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Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is a wine region in Canada, home to 18 wineries, producing red, rose, white wines.

Nova Scotia at a glance: predominantly white.
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Nova Scotia's 18 wineries produce predominantly white wine; Chardonnay is the most common single-grape bottling.

About the Nova Scotia region

    Location
    The Nova Scotia wine geographical indicator is province-wide: grape wines designated as Nova Scotia Wine must derive at least 85% of their content from grapes grown in the Province, while Wines of Nova Scotia requires entirely province-g…
    Climate
    Nova Scotia’s province-wide wine GI spans materially different temperature regimes.
    Soils
    Nova Scotia does not have one uniform vineyard substrate.

Region facts sourced from Based on Environment and Climate Change Canada data (ECCC Data Product Licence Agreement), Province of Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Wine Standards Regulations (Crown copyright – factual extraction and minimal necessary evidentiary quotation only), Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia (Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia 1.1).

Most common single-grape wines

When Nova Scotia wines are made from a single grape (rather than a blend), these are the most common:

Wine profile

Nova Scotia is predominantly a white-wine region (about 61% of its wines).

151 distinct Nova Scotia wines tracked, spanning the colours and styles below.

  • White91 · 61%
  • Red37 · 25%
  • Rose22 · 15%

Types: Port, Sparkling, Still.

Representative Nova Scotia wines

Selected from stable product-to-region relationships for diversity — not a claim that these are the region's best wines.

  • Lightfoot & Wolfville — Fauna
  • Planters Ridge — Pinot Noir
  • L'Acadie Vineyards — Prestige Brut Estate
  • Avondale Sky — Lady Slipper
  • Blomidon — Reserve Chardonnay
  • 1365 Church Street — On the Deck White
  • Luckett Vineyards — Ortega
  • 1365 Church Street — Unicycle

Canada wine designations

BC VQA
BC VQA is British Columbia’s regulated appellation-of-origin certification system and includes minimum quality requirements.
IGP Vin du Québec
IGP Vin du Québec is the Quebec protected geographical indication recognised in 2018 for qualifying still, sparkling and liqueur wines sold under its approved specification.
VQA
Ontario VQA is a regulated wine-of-origin certification program covering origin, composition, laboratory testing, sensory review and label integrity.
Understanding the wine data
Designation
The protected-origin or administrative category associated with the wine, interpreted using country-aware rules. The same abbreviation can mean different things in different countries, so we only show the meaning approved for that country.
How this ranking is built

Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.

Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.

Explore Nova Scotia

Ways to browse Nova Scotia — each count is the size of that specific collection (a subset of the 151 wines tracked above):

  • White Nova Scotia (91)
  • Red Nova Scotia (37)

FAQs

Where is Nova Scotia?
The Nova Scotia wine geographical indicator is province-wide: grape wines designated as Nova Scotia Wine must derive at least 85% of their content from grapes grown in the Province, while Wines of Nova Scotia requires entirely province-grown grape content.
How are wineries and producers selected for Nova Scotia?
Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
How are representative Nova Scotia wines selected?
Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
How much wine data does WhatDrink have for Nova Scotia?
The current regional catalogue contains 151 linked wines from 18 linked producers. Counts describe WhatDrink catalogue coverage and may change as source data is refreshed.

Regional data is aggregated from wine directory and product-catalogue sources; grape and style associations reflect characteristic varieties and may vary by producer and vintage.