This document summarizes a statistical analysis of the Nova Scotia wine industry. It analyzes data on grapes used, wines produced, locations of wineries and liquor stores. Key findings include that white wine is dominant in production and sales, L'Acadie Blanc is the most popular grape, and Jost produces the most wine. A script tool was developed to select and output grape data. The conclusions note limitations and that the wine industry contributes over $200 million annually to Nova Scotia's economy.

1. Mapping and Querying Wine
Products in Nova Scotia
Lauren Slaunwhite
May 29th, 2014

2. Contents
• Overview
• Input Data
• Data Preparation
• Statistical Analysis
• Geographical Analysis
• Popularity of Grapes and Wines
• Script Tool
• Conclusions
• Limitations
• Return on Investment

3. Overview
• Commercial wine production in Nova Scotia has a short
history, beginning with Roger Dial and Grand Pre Winery
in the 1980s
• Today, there are eleven (11) wineries belonging to the
Winery Association of Nova Scotia (WANS)
• The WANS was founded in 2002 to primarily represent
the interests of winemakers in Nova Scotia
• This project highlights the various wineries in Nova
Scotia belonging to the WANS
• Analyses include grapes used in Nova Scotia wine
production, wine produced in Nova Scotia, locations of
wineries, and inventory and locations of Nova Scotia
Liquor Corporation stores

4. Input Data
Primary Data Includes:
• Wines Produced in NS (sources – each
winery’s website and manually gathering
data)
• Grapes used in that production (same
sources)
• Locations of NSLC stores (NSLC website)
• Inventory for NSLC stores (web harvested
using Beautiful Soup)

6. Data Preparation
• Data began as a table of inventory for
bottles of wine in NSLC
• Fields were created that added together
similar types of wine and also to group by
winery
• Other data began as manual input, and was
totaled using IBM SPSS for further analysis
in the ArcMap environment

7. Data Table of NSLC Inventory

8. Data Table of NSLC Stores

9. Statistical Analysis
• Analyses were performed both on inventory
for NSLC stores as well as by production by
winery
• Average Nearest Neighbor tool used to
determine pattern of points representing
stores(clustered) and wineries(dispersed)
• Grape popularity and wine popularity was
also analyzed

10. Average Nearest Neighbor Tool

11. Grapes Used in NS Wine Production

12. Popularity of Grapes for NS Wines

13. Most Popular Nova Scotia White
Wines

14. Most Popular Nova Scotia Red Wines

15. Popularity of Each NS Winery

16. Geographical Analysis
• Geographical Analyses were performed on
NSLC inventory as well as Winery
production to determine distribution
• Pie chart maps also produced to show
geographical distribution of various
Wineries and their respective popularity at
NSLC stores

17. Locations of NS Wineries

18. Total Number of Bottles in NSLC
Stores by Winery

19. Number of White Wine Bottles in
NSLC Stores by Winery

20. Number of Red Wine Bottles in NSLC
Stores by Winery

21. Number of Bottles in NSLC
Stores by Type of Wine and Winery

22. Locations of NSLC Stores

23. Total Number of Bottles of NS Wine
in NSLC Stores by Store

24. Number of Bottles of NS White Wine
in NSLC Stores by Store

25. Number of Bottles of NS White Red
in NSLC Stores by Store

26. Number of Bottles of NS Sparkling
Wine in NSLC Stores by Store

27. Number of Bottles of NS Fruit Wine
in NSLC Stores by Store

28. Number of Bottles of NS Rose Wine
in NSLC Stores by Store

29. Number of Dessert/Ice Wine Bottles
in NSLC Stores by Store

30. Number of Fortified Wine Bottles in
NSLC Stores by Store

31. Popularity of Local Wineries Based
on NSLC Store Inventory

32. Popularity of Local Red and White
Wine Based on NSLC Store Inventory

33. Hot Spot Analysis

34. Script Tool Grapes
• A python script Grapes.py was written to
select data from a data table, and to produce
outputs
• Very user friendly
• The script creates lists from which the user
makes selections

35. Grapes.dbf

36. Tool Options; Example

37. Script in Use

38. Award Winning Wines
• At the 2014 All Canadian Wine Championships,
7 of the 11 wineries have won awards
• Avondale Sky
• Gaspereau Estate
• Petite Riviere
• Sainte Famille
• Annapolis Highland
• Jost
• L’Acadie Vineyards
• Totalling 13 awards

39. Conclusions
• White wine is the dominant type of wine that is
produced and sold in Nova Scotia, with red
wine being the second
• L’Acadie Blanc is the most popular grape used
in Nova Scotia Wine production, and is used by
all eleven wineries
• Jost produces and sells the most wine in Nova
Scotia
• The Hot Spot Analysis shows white wine
having high popularity in the Halifax area

40. Limitations
• Data is only based on NS Wines available in
NSLC Stores
• Data is restricted to date of retrieval
• Does not include new wines, as they were
not available the date that data was
retrieved
• If any changes are made to a winery’s
website address, the script will no longer
work properly

41. Return on Investment
• Nova Scotia wine industry contributes over
$200 million annually to the provincial
economy
• 100,000 tourists have visited Nova Scotia
wineries in 2012
• The total impact that the wine industry has on
the Canadian economy is over $6.8 billion
• This project can encourage wineries to invest
in promotion of online and user-friendly tools
to encourage wine consumption and winery
tours