A storied and historically significant vineyard like the Lowrey farm deserves a serious winemaking and viticultural team. Our team, led by industry veteran Peter Gamble, who was engaged at the onset, has assembled a supporting cast with tremendous international credentials, ideally suited to understand and nurture the farms unique history and terroir.

Ravine’s Winery Consultant, Peter Gamble, has been active in the Canadian wine industry since 1981. Most recently, his company, Peter Gamble Consulting, has specialized in consulting to and managing premium estate winery start-ups, including most recently Stratus in Niagara, but with clients and activities as far afield as Nova Scotia, British Columbia and Argentina. His previous position, until June 2000, was as the Executive Director of VQA Canada, growing sales of Ontario VQA wines from $8 million to over $60 million annually. An internationally recognized wine taster, he has travelled extensively in the world’s most famous wine regions, judging at international wine competitions. In 1989, he co-founded Cuvee, Ontario’s most prestigious fine wine weekend, held in Niagara. In 2000 he was honoured with the inaugural presentation of the Tony Aspler Award for Contributions to the Ontario Wine Industry, presented by His Excellency John Ralston Saul of the Office of the Governor General of Canada.

Peter’s right hand in the cellar is Associate Winemaker Shauna White who oversees all the day to day wine making responsibilities. Shauna is a graduate of the Winery and Viticulture Technician Program at Niagara College. Although relatively young, Shauna has grape juice in her genes! Growing up on British Columbia’s Sperling Vineyard, she is the niece of celebrated winemaker and consultant Ann Sperling, and has complimented her education with terms at some of the finest vineyards in the world: Le Clos Jordanne in Niagara, Domaine Larouche in Chablis, Brokenwood in Australia, Ponzi in Oregon, and Mount Difficulty in New Zealand. Shauna’s broad experience in both viticulture and winemaking brings a truly deep and international perspective to the Ravine Vineyard team.

Vineyard Manager David Beyers is South African schooled as a Viticulturist, with his last tenure on a 2000 hectare table grape  farm back home. An excellent winemaker in his own right, David was largely responsible for much of Ravine’s first Vintage in 2006 and brings additional international credibility to the vineyard and production operations. David has been the driving force in converting Ravine’s Vineyard to a 100% certified organic farm, and has been taking us down the biodynamic farming path as well. Official biodynamic certification is expected in 2012.