Spend the afternoon delighting in our award winning wines! Enjoy a fun and informative tour that shows you the wine making process from grape to bottle. Swirl and sip your way through wine country and leave the driving to us!

We offer our customers guided Vineyard and Winery tours followed by a visit to our tasting bar where they can taste our products. We also offer vineyard scavenger/treasure hunts for groups of 10+. Participants follow clues and solve puzzles to reach the final destination where they will participate in a small grape stomp. Following the hunt participants are treated to a wine and food pairing session with our wines.

New for 2011! The Annapolis Valley is overflowing with fabulous wines and the natural beauty of the area has inspired wonderful artisans! Join this guided art and wine tour as you wind your way through the heart of wine country and let us do the driving so you can enjoy the scenery that inspires us!

Steep south facing terraces in a hot sunny bowl contain four acres of vines planted in gravel/slate soil, creating a ‘Mosel’ terroir. This winery, constructed within a 19th century ‘Bank Barn,’ allows a gravity system of winemaking on three floors. Its wines, Reisling, Baco Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir are 100% Estate grown and produced.

Sustainable renewable environmental systems are incorporated into the Winery with a 3kw solar powered electrical system and with biodiesel powered machinery and vehicles.

Demonstrations and tours are welcomed. June 1 – September 30. noon – 5:00pm (daily)

Benjamin Bridge is an innovative sparkling wine house in the Gaspereau Valley. A team of international winemakers took up the challenge to produce world-class Méthode Classique sparklings and the results have astonished critics. These wines display the hallmarks of classic prestige cuvées from Champagne with a Nova Scotia signature. Tony Aspler – Canada’s foremost wine authority – says, “They are, without question, the best sparkling wines I have tasted in Canada … they’re worth the trip to Nova Scotia.” Benjamin Bridge also handcrafts premium wines, including hits NOVA 7 and VERO.

Private tastings available by appointment. Please contact us at wines@benjaminbridge.com | 902-542-1560.

This is a great tour for beginner or experienced wine drinkers. Stroll through vineyards, sample superb wines and savour extra-ordinary cuisine while surrounded by the natural beauty of the Annapolis Valley.

Blomidon Estate Winery is a 10-hectare boutique winery located in the heart of the Annapolis Valley on land that slopes right down to the Minas Basin. Consequently, we have some of the best views of the Valley’s world famous tides. These tides also act as a temperature buffer that benefits our on-site vineyards. Started in 1986, we currently have plantings of Chardonnay, l’Acadie, Seyval Blanc and Baco Noir.

We are open year round and give tours and tastings to anyone interested who books ahead. We are a perfect picnic spot for those heading out to Scot’s Bay, Blomidon Park or the Look-Off. Our wines are sold primarily through our retail store but can also be found in select NSLC outlets, the Halifax Farmer’s Market, and some of Nova Scotia’s finest restaurants.

We look forward to seeing you soon.

Between 1980 and 1993 Grand Pré Winery changed hands several times. In 1993, Swiss businessman Hanspeter Stutz bought the property and began renovating buildings and replanting vineyards. It took over seven years to restore the winery and uncork the first bottle of wine. Now in its forth year, the new Domaine de Grand Pré has won prestigious national and international awards for its wines and continues to attract local clientele as well as visitors from the rest of Canada and international markets. Domaine de Grand Pré is also winner of the CRYSTAL TOURISM AWARD OF EXCELLENCY for Tourism Services 2002. David Lawrason, Editor in Chief Wine Access, wrote in his article “Nova Scotia Wine reaches a turning point” (issue June 2002) about Domaine de Grand Pré: This property near historic Wolfville is the barometer of the Nova Scotia wine industry. Read more »

Innovative Product of the Year 2009 Taste of Nova Scotia Prestige Awards - Come experience a true working microbrewery and taste the difference of full-flavoured, all-natural craft beer. Located downtown in the Halifax Seaport district, we’re open daily, with fresh draught beer sampling in the hospitality room and a well-stocked retail store brimming with traditional character. We offer many different award-winning ales and lagers throughout the year, as well as our tasty kettle-brewed Cannonball sodas. Proudly independent and truly local, Garrison is the home of Beer Well Crafted!

The beautiful Gaspereau Valley is home to Gaspereau Vineyards, a small boutique winery showcasing some of the best wines Nova Scotia has to offer. Our passion is creating premium estate-grown and limited edition wines that reflect our unique terroir. Gaspereau Vineyards is located in the centre of Nova Scotia wine country and is one of several exciting wineries.

Open seasonally, 7 days a week, late April until the end of December; offering complimentary tastings and tours at 12pm, 2pm and 4pm daily during peak season (June-October).

Our wines are available at our on-site retail store and at the Wolfville Farmers’ Market. Read more »