Left: Blue and green vinifera grapes at Legends Estate Winery; Top Right: Heidi and Curtis Fielding, of Fielding Estates Winery; Mid Right: Oak fermentation casks at Malivoire Estates;
Bottom Right: Angels Gate Winery in winter

 

General Information

This self-directed multimedia tour takes you up and down the Niagara Escarpment to 20 destinations in the Beamsville Bench area of the Greenbelt. It introduces you to the history of grape growing and wine production in the Niagara Peninsula, and takes you past historically significant landscape features, vinyards, wineries, and juice producers. You'll hear about the ecological, climatic, and agricultural aspects of grape and wine production, and explore the rise of wine grapes and the demise of juice grapes in the region.

 

Points of interest on the tour include:

 

Legends Estate Winery

Daniel Lenko Estate Winery

Thirty Bench Winemakers

Angels Gate Winery

Mountainview Conservation Area

Niagara Presents

Walters Estates

Fielding Estate Winery

Hidden Bench Vineyards and Winery

Peninsula Ridge Winery

Ridgeview Fruit Market and Garden Centre

Mountain Road Wine Company

Warner Orchards

Crown Bench Estates Winery

De Sousa Wine Cellars

Cornerstone Estate Winery

Plekan's Market

Thomas and Vaughan Estate Winery

Malivoire Wine Company

 

 

Directions - Part 1 of tour
Legends Estate Winery to
Ridgeview Fruit Market

 

Directions - Part 2 of tour
Mountain Road Wine Company to

Malivoire Wine Company

 

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