine making -- Canada.

Vintners -- Canada.

Wine industry -- Canada -- History.

272 p. : ill. 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"In the late 1980s, the Canadian wine industry embarked upon a radical transformation. Faced with free trade, the end of government subsidies and Ontario legislation that banned native grape varieties from table wine, vintners got serious about planting and nurturing Old World vinafera varieties. Enriching their own growing experience by drawing on that of the global wine community's winemakers, Canadians began to produce award-winning vintages. Renowned wine writer Tony Aspler has spent much of his career chronicling this impressive rebirth. In Canadian Wineries, he teams up with principal photographer Jean-François Bergeron and his colleagues at Enviro Foto to profile more than 60 of Canada's best wineries. To make a selection from the roughly 560 Canadian wineries currently operating, they imposed strict criteria, taking into account the quality of the wine produced and its sustained quality from vintage to vintage, the winery's influence on the direction and style of the wines in their region, the aesthetic appeal of the winery's property and setting, and regional representation."--Provided by publisher.

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