Quebec
The first licensees to operate vineyards in Québec were issued in the mid-1980s. Today, the five original winegrowers are joined by more provincial winemakers thriving on challenges. Recently Québec vintners sold 250,000 bottles of their hardy wines in one year. With a production last year of 70,000 bottles, l'Orpailleur is by far the market leader.
At a 1992 international competition held in Montreal, the vineyard was
awarded a bronze medal for dry white wine, a first for any Québec wine.
"L'orpailleur" means "the gold-panner" and in Québec where Arctic-like winters can bring bone-chilling temperatures as low as -30C along with several feet of snow, any effort to grow wine grapes commercially seems as unlikely to produce results as sifting dirt for riches. Despite the risks, "les vignerons québecois" have learned how to fend off the cold and produce attractive table wines. Their efforts have also produced an unusual twist to local tourism.
Most of the wineries in Quebec are small and can be found south of Montréal close to the border above Vermont. The wines are usually available only at the vineyard itself. Visiting the wineries can be interesting as they include maple sugar, jams, crafts and other products to compliment their income.
Since the French language is promient in Quebec and information is difficult to obtain We have done our best to place the wineries within six regions according to Association des Vignerons of Quebec
Map provide By winesofquebec.com
Montérégie Wineries:
- Vignoble des Artisans du Terroir
- Vignoble Clos Mont-Saint-Hilaire
- Vignoble du Coteau St-Paul
- La Face Cachée de la Pomme
- Vignoble De Lavoie
- Vignoble Les Petits Cailloux
- Vignoble Angell
- Vignoble Cappabianca
- Vignoble Clos de la Montagne
- Vignoble des Pins
- Vignoble du Marathonien
- Vignoble les Murmures
- Vignoble Le Royer St-Pierre
- Vignoble Morou
- Vignoble Sous Les Charmilles
- Vignoble Saint-Remi
Eastern Townships Wineries
Les Cantons de l'Est
- Vignoble Chapelle Ste Agnes
- Vignoble Clos Saint-Denis
- Vignoble Clos du Roc Noir
- Vignoble Clos Ste-Croix de Dunham
- Vignoble de l'Aurore Boréale
- Vignoble de la Sabliere
- Domaine Félibre
- Domaine Pinnacle
- Vignoble Domaine les Bromes
- Vignoble Domaine du Ridge
- Vignoble Domaine de l'Ardennais
- Vignoble Domaine des Cotes d'Ardoise
- Vignoble de l'Orpailleur
- Vignoble la Bauge
- Vignoble la Mission
- Vignoble le Cep d'Argent
- Vignoble les Arpents de Neige
- Vignoble Les Blancs Coteaux
- Vignoble les Chants de Vignes
- Vignoble les Diurnes
- Vignoble les Pervenches
- Vignoble Les Trois Clochers
Lower Laurentials Wineries - Basses Laurentials
- Vignoble de la Riviere du Chene
- Vignoble La Roche des Brises
- Vignobles des Negondos
- Le Vignoble Du Clos Baillie
- La Romance Du Vin
Laurentials Wineries
- Vignoble Bouche-Art
- Vignoble Carone
- Vignoble Domaine de l'Ile Ronde
- Vignoble le Mernois
Quebec City Wineries:
- Vignoble l'Ange Gardien
- Vignoble la Cache a Maxime
- Coop Des Producteurs Viticole Bourg-Royal
- Vignoble le Domaine des 3 Moulins
- Vignoble Domaine Royarnois
- Vignoble Domaine de la Source a Marguerite
- Vignoble Angile
- Vignoble Bourg Royal
- Vignoble Isle de Bacchus
- Vignoble
Le Moulin du Petit Pe
- Vignoble le Nordet
- Vignoble de Sainte-Petronille
The Eastern Townships ~ Montérégie ~ Basses Laurentials ~
Laurential ~ Quebec City
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