20 Valley FAM Tour-BREAKFAST! - Sue-Ann Staff Estate Winery
August 18, 2016


Tickets On Sale Now! 

Holiday Wine Trail

When: November 29 & 30

Where: Sue-Ann Staff Estate Winery, 180 Estate Winery, Malivoire Wine Company, Cave Spring Winery, Fielding Estate Winery

What:  

Celebrate the beginning of the Holiday Season with an elevated festive journey along our Holiday Wine Trail. Visit five charming wineries in the Niagara Benchlands, each offering a festive wine and food pairing crafted to highlight their seasonal best. At each of the five stops, savour a holiday inspired tasting, enjoy holiday cheer, and take home a bottle of featured wine as a special gift. It is the perfect way to sip, savor, and stock up for the holidays!

With your ticket, you’ll enjoy:

🍷 Tastings at 5 acclaimed wineries

🥂 Festive bites paired with each wine

🎁 5 bottles of wine to take home (one from each winery)

Tickets are $120+hst per person. Choose a day to come, and which winery you'd like to start at when buying your tickets online https://bit.ly/holidaywinetrail2025

 

 

Tickets On Sale Now! 

Sue-Ann's Annual Holiday Sip & Savour Open House $45+HST

When: Saturday, December 13, 11 - 5 

Where: Sue-Ann Staff Estate Winery

What:  Sue-Ann's Holiday Sip & Savour is back!

We are rolling out the red carpet for a delicious day of holiday flavours! Our Holiday Sip & Savour is the ultimate holiday open house for wine lovers and foodies alike!

Enjoy deluxe wine & food tasting stations on the way -- we are opening our premium wines, pairing them with delicious foods to warm and delight your senses. Plan to spend an amazing hour touring and tasting your way through Sue-Ann's home!

Tickets are $45+HST per person. $5 from each ticket sale will be donated to the Howard V. Staff Memorial Fund at the Niagara Community Foundation, supporting St. Catharines Community Care. 

    Buy your tickets here: https://www.sue-annstaff.com/collections/events/products/holiday-sip-savor-open-house-2025-45-hst

     

    Save the date!

    Shortbread Showdown: Sip & Stock Up

    When: Saturday, December 20

    Where: Sue-Ann Staff Estate Winery

    What: Stop into the winery on Saturday, December 20th and join the fun! Try a selection of shortbreads while enjoying a glass of wine, and then cast your vote for the best cookie! It's a great little break from holiday fuss AND you can stock up on feast-worthy wines while you're at it!  $10 per person, with $5 going to The Howard V. Staff Memorial Fund at the Niagara Community Foundation, supporting community care.

    No advance tickets or reservations required, simply show up and pay $10 to cast your vote while enjoying a 5 oz glass of wine. 

     

    Reservations open! Book now!

    The Holiday Board: Flight & Bites

    Holiday Board Flight & Bite

    When: December 27 & 28, January 3 & 4

    Where: Sue-Ann Staff Estate Winery

    What: The perfect post-Christmas treat is happening at Sue-Ann Staff Estate Winery!

    Reserve your time now for The Holiday Board Flight & Bite, an elevated tasting flight that will delight your senses, taking place December 27 & 28, January 3 & 4. You'll enjoy a seated flight of four wines, each one perfectly paired with a delectable small bite. It's like a four-course meal...in miniature!

    Fancy Farm Girl Flirty Bubbles sparkling rosé with Creamy Brie & Cranberry

    The Louie Pinot Gris with Duck Rillette with Blueberry Jam & Cornichon

    The Gritstone Cabernet with "SASsoulet", our deconstructed sausage cassoulet

    Howard's Icewine Vidal with a White Chocolate Coconut Almond confection

    $24.50 per person, reservations highly recommended! Book now: https://www.sue-annstaff.com/products/the-holiday-board-flight-bite-december-27-28-january-3-4

     

     

    In the new year...

    Icewine Festival Discovery Pass

    When: January 16-18,23-25, 30-February 1, 2026

    Where: Sue-Ann Staff Estate Winery and other participating Niagara wineries! 

    What:  Sip, Savour & Explore Niagara This Winter

    Get ready for a self-guided tasting tour through Niagara’s most scenic vineyards! The Icewine Discovery Pass pairs world-class Icewines with spicy, savoury, or sweet bites from inspired local chefs — the perfect way to warm up your winter weekends.

    Choose your adventure:

    3- or 6-Experience Passes

    Discounted Drivers’ Pass with mocktails

    Flex Friday Pass for added savings

    Over 20 participating wineries. Endless flavour. Unforgettable views.

    The best way to enjoy winter in Niagara — one sip at a time.

    Find all the information and tickets you need here: https://niagarawinefestival.com/icewine-discovery-pass

     

     


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    Breakfast is at the winery which happens to also be Sue-Ann's home. Her new high-end oven is toast, but she quickly recovers with her old oven to whip up two different fritatas plus home fries, fruit salad, coffee and tasting setup for our gang. It's soon evident that nothing fazes Sue-Ann. The only action faster than her entertaining rapid-fire comments is how quickly she's rung up some 450 national and international wine maker awards.

    Sue-Ann's pet Bernese 'Brix' steals the show with a Good Morning! tail wag for each of us while less sociable 'Shiraz' watches from under a chair.

    The 104-acre farm which she shares with her brother's family next door is also a venue for weddings and special events. A semi-permanent tent with interlocking brick and stone dance floor (yes!) comes with the stipulation that only Staff wines come with the event. Not all that hard to take.

    We move inside for a pinot noir and double sparkling tasting. The white she describes as an "easy, leesy, cheesey wine" which she named Irridescence "for life's changing colours." Fancy Farm Girl is her brand concept catering 'to what's in all of us'. (The other

    f- words she reserves for the tractor when it doesn't start.)

    Great breakfast morning with Sue-Ann Staff at the winery!
    Canadian Chapter members of the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) spent 2 days touring the wine and fruit producing region of Jordan under the hashtag banner#wherethehellsjordan. Hint: it's in the Niagara Peninsula, Ontario, Canada.
     
    Creative development is taking root in the region. Unlike its well-known sister community of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Jordan is off the lake and slightly northwest. It's intimate, contagiously friendly and growing nicely with pride and care.


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