Visitors to the winery will notice a patch of low-growing vines to the left of the parking lot. Pumpkins! No, we’re not making pumpkin wine, although we’ve thought of the possibilities (a Harry-Potter-esque cinnamon spiced sweet wine). It’s for a fundraiser for our daughter’s hockey team. One of the Hockey Moms said to me, Tim, why […]
Recently my youngest daughter said to me “Daddy, I like it better since you left your old job. I think it makes you a better father.” Due to the vicissitudes of corporate life, I left my city job and my dreams of becoming a full time vintner in the country suddenly became true! Yes! Not exactly
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We’re hosting our annual bus tour on June 27! The $100 ticket includes transportation via luxury bus, tastings at six unique wineries, and a barbecue at Broken Stone Winery. We depart Toronto from York Mills subway at 9 am sharp, returning by 8 pm. We’re also picking up more wine country fans on the way, in
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Wine? In the Park? Many people are surprised to hear that last year the Ontario Liberals launched a two year pilot program allowing sales of VQA wines at farmers’ markets. This is a great opportunity for us small Mom- and Pop- owned wineries. Because of our small scale we normally sell most of
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1) Have a dream and the commitment to make it happen 2) Either have a big budget or a long time frame in mind. It will cost $20,000 per acre just to set up the vineyard, $6,000 per acre each year to maintain (assuming you do most of the work), and it won’t produce any
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Many people long for the good old days. Sometimes its hard to see, but I think that we’re living them. The good old days are now! Let’s enjoy ’em.
Our biggest problem is low production so we are trying something new. Another County grower harvested so much Chardonnay last year they were worrying they had pushed their vines too hard. When that happens, the vines take a year to recuperate. “Wow”, I said. “How did you get enough buds on the vine to produce that many
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Many people say they are looking for complexity in wine. But sometimes you don’t want to be trying to understand your wine while you try to understand the conversation. We get that. We’re calling our next wine Simplicity. Our Pinot Noir and Chardonnay get more layered and complex with each vintage. With this wine, we
Nouveau wines are bottled early in the season for the first toast to the vines…perfect for Wassail. Our Pinot Frais is a fresh Rosé made in a dry Nouveau style from Pinot Noir grapes. Come to our winery and give it a try! We only have ten cases left! The photo is of a leaf
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Harvest approaches! After testing our grapes and evaluating the health of the vines, we decided that we’d throw our Harvest Party on October 4th-5th. In spite of the cool summer, everything seems to be on track for our biggest harvest ever! What a great feeling! Harvest is hard work but so much fun. Hard work,