Visit: Monday to Saturday 10-6 and Sunday 11-6
Taste: Wine service available daily until 5:45 pm
Snack: Delicious, wine-friendly cheese plates & more available daily!
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Check out our Events page HERE
When: September 5-7, 12-14, 19-21, 11 am to 5 pm
Where: Sue-Ann Staff Estate Winery and other participating Niagara wineries
What: The Niagara Wine Festival's annual Grape & Wine Discovery Pass returns. Buy your Discovery Pass online and visit up to six participating wineries for innovative and delicious wine and food pairings.
September is harvest and this Discovery Pass program is all about is winemakers' comfort food when they are up against a deadline -- what do winemakers eat when they're working all hours to get harvest in? In our case, get ready for:
SIZZLIN' WITH SAS" GOES TO THE DOGS!
Our winemaker loves cooking...until harvest when her signature “Sizzlin' with SAS” creations are simplified to HOT DOGS! As a “Fancy Farm Girl”, Sue-Ann's hot dogs are accessorized with Grilled Corn and Feta Salsa, zesty BBQ sauce, and gourmet wieners on a Cobb’s bun.
Why does winemaker Sue-Ann Staff love this wine? The pairing is rustic, charming and refreshing.
FEATURED WINE: Fancy Farm Girl Foxy Pink
FEATURED MOCKTAIL: Lemonade with a mint twist
FEATURED CULINARY CREATOR: Sue-Ann Staff Estate Winery
Purchase your Discovery Pass online: https://niagarawinefestival.com/fall-discovery-pass-25
When: Saturday, September 13
Where: Sue-Ann Staff Estate Winery
What: Begin your day with a revitalizing yoga session on the serene grounds of Sue-Ann Staff Winery. Then, set out on a guided hike along the scenic Bruce Trail, where you’ll explore lush forests and take in the beauty of cascading waterfalls. After your adventure, return to the winery to unwind with a well-deserved flight of premium wines. A perfect blend of movement, nature, and indulgence!
$65 per person, find all the details at https://www.naturegirlexpeditions.com/product-page/hike-wine-sept-13
When: Sunday, September 28
Race Times: Half-Marathon at 8:30 am, 5k at 8:45 am
Where: Sue-Ann Staff Estate Winery
What: Run a half marathon or 5k and support The Heart & Stroke Foundation! Find all the details you need and register at the Subaru Running Series website here: https://niagararunningseries.com/running-event/run-for-the-grapes-1-2-marathon-5k/
When: Sunday, September 28, 1-4
Where: Sue-Ann Staff Estate Winery
What: September's the best in wine country! You're invited to visit the winery September 28 for an afternoon of live music by Michelle Hedley in Sue-Ann's front garden. Enjoy music and wine surrounded by lush vineyards. Wine flights, wine by the glass and wine-friendly snacks available for purchase.
When: Sunday, October 5
Where: Sue-Ann Staff Estate Winery
What: The ALS Canada Revolution Ride is a volunteer-powered, fundraising event hosted in support of ALS Canada that encourages participants to do more for people and families living with ALS and in honour of the people we have loved and lost.
This premier cycling event takes place on Sunday, October 5 in Jordan, Ontario in the beautiful Niagara wine region. The roads surrounding the area offer a landscape that will take riders along a route, steeped in excitement and beauty, leaving participants with a sense of accomplishment and the reward of seeing their fundraising efforts go to help families affected by ALS. There are two awesome routes to choose from including 40km and 90km options. Choose the distance that suits your level!
Not only will the kilometres logged be worthwhile, but the start and finish lines are located in the heart of Ontario wine country at the stunning Sue-Ann Staff Estate Winery. The day promises to be a memorable one.
Find out more and register to ride here: https://revolutionride.als.ca/revride/participate
When: Saturday, November 1st 11-4:30, Sunday, November 2nd 11-4
Where: Sue-Ann Staff Estate Winery
What: Experience the best grilled cheese sandwiches of your life, each one perfectly paired with our wines!
It’s a celebration of Sue-Ann’s long-time love affair with inventive grilled cheese sandwiches. “Why have tomato soup with your grilled cheese, when you could have wine?”
Ticket-holders are welcomed with a refreshing sip of our Fancy Farm Girl sparkling before setting off on a delicious cheese adventure. Four fabulous grilled cheese stations are set up throughout Sue-Ann’s home, each one offering delicious sandwich samples with our award-winning wines.
$48.53 per person ($42.95+HST). Gluten Friendly timeslots available! Find all the details and buy your tickets online here: https://www.sue-annstaff.com/collections/events/products/sue-anns-great-grilled-cheese-extravaganza-2025
A Fancy Farm Girl Wins at Annual Cuvée Gala
The most prestigious “Tony Aspler Cuvée Award of Excellence” bestowed on Niagara’s Sue-Ann Staff
JORDAN, ON. — A unwavering passion for grapes and wine that has already spanned a 31-year commitment has taken Sue-Ann Staff around the globe several times. Through all her travels and experience crafting award-winning wines, one truth remains evident to her. She loves the farm.
The sights, the smells, the sounds and, perhaps most importantly, the lifestyle is the attraction. As a seventh-generation farmer (fifth generation grape grower) in the heart of Ontario’s Niagara wine country, Sue-Ann was awarded one of the Ontario Wine Industry’s most prestigious awards – the Tony Aspler Cuvée Award of Excellence at the 30th Annual Cuvée Wine Gala.
The province’s swankiest wine soiree, the 30th Annual Cuvée Gala, was held in Niagara Falls on March 23, 2018 celebrating excellence in Ontario winemaking with over 800 attendees. The evening highlights a few high-level awards with Sue-Ann bringing home the prestigious “Tony Aspler Award of Excellence”.
Taking little time to enjoy the success of the award, Sue-Ann declared in her impromptu speech that “While we celebrate all of our accomplishments tonight, and were physically doing what makes us great simply a few hours ago, we are right back to work tomorrow to continue whatever it is that makes us so notable. Regardless if it is in the vineyards pruning, completing a final filtration in the cellar, getting a wine’s sell sheet done in marketing or pushing our research forward, everyone is contributing equally”.
The Tony Aspler Award of Excellence is given annually to a person or institution that has worked to further the Ontario Wine Industry. Former recipients over the 18 years of the award’s inception have included many great contributors including notables as John Ralston Saul (2002), the late Karl Kaiser (2003) and Ian D’Agata (2017).
Tony Aspler, Member of the Order of Canada (CM), has been writing about wine for thirty years and today he is the most widely respected wine writer in Canada. He was the wine columnist for the Toronto Star for twenty-one years and has authored eleven books on wine and food, including The Wine Lover’s Companion, The Wine Lover Cooks, Travels with My Corkscrew and Vintage Canada. He writes for several international wine magazines, including Harper’s, Tidings, and Fine Wine & Liquor. He contributes every weekend to wine reviews on 680NEWS. In 2012 Tony was the first Canadian to be inducted into the New York Media Wine Writers Hall of Fame and awarded the Queen's Jubilee Medal.
Prior Winners of the Tony Aspler Cuvée Award of Excellence
| 2000 | Peter Gamble |
| 2001 | Donald Triggs |
| 2002 | John Ralston Saul |
| 2003 | Karl Kaiser |
| 2004 | Paul Bosc Sr. |
| 2005 | Carlo Negri |
| 2006 | William (Bill) Lenko |
| 2007 | Jim Warren |
| 2008 | Lanny Huff |
| 2009 | Darryl Brooker |
| 2010 | Jon O'Gryzlo |
| 2011 | Bill Redelmeier |
| 2012 | Ron Giesbrecht |
| 2013 | Terrance Van Rooyen |
| 2014 | Moray Tawse |
| 2015 | Laurie Macdonald |
| 2016 | Lloyd Schmidt |
| 2017 | Ian D'Agata |
| 2018 | Sue-Ann Staff |
Congratulations Sue-Ann for this well-deserved recognition!
Check out this report on the event (Sue-Ann appears at the 5 minute mark): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSmNJ6Tmd6g&feature=youtu.be
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