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Our First Chardonnay

They say Pinot Noir is tough to grow, but last year we struggled with our first crop of Chardonnay… “This vineyard is a write-off!” shouted my vineyard employee (I’ll call him Bob) and stalked out of the Chardonnay to go work  on softer ground in the front vineyard. Even the hardiest of workers can get frustrated when

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Big Dreams Ahead

Come into our tasting room this summer;  we’ll talk about passion and the pursuit of big ideas while you try our delicious 2013 Chardonnay . On Saturday the Ontario Wine Society was kind enough to invite Broken Stone Winery to share our wines and our vision at an event in Wellington.  We rubbed shoulders with other City refugees

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Wassail, Wassail!

“Wassail” — three end-of-season weekends to celebrate another year in the vineyard — came and went with a flourish of revelers and repeat customers.    Our first year as a winery is writ.  We will look back at these days with nostalgia. For now, the tractor is quiet, and the vines buried, asleep under a

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Hard Earth and Hilling Up

  “It’s minus ten Celsius. Sure, the ground is frozen, but it won’t hurt to try burying the vines.  It might work –right? With the tractor reverse gear repaired, I headed out to the field one fine Saturday to attempt  hilling up for the second time. It seemed to go well, although the hard soil made the tractor struggle

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A Good Harvest

One thing you will hear vineyardists and vintners say about starting up a winery is “it’s hard work”.  All of our grapes are safely pressed out into tanks now, culminating a string of 16 – 20 hour days and rushing between Toronto and the County every other day.  Energy to do all this came from

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Coccinella

Lady bug, lady bug, fly away home! This year our vineyards were invaded by Multicoloured Asian Lady Bugs, or MALB.  You may know that at crush time the odd insect or two can get crushed along with the grapes.  We like to think that adds a bit of complexity.  Seriously though, the wine is so

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