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Building upon the Seriously Cool Chardonnay tasting held in London, England last spring, Canadian wine producers now have their sights set on the Big Apple. The New York City event will takes place today and will include a larger representation of cool climate VQA Chardonnays featuring 54 wines from 31 Canadian wineries located in British Columbia and Ontario.
"A generation ago, the New Zealand wine industry launched Sauvignon Blanc in Britain and put New Zealand wines on the map," says Bill Redelmeier of Southbrook Vineyards, who spearheaded the group effort to promote Canada's cool climate Chardonnays to international media. "Last May a group of Ontario wineries went to London with a similar goal but showcased Chardonnay, a grape variety that is particularly suited to Canada's cool climate regions." Buoyed by the success of the London event, Ontario wineries are now joined by the Wines of British Columbia and are headed to New York City to repeat the tasting to demonstrate the success Canada has with cool climate Chardonnays."When people around the globe think of Canadian wines, they only think of Icewine," says Redelmeier. "Our aim is to change that perception by presenting our wines to influential wine critics in such key cities as London and New York to let the world know what a great job Canada also does with table wines, in particular Chardonnay." VQA wineries in British Columbia and Ontario were invited to submit their wines in a blind tasting judged by a panel of Canadian judges. The panel previewed 100 Canadian Chardonnays and selected 54 wines from 31 wineries to qualify for the New York City Seriously Cool Chardonnay event. Chardonnay is the most widely produced VQA white wine in British Columbia, which has 144 VQA wineries in five wine growing regions — Okanagan Valley, Similkameen Valley, Fraser Valley, Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands. With 124 VQA wineries in Ontario, Chardonnay is the most widely produced VQA wine in Ontario in its four wine growing regions — Niagara Peninsula, Lake Erie North Shore, Pelee Island and Prince Edward County.