New sparkling wine called Fracette

The Ontario Wine Appellation Authority (OWAA), also known as Vintners Quality Alliance (VQA) Ontario, is proposing creation of a new sparkling wine category called Fracette.

It will have a production method unique to Ontario, said a government posting about changes to regulations.

It also proposed a rules change to permit the bulk transfer of VQA-approved wines outside of Ontario for final packaging in Canada .The rules now say they must be packaged in Ontario.

The proposed change does not apply to estate-bottled wines.