With a colourful wine-making tradition dating back more than 100 years, Canada's wine industry has really come of age. Now more than 500 wineries boast highly-commended vintages, with the fruit wines of Alberta and Saskatchewan winning a growing following and the icewines of BC, Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes receiving international attention: - When Prohibition hit Ontario in 1916, the province's winegrowers managed to convince the government to exempt wineries; the only catch was that customers had to buy at least a five-gallon keg or a case of 12 bottles at a time - The taxes Canada applies to wine are the highest in the world--over twice as high as the taxes in the runner-up, New Zealand - Canada signed an agreement in 2003 to phase out the use of European names and terms on wine labels; as of December 31, 2013, Canadian wine producers can no longer use the words Champagne, Port, Sherry or Chablis on their labels - The year 2001 became known as the 'œladybug harvest-- in Niagara after an infestation of ladybugs contaminated several wines with a compound called pyrazine--making the wine smell like peanuts - The world's most expensive wine was a bottle of Canadian icewine: in 2006, Royal DeMaria released five cases of their 2000 Chardonnay icewine at a whopping 30,000 CDN per half-bottle. And so much mor.