Chapter 12 · 14 min read · 4 sections

Canada: The Poetry of Ice

Burgundy ink illustration of a frozen Canadian vineyard — snow-covered vine rows and a bunch of frozen grapes dripping with icicles beside a lake and mountains, with a bottle of Icewine and a glass in the foreground
The Idea

Canada demonstrates that great wine can emerge from one of the world’s most challenging viticultural climates. Here, success depends on moderation — lakes, mountains and long summer daylight allow Vitis vinifera to survive where winter temperatures would otherwise make premium wine production impossible.

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