News and Events
Taste and Order
To give you an opportunity to taste our roster of wines and to order some if you wish, we will be pouring wine at the Ontario Wine Society's Taste and Order Event on Nov 30 between 6 and 9 pm at the U of T Faculty Club in Toronto. This event brings together 42 Ontario wineries to allow you to taste their wines before ordering for the holiday season, or simply to taste if you do not wish to order. There will be hors d'oeuvres and a commemorative wine glass provided. The cost is $44.00 for members and one guest, $54.00 for additional guests and non-members. There is no additional charge for tastings. For more information and to register for this event, please see: http://www.ontariowinesociety.com/flyers/Flyer-2011TTasteandOrderPublic.pdf
Wassail
Wassail is a happy event that began centuries ago to ensure a good harvest by appeasing the spirits with merriment, singing and indulging in good food and drink. In Prince Edward County it also denotes a time of relief that our vines have been buried and can now safely sleep away from the ravaging winds and cold of the Canadian winter, to awaken later to the warmth of Spring. Good spirits are entreated to guide them next year to another bountiful harvest. Prince Edward County is the only designated viticultural region in the world to use this technique of burying canes for protecting their vines from winter cold. This year, there are 3 weekends devoted to Wassail, the last two weekends of November and the first weekend of December, Dec. 3rd and 4th. The last weekend is coming up. Our many visitors so far have enjoyed Mary’s delicious turkey and savoury vegetable pot pies and mulled wine, not to mention the craft instruction provided by Fiona Stanners. The last weekend is coming up – last chance to render homage to the spirits of Wassail!
Prince Edward County's 10th Annual TASTE Event
We poured our wines to complement the excellent food being offered at the 10th annual TASTE event, a celebration of regional cuisine and wine held on Sept. 24th in the Crystal Palace in Picton. With over 2,000 attendees, the event was a great success. We were run off our feet trying to fill the glasses of successive waves of attendees, many coming back for repeated samples of the same wine!
CD release party
We hosted a party on the following day to celebrate the release of renowned Flamenco guitarist, Roger Scannura’s latest CD, “Vintage Flamenco”. Roger tells us that some of the compositions on this CD were inspired by his walks through our vineyard! He was accompanied by three local musicians and Flamenco dancer, Valerie Scannura. Many visitors came by to hear the music with a glass or two of our wines. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves, including Roger, Valerie and the musicians.
Our party was a great success!
The weather was perfect, the music was great, the food was excellent and the wine was, well, out of this world! It seemed that everyone enjoyed themselves, including the musicians. Roger Scannura, the Flamenco guitarist actually played a duet with Paul Stanners, the lead guitar of the rock band! The “Fun Band” an offshoot of the TwoMenYGirls band also performed and Cliff Stanners sang “Vineyard Man Blues”. Naturally, we’re planning to make this an annual event, so don’t miss it next June!
Stanners Vineyard wines are now available in restaurants
Our well balanced, cherry-laden Cabernet Franc has caught the attention of several excellent restaurants in Prince Edward County, including East and Main, Angeline's, and The Devonshire Inn plus the Boiler House in the Distillery area of Toronto and the Chien Noir and Olivea restaurants in Kingston. These restaurants now have this wine on their wine list. In addition, our delicious, thirst-slaking Vinemount Ridge Chardonnay is being offered by Angeline's and Blumen in Prince Edward County plus Mildred’s Temple Kitchen in Toronto and the Chien Noir, Olivea and AquaTerra restaurants in Kingston. The Carriage House in Bloomfield, PEC, is also featuring our Pinot Gris, our Devil's Wishbone Pinot Noir and our Estate Chardonnay.
Roger Scannura Two Men Y Girls
Prince Edward County
Prince Edward County has become a major tourist attraction due to its pastoral beauty, the Sandbanks Provincial Park on Lake Ontario, and a profusion of arts and crafts, excellent restaurants and wineries. It is only 2-3 hours’ drive from major cities such as Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa. Many small hotels and quaint B&B houses offer warm and welcoming lodging. For more information, visit http://www.pec.on.ca/
