to Ravine Estates Winery and Olson Foods at Ravine. We invite you to visit us, taste our wines, enjoy our food, relax, linger as long as you like and enjoy the panoramic view of Niagara-on-the-Lake from our deck. But we caution you. You'll discover that there's a beautiful spirit to this place and it will have a beguiling effect on you.
Winery open Wednesday to Sunday, 11am to 5pm.
Deli/Bakery open Wednesday to Sunday, 10am to 5pm.
Property closed Monday & Tuesday
Discovered Ravine on a recent visit to Niagara? Realized you didn’t bring enough wine home and have run out? Have, no fear, Ravine’s on-line store can save your next dinner party! Guests have full access to Ravine’s entire inventory on-line with full security and easy shipping options directly to your door anywhere in Ontario! Click [...]
Read more...JUST RELEASED: 2008 Redcoat
The 2008 Vintage of Ravine’s deli-style blend has more earthy notes, dried herbs, a slight hint of mint leaves, lots of raspberry, dark plums & barrel spices. Compared to the 2007 Redcoat, the feel is a stronger tannic structure, heavier bodied and not as mellow. It’s definitely a more complex wine with [...]
The 2009 growing season has been a challenging one, to say the least. Above average precipitation, below average temperatures, early fall frosts in some Niagara locations… Vineyard Managers across Niagara have been scratching their heads saying “What’s next!?!”.
The Ravine Merlot vineyard saga has been interesting to witness. The grapes’ development on the vine was slow [...]
It’s official! After nearly 6 years of careful, painstaking reconstruction, the William Woodruff House, affectionately known as the “House of Nations”, parts of which were originally built circa 1802, is officially opening as the new tasting, retail and hospitality centre at Ravine Vineyard Estate Winery. The main tasting room will offer nearly triple the service [...]
Read more...At Ravine, we’ve been getting inundated with enquiries about the 2008 wines. We understand! As ‘patrons of the Packing Shed porch,’ our loyal clientele share with us the satisfaction of watching our grapevines progress through the entire season – – bud-break, blossom, fruit-set, veraison and harvest. And we’re not surprised they get a little anxious [...]
Read more...The swallows may return to Capistrano, but they also love Ravine. Dozens of swallows return every year to our barn, almost to the day, to dine on insects in our fields and vineyard. With two broods, their numbers are well over a hundred by the end of summer. Their pest control presence is only one [...]
Read more...We celebrated Earth Day with a Gewurztraminer especially created for Michael Stadtlander from Eigensinn Farm, the only restaurant in Canada to break into the top ten restaurants in the world. This personally created label Gewurztraminer is only available at Michael Stadtlander’s new restaurant, Haisai, in Singhampton, Ontario and on site at Ravine Vineyard Estate Winery. [...]
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