Winery list for Quebec

Quebec

• 45°- 47°
• Acres: 1,915 (775 hectares)
• Wineries: 125

Quebec wineries produce dry, fortified, sparkling and sweet wines from a variety of cold hardy hybrid grape varieties such as Frontenac Noir, Blanc and Gris, Vidal, Seyval Blanc and Marquette along with smaller amounts of vinifera. Production areas are concentrated to the north and south east of Montreal and around Quebec City.

The geographical area

The PGI Vin du Québec geographic area is bounded by the Laurentian mountain range to the north, by the border along the United States to the south, by Ontario to the west and by the Appalachians to the east. To qualify, the region where the vines are grown must have a minimum of 900 degree-days – a measurement used to analyze the growth of an organism, and calculating the difference between a day’s average temperature and the temperature.