Welcome to Sue-Ann Staff Estate Winery! We are a boutique winery in Jordan, ON (Lincoln, Niagara Benchlands) offering award-winning wines and memorable tasting experiences.
Visit:Monday to Saturday 10-6, Sunday 11-6 Taste:Wine service daily until 5:45 pm
What: It's the season to GET COZY!Help us celebrate the last weekend of the Moyer Marquee with live music, wine, food, cozy fire pits, lawn games and FUN.
Join us the weekend of October 25/26 for live music from BY DESIGN DUO (Saturday) and THE FEVERISH LEMONS ACOUSTIC DUO (Sunday), as well as award-winning wines and food by SMOKE & MOONSHINE FOOD TRUCK.
This is a free, outdoor event! Wine & food available for purchase. Dog friendly. Event open from 11 am to 5 pm both days, live entertainment 1 pm to 4 pm.
November 2025
THE GREAT GRILLED CHEESE EXTRAVAGANZA
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. MENU NOW AVAILABLE HERE!
Get Wrapped Upis back onNovember 8-9&15-16! Pick your weekend and join us for festive food and wine pairings at 8 wineries of your choice for only $49.95.
With over 25 Niagara Benchlands Wineries to choose from, use your pass to visit your favourites and discover some new ones: 13th Street Winery (Saturday only), 180 Estate Winery, Calamus Estate Winery, Commisso Estate winery, Creekside Estate Winery, Dim Wine Co., Domaine Le Clos Jordanne, Fielding Estate Winery, Flat Rock Cellars, Harbour Estates Winery, Henry of Pelham Family Estate Winery, Kew Vineyards Estate Winery, King's Court Estate Winery, Malivoire Wine Company, Peninsula Ridge Estates Winery, Puddicombe Estate Winery, Redstone Winery, Ridgepoint Wines, Stonewall Estates, Sue-Ann Staff Estate Winery, Tawse Winery, The Organized Crime Winery Inc., Thirty Bench Winemakers, Vieni Estates, Vineland Estates Winery, Wending Home Estate Vineyards and Winery.
What: We put the WIN in Winter Wine Trail. One ticket = five delicious wine and small bite pairings at five fabulous wineries. Stay tuned for details!
Save the Date
Sue-Ann's Annual Holiday Sip & Savour Open House
When:Saturday, December 13
Where: Sue-Ann Staff Estate Winer
What: It's our annual Open House! A one day event featuring wine, food and holiday shopping. A portion of ticket sales is donated to The Howard V. Staff Memorial Fund at the Niagara Community Foundation, supporting Community Care.
I love duck. Every part of it. I even love to watch them fly. And especially walk.
Seared duck breast is the easiest protein on the planet that likely scares most.
Here are my tips to help make your duck searing a success!
leave the skin on
remove from the refrigerator at least 30 minutes before searing
while warming up, score the just the fat layer, not touching the meat
salt and pepper it now
5 minutes before searing, transfer to paper towel to remove all water plus any water that has rendered out of the fat
transfer duck breast, FAT SIDE DOWN into a COLD PAN aluminum, stainless steel or cast iron pan (definitely not a non-stick pan – it will not sear properly)
apply medium heat and allow the duck to moderately sear. You will be searing the meat ¾ of the time on this side
adjust the temperature to keep the searing similar to the sound that you would hear bacon cook
after searing 6 to 8 minutes on the fatty side then the flip to the non-fat side
re-salt the fatty side NOW!
once the lean side has seared, then sear on each side for 30 to 60 seconds per side (must be equal time!)
remove from the pan to a cutting board and allow to rest for ~5 minutes fatty side up
cut on the angle cross-wise with a sharp knife always preserving the fatty layer
serve ½ breast per person for an first course, a whole duck breast per person for a main
keep the duck fat from the pan – it is gold! Sear potatoes in it! Then call to thank me for the fabulous advice.
Duck breast, because of its richness, needs an acidic or savoury sauce to accompany it. Orange, cranberry, cherries, prickly pears, etc, all make a fabulous sauce. Here is the one that we made for today's Sizzlin' with SAS Instagram live post:
Ingredients: 1 shallot, peeled and chopped finely 1 garlic clove, chopped finely 1 cup of Cherry Lane Sweetened Dried Cherries (or dried cranberries) ½ cup low sodium chicken stock 2 teaspoons honey 1 teaspoon rosemary leaves, chopped finely (lavender would also be fabulous, just unsure of the quantity) 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, cut into cubes and chilled
Heat either 1 tablespoon of duck fat rendered from searing (or 1 tablespoon of olive oil) over medium high heat in a medium sized saucepan. Cook the shallots until they are soft (about 3 minutes). Add in garlic and rosemary until it is aromatic (about 1 minute). Add in the dried cherries, chicken stock and honey. Cook for about 10 minutes with the lid on until the cherries are plump. Remove from the heat. Swirl in chilled butter. Salt and pepper to taste.
Serve beneath the duck breast.
The sauce and the duck can be served both warmed or both chilled. IDEAL with the Split Rail Gamay Noir!
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