Editing Merlot (section)

=== Canada ===
In [[Canada (wine)|Canada]], Merlot can be found across the country from the [[Short Hills Bench]] of the [[Niagara Peninsula]] [[Ontario (wine)|Ontario]], where there were {{convert|498|ha|acre}} of the grape in 2008, to [[British Columbia (wine)|British Columbia]], where the grape is the most widely planted wine grape variety of either color at {{convert|641|ha|acres}}. Here Merlot accounts for almost a third of all red wine grape plantings and is used for both varietal and Bordeaux-style blends.<ref name="Wine Grapes"/>