Vintners Quality Alliance

It is similar to regulatory systems in France (AOC), Spain (DO), Italy (DOC), and Germany (QmP).

The VQA system allows for sub-appellations, by which the grapes for wines are sourced from extremely specific geographical locations with different soil and climate.

All must be 100 percent made from grapes grown in British Columbia, Nova Scotia or Quebec, respectively.

[3] VQA wines may be made with grapes from relatively small agricultural yields per vine (which increases quality), they meet specific sugar or brix levels at harvest, and the use of additives is regulated.

To receive the VQA designation, wine must undergo testing by the regulating bodies.

The VQA label on a bottle of Canadian icewine .
An Ontario vineyard in the Niagara Peninsula regional appellation.
Vineyard in the Okanagan regional appellation of British Columbia.
Canadian wine from British Columbia.