Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Map of the Niagara Region and Its Wineries ix
4. Foreword xiii
5. Acknowledgements xv
6. The World of Niagara Wine xvii
7. Niagara Wines Decanted
8. The Early History of Grapes and Wine in Niagara 3
9. Niagara Wine and the Influence of Government Regulation, 1850s to 1944 29
10. The Growing Place of Wine in the Economic Development of the Niagara Region 47
11. Business and Bottles
12. The History of the VQA 67
13. Ontario Wines in the Marketplace 87
14. The Ontario Wine Industry: Moving Forward 97
15. The Hands behind the Harvest: Migrant Workers in Niagara’s Wine Industry 109
16. The Vineyard to the Bottle
17. The Use of Geospatial Technologies for Improved Vineyard Management Decisions in the Niagara Region 125
18. The Niagara Peninsula Appellation: A Climatic Analysis of Canada’s Largest Wine Region 143
19. The Wine-Producing Soils of Niagara 165
20. Viticultural Practices and Their Effects on Grape and Wine Quality 185
21. Wine Tasting 213
22. Vintning on Thin Ice: The Making of Canada’s Iconic Dessert Wine 229
23. A Cultural Perspective on Niagara Wines
24. New Wine in Old Wineskins: Marketing Wine as Agricultural Heritage 249
25. Constructing Authenticity: Architecture and Landscape in Niagara’s Wineries 259
26. Wine and Culinary Tourism in Niagara 281
27. Conflict in the Niagara Countryside: Securing the Land Base for the Wine Industry 301
28. The Niagara Wine Festival’s Grande Parade: The Public Geography of “Grape and Wine” Controversy 313
29. Afterword 331
30. Contributors 335
31. Index 341