Élevage Winter Wine Festival

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Join us for our  4th annual Élevage Winter Wine Festival where we celebrate the barrel ageing process and enjoy the beauty of winter in PEC.

Prince Edward County, ON, Canada

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Élevage Winter Wine FestivalJoin us for an unforgettable experience at Élevage, a one-of-a-kind winter wine festival taking place in Prince Edward County, ON, Canada, on Saturday, March 14th and Sunday, March 15th, the first weekend of March Break. This celebration will be centred around the heart of Élevage . We will be hosting Elevated Tastings in addition to our self guided Tasting Passport, so our guests have the opportunity to celebrate Élevage and truly experience the ageing process wines go through between fermentation and bottling. This is a unique chance to converse with wine makers, experience the cellars and see first hand the beauty of the ageing process. These exclusive tastings will have space for 12 particpants only, and will fill up fast! Élevage Passport — $20 + Fees, TaxGrab your friends, your family, your neighbours, whoever you want to drink PEC wine with this winter! Embark on a delightful wine-tasting adventure with our Élevage Passport Program. Use our passport to visit 5 different locations over Elevage weekend and sip your way through Prince Edward County. Your passport grants you one complimentary sample at five participating wineries and cideries over Saturday and Sunday. Samples are typically 1-1.5 oz. Once you've savoured your way through, don't forget to fill in your name and contact details on your passport and hand it in at one of the participating wineries for a chance to win the grand prize! Élevage Passport &amp; Elevated Tasting — $50 + Fees, Tax Included in your $50 ticket is 1 elevated tasting experience of your choosing and your tasting passport, with an additional 5 samples at participating wineries and cideries. ‍*Your elevated tasting is unique chance to converse with wine makers, experience the cellars and see first hand the beauty of the ageing process. When purchasing your ticket, please select the Elevated Tasting you wish to attend, these are held in specific time slots over the course of Saturday and Sunday and will last approximately 1 hour. These exclusive tastings will have space for 12 particpants only, and will fill up fast! Additional Elevated Tasting (only with purchase of a full passport) — $25 + Fees, Tax Can't choose just one Elevated Tasting experience? Want to visit an old favourite and try out somewhere new? Not to worry! Ticket holders may purchase an additional elevated tasting experience for $25 at check out. Elevated Tasting Time Slots: Saturday March 14th 11:00 am Sugarbush Vineyards and Winery OR Trail Estate Winery 12:00 pm Broken Stone Winery OR Loch Mor Cider Company SOLD OUT 1:00 pm Closson Chase Vineyards OR Rosehall Run Vineyards 2:00 pm Grange of Prince Edward OR Keint-he Winery and Vineyards Sunday March 15th 11:00 am Huff Estate Winery OR Stanners Vineyard 12:00 pm Norman Hardie Winery OR Harwood Estate Winery 1:00 pm Karlo Estates * For more information on each unique offering, please see Agenda below*Passports will be mailed to those who purchase before February 28th, with the option for having them emailed for printing or set aside at a winery for particpants who purchase after that.Check out the full list of Passport participating wineries and cideries below:Broken Stone Winery, 524 Closson RdClosson Chase Vineyards, 629 Closson RdCounty Cider Company, 657 Bongards CrossingGrange of Prince Edward Winery, 990 Closson RdHarwood Estates Winery, 18908 Loyalist PkwyHuff Estates Winery, 2274 Prince Edward County Rd 1Karlo Estates Winery, 561 Danforth RdKeint-he Winery &amp; Vineyards, 49 Hubbs Creek RdLast House Vineyards at Rosehall Run Vineyard, 1243 Greer RdLighthall Vineyards, 308 Lighthall RdLoch Mór Cider Co, 890 Danforth RdMorandin Wines at Rosehall Run Vineyard, 1243 Greer RdNorman Hardie Winery, 1152 Greer RdRosehall Run Vineyards, 1243 Greer RdSandbanks Winery, 17598 Loyalist PkwyStanner’s Vineyard, 76 Station RdSugarbush Vineyards &amp; Winery, 1286 Wilson RdTrail Estate Winery, 416 Benway RdWaupoos Estate Winery, 3016 County Rd 8

Agenda

Saturday, March 14th at 11am.                                                                                                                                                             
Join us on the Elevage weekend for a jam packed wine experience. Your elevated wine tour experience starts in the vineyard (weather permitting) with a introduction to how Sugarbush Vineyards got started and how it got its name. Moving into our small, but efficient winery for a talk on how we produce 2,500 cases annually from our garage! Here we will start your wine tasting experience with a couple of tank samples from the 2024 harvest. This is the vintage picked last fall and will be going into bottle sometime this summer.  Finally we move into our tasting area for a tutored wine tasting with the winemaker, Rob, who will talk you through a flight of our premium wines. Light snacks paired with your wines. This is a great opportunity to get a behind the scenes look and answers to any and all questions.

Sugarbush Vineyards and Winery 

Saturday, March 14th at 11am. Preview our 2023 Estate Chardonnays! Compare the nuances in terroir in North and South Blocks as well as together as the Estate Chardonnay. This is your first chance to try these truly limited wines as well as stock up on what is proving to be an exceptional vintage for your cellar!                                                                                      

Trail Estate Winery

Saturday, March 14th at 12pm.                                                                                                                                                   
Elevage: "the art of achieving the grapes' maximum potential through barrel aging, fining and filtering. Roughly translates to "raising" in English." Raise a glass with winemaker Tim, in an exclusive backroom tasting surrounded by barrels and tanks. Enjoy a pleasant discussion with the winemaker in his workshop, tasting his wines in progress. You'll have a unique opportunity to compare oaked and unoaked Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs, with the added bonus of comparing barrel wines from two premium Closson Rd vineyards. You can taste the influence of terroir in every sip - It's a feast for the senses! For the folks interested in more technical aspects, you'll learn about different vinification techniques, whole cluster fermentation and how that translates to different aroma and flavour profiles. 

Broken Stone Winery

Saturday, March 14th at 12pm.  Enjoy an elevated tasting experience featuring thoughtfully paired fine ciders with local cheeses. The cider's bright acidity and gentle fruit notes cut through richness, cleanse the palate, and highlight the complex flavors of both. ??                                                               

Loch Mor Cider Company

Saturday, March 14th at 1pm.                                                                                                                                                          
  We welcome you to join us for a tour of our Production Facility, The Ridge, where you can get a first hand look at the wine making process at Closson Chase. We will then guide you through a Futures Tasting of our upcoming Spring Releases, giving you an exclusive sneak peek of our newest vintage as we gather around the fireplace in the cozy boardroom. Tastings take place at The Ridge, 609 Chase Road.

SOLD OUT Closson Chase Vineyards

Saturday, March 14th at 1pm.                                                                                                                                                                   Join Associate Winemaker, Lee Baker, in the barrel cellar for an intimate tasting of our unique planting of Tempranillo and its remarkable ability to express terroir in Prince Edward County. Be the first to experience a vertical of this Tempranillo, featuring a past vintage, the current release, and a future sample from barrel. These extremely limited bottlings offer a truly exclusive opportunity to taste how this site and climate shape the wine over time. To deepen the exploration, we’ll include a classic example of Tempranillo from Spain alongside a benchmark Pinot Noir from the Estate to convey a sense of place. A series of carefully prepared small bites will accompany the wines to frame and elevate the tasting experience. We will do our best to accommodate dietary restrictions.

SOLD OUT Rosehall Run Vineyards 

Saturday, March 14th at 2pm. In 2024, we introduced an Estate Series of wines crafted exclusively from our vineyards. These wines are a pure reflection of the soul of our vineyard, with each sip telling the story of our land’s richness and diversity. Join our winemaking team as they leads a bespoke barrel cellar tour and tasting of these incredible Estate wines in the historic cellar of our 200 year old barn. This is an opportunity you won’t want to miss!

Grange of Prince Edward 

Saturday, March 14th at 2pm. Our winemaker Connor, will be offering tours of our cellar and wine caves, complete with barrel and tank tastings. Topics of discussion will include, how wines express themselves differently across vintages, between vineyards and as a result of oak treatment choices. Taste. Observe. Learn.

Keint-he Winery and Vineyards

Sunday March 15th at 11am.                                                                                                                                                                 
 Elevate your passport experience with a guided wine and bite pairing led by our senior team. Discover the harmony of County-grown wines alongside thoughtfully prepared bites that highlight the best of local flavours. Enjoy four estate wines, each paired with seasonal fare crafted from County-sourced ingredients by J&W Farms — a true celebration of Prince Edward County in every sip and taste.

Huff Estate Winery

Sunday March 15th at 11am. Join Colin for an intimate barrel tasting of our Pinot Noir, sampling wines from distinct vineyards and exploring how ageing in older versus newer barrels shapes each wine’s character, influencing aroma, texture, and flavour.

Stanners Vineyard

Sunday March 15th at 12pm. Owner & head winemaker Norman Hardie will lead you through a vertical tasting of both current and older vintages of our Chardonnays. Learn about the magic of our limestone terroir and our French oak barrel program, explaining why and how our wines remain youthful and vibrant despite using absolute minimal amounts of sulphur and artisanal, old-school techniques.

Our wines are often seen as dead ringers for Burgundy and are now served in over 50 Michelin Star restaurants across Europe, the U.K. and Japan. Both current and older vintages will be available for purchase.

Enjoy the tasting alongside our house-cured and smoked Ontario steelhead trout. Cured and smoked in house, basted with County maple syrup and served with toasted, locally-baked focaccia and wasabi sour cream.

Norman Hardie Winery

Sunday March 15th at 12pm. For our elevated tasting, join winemaker Jason as he hosts a cellar tour and discussion of our wines before indulging in our 7 wine tasting, paired with a selection of our cheeses and chocolates, and some accents of fruit!

Harwood Estate Winery

Sunday March 15th at 1pm. Vertical Library Tasting
You’ll be greeted with a taste of our 2024 Bubble
We’ll venture back to production to taste back vintages, the current release and barrel
samples of a white and a red wine with food pairings.
Guests will have the opportunity to buy Library Wines not available on our regular list.
Taste the effects of barrel aging on our medal winning Triumvirate – Paired to a Smoked
Maple “Neeps &amp; Tatties” Scottish Hagis Hash in a gluten free tart
2022 Van Alstine White – Paired to a gluten free vegan Maple pecan tart.

Karlo Estates 

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