Canada · VQA Ontario designated viticultural area (O. Reg. 359/24)
Niagara Peninsula
Appellation
Niagara Peninsula is a VQA Ontario designated viticultural area in Canada.
Ontario's main wine area, between Lake Ontario and Lake Erie, moderated by the lakes and sheltered by the Niagara Escarpment. Icewine, Riesling, Chardonnay and Cabernet Franc.
The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.
Key facts
Type
VQA Ontario designated viticultural area (O. Reg. 359/24)
Area
303,063 ha outline of the administrative units
Centre
43.1552° N, 79.5467° W
Legal basis
Ontario: O. Reg. 359/24 under the VQA Act, areas defined by roads and natural features. British Columbia: GIs under the Wines of Marque Regulation, defined by watersheds and schedule maps.
Outline: Built from the administrative units that contain the area. The legal boundary follows other lines (roads, rivers, farms or altitude), so the real area is smaller.
Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain
Elevation
74–327 m
Mean elevation
185 m
Measured over the whole outline on 62,079 elevation cells of about 223 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.