New Method Traditional Sparkling Wines from Nova Scotia

See my new article here:

http://wine.appellationamerica.com/wine ... ridge.html

Feel free to comment on my writing and the subject. It is very interesting what is happening down here...

Pardon my ignorance, but what ist the "New Method" you refer to in the subject?

I believe it's not "New Method" Traditional, but new "Method Traditional Sparkling Wines" as in the wines are new products of the winery and they are made in the traditional method of riddling and disgorging.
Nice article, BTW. I've never heard of the L'Acadie grape. Sounds interesting. I believe Vignoles (Ravat 51) would be another white hybrid that could make excellent sparkling wines, but I've never heard of it being grown anywhere in Canada.

Thank you Howie, for clarifying. I guess it's the unconventional wording "Method Traditional" that led me to the slippery slope, as in French "Méthode Traditionelle" or Italian "Metodo Tradizionale". In English I would have expected "Traditional Method", but then English is not my mother tongue, so who am I to argue ...

It's not your English. I would expect "Traditional Method" also, however, in Canada, with it's large French speaking population, I would expect it - English spelling, French order.

I've never heard of the L'Acadie grape. Sounds interesting. I believe Vignoles (Ravat 51) would be another white hybrid that could make excellent sparkling wines, but I've never heard of it being grown anywhere in Canada.

You know, Howie, we have a general deficit up here of the kind of hybrids that would do well in our wine growing regions. Everything is focused on VQA, and based on the discussions that occasionally take place on this subject over at Growwine, it's clear that VQA's choices of "approved" grape varieties was very much based on what the stakeholders wanted, not necessarily on what actually fits the terroir. For example, Zinfandel is VQA-approvable in Ontario despite being totally unfit for our winters - yet something as climatically suitable as Dechaunac or Vignoles is not. It's nothing but ugly politics and self-interest. Hopefully it will change at some point, but for now, the status quo is seeing us stagnate in the area of new grape trials in Ontario, while New York and Minnesota march admirably into the future with their new varieties.

Oh yes, and Adacie Blanc has really found a home for itself out East. Apparently it was developed in Niagara (!) but was better suited to a cooler climate.