Nova Scotia Appellation Library

(news items and features of current interest regarding activity within the Nova Scotia appellation)

___, "'Terroir' Conference to Examine Link Between Wine and Earth Science" ( UC Davis News Service: July 27, 2005 )

___, "Automated System Predicts Grape Yields " ( USDA - Agricultural Research Service: April 21, 2006 )

___, "Can Wine Be Organic?" ( Balanced Living Magazine )

___, "Proposed national wine criteria would disadvantage local producers, Jost owner says" ( The Halifax Herald Limited: 12/13/2006 )

___, "Mild winter melts N.S. icewine hopes" ( CBC News: December 21, 2006 )

___, "Warm weather's a headache for icewine lovers" ( Globe and Mail: Dec 27, 2006 )

___, "For nation's vintners, days of wine are rosy " ( San Francisco Chronicle: 01/18/2007 )

___, "New Winery Boom Spans North America " ( Wines & Vines: 01/22/2007 )

___, "Warm-weather fears abate; grapes for 2006 N.S. icewines deemed excellent" ( The Canadian Press: 03/01/2007 )

___, "A nose for wine" ( The Halifax Herald Limited: 05/01/2007 )

___, "Nova Scotia winery may soon be up for sale: owner" ( Guelph Mercury: 05/15/2007 )

___, "Cold, gold grapes" ( The Chronicle Herald: 05/22/2007 )

___, "New grapes for cool climes" ( THE CHRONICLE HERALD: 07/06/2007 )

___, "Atlantic Canada’s wine industry has legs" ( Financial Post : 07/30/2007 )

___, "Global warming good for N.S. wine" ( The Halifax Herald Limited : 08/07/2007 )

___, "Atlantic Canada's wine industry has found legs" ( The Gazette: 08/15/2007 )

___, "Turning apples to wine" ( The Chronicle Herald: 08/21/2004 )

___, "Organic wine: 'It's a money thing'" ( Financial Post : 09/01/2007 )

___, "Nova Scotia Vineyards Celebrate Award-Winning Wines " ( Hospitality Net: 09/24/2007 )

___, "Hot properties in vineland" ( Toronto Star: 10/04/2007 )

___, "Nova Scotia wines now sold at tourist centre gift shops" ( THE CHRONICLE HERALD : 10/07/2007 )

___, "Cultivating a Nova Scotia wine culture" ( The Halifax Herald Limited: 11/08/2007 )

___, "Grape expectations" ( The Chronicle Herald: 11/15/2007 )

___, "Things are just grape, thanks" ( The Amherst Citizen: 03/10/2008 )

___, "Grapes are 'green' at Valley vineyard" ( The Chronicle Herald: 06/29/2008 )

___, "Wanted: More grape growers for Nova Scotia" ( CBC News : 06/30/2008 )

___, "NS’s first organic winery focused on traditional method sparkling wines" ( Farm Focus: 07/09/2008 )

___, "Nova Scotia wineries are getting it right" ( Ottawa Citizen : 08/31/2008 )

Aspler, Tony, "Jost Does It in Nova Scotia" ( TonyAspler.com: November 20, 2003 )

Aspler, Tony, "THE WINE ATLAS OF CANADA" ( Random House Canada: 10/28/2006 )

Bennett, Mary, et.al., "Avondale Vineyard: Mary & Andrew Bennett" ( : Jan. 26, 2004 )

Crosariol, Beppi, "Putting Nova Scotian vino on the map" ( Globe and Mail: 12/05/2007 )

Heeger, Jack, "U.S.-European agreement will keep wine flowing across the Atlantic" ( Napa Valley Register: March 16, 2006 )

Lawrason, David, "Nova Scotia’s New Eden" ( Toronto Like: 04/17/2008 )

Pinhey, Craig, "Salt Spring Island Vineyards is a Model for Atlantic Cottage Wineries" ( aliant.net - 'DrinX': September, 2004 )

Pinhey, Craig, "New Jost Vintages" ( Aliant.net: October 25, 2005 )

Pinhey, Craig, "Historic L’Acadie Blanc Tasting a Worthy Lesson in Nova Scotia Terroir and Winemaking" ( Frog's Pad: July, 2005 )

(a cumulative and permanent repository of writings which reflect the development of the Nova Scotia appellation as a distinct winegrowing region. Submission and selection criteria for placement of material in the Permanent Collection)

Adams, Leon D., THE WINES OF AMERICA, THIRD EDITION" ( McGraw-Hill: 1985 )

Aspler, Tony, VINTAGE CANADA: THE COMPLETE REFERENCE TO CANADIAN WINES" ( McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd.: 1999 )

Berger, Dan, Appellation America" ( California Grapevine: February-March, 2006 )

Cass, Bruce, et.al., THE OXFORD COMPANION TO THE WINES OF NORTH AMERICA" ( Oxford University Press: 2000 )

Ensrud, Barbara, AMERICAN VINEYARDS" ( Stewart, Tabori & Chang: 1988 )

Naugler, Chris, et.al., "THE TANGLED VINE: WINEGROWING IN NOVA SCOTIA" ( blue frog publishing inc.: 2004 )

Schreiner, John, THE WINES OF CANADA" ( Mitchell Beazley: June, 2005 )