#sizzlinwithSAS: The Bacon Explosion & Chardonnay Episode - Sue-Ann Staff Estate Winery
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 5:30 pm

Winter event info HERE. Wine Club curious? Learn more HERE


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May 22, 2021

February 2026

Every Day Is Valentine's Day: Wine & Chocolate Flight

$20 pp

Available daily February 2 to March 1, 2026

Treat yourself and your favourite person to a Wine & Chocolate Flight and explore how two of the tastiest things in the world work together!

Includes three wines and three chocolate treats. The best part? You get to choose your wines based on our recommendations!

Swiss Milk Chocolate paired with your choice of:

  • Fancy Farm Girl Frosty Fizz
  • Riesling Loved By Lu
  • Bank Barn Baco

Dark Chocolate Covered Cherries (from our Vineland neighbours Cherry Lane) paired with your choice of:

  • Fancy Farm Girl Flirty Bubbles 
  • Fancy Farm Girl Flamboyant Red
  • The Gritstone Cabernet

White Chocolate Coconut Almond Confection paired with your choice of:

  • Lavelle's Vidal
  • Fancy Farm Girl Foxy Pink
  • Howard's Icewine Vidal

$20 per person. Reservations highly recommended to ensure best service, but walk-ins are always welcome. Reserve now: https://www.sue-annstaff.com/collections/tasting-flights/products/everyday-is-valentines-day-wine-chocolate-flight

 

 


Lu & Lavelle Sweet Treat Tasting

$10 pp

Available daily February 2 to March 1, 2026

Celebrate long-lasting love with this sweet treat!

Sue-Ann's grandparents Lula and Lavelle were married for over 60 years and were honoured by having their favourite wines named after them.  Enjoy a tasting of both Riesling Loved By Lu and Lavelle's Vidal along with a little sweet treat.  

Only $10 per person. Available daily February 2 to March 1, 2026. Reservations highly recommended to ensure best service, but walk-ins are always welcome. https://www.sue-annstaff.com/collections/tasting-flights/products/lu-lavelle-sweet-treat-tasting

 


collage image of Sue-Ann Staff in winter, three Icewine bottles in the snow, and the wine shop door in the background, tinted blue.

FLIGHT OF THE ICE QUEEN: Icewine Tasting

$20 pp

Available daily February 6 to March 2, 2026

No one loves making Icewine like Sue-Ann. And that's why we call her the Ice Queen!

This February we are celebrating Canada's liquid gold with The Flight of the Ice Queen, a unique tasting of three of Sue-Ann's finest Icewines, including past, present and future releases! 

  • 2018 Howard's Icewine Vidal (future-release)
  • 2017 Howard's Icewine Vidal (current release)
  • 2012 Howard's Icewine Vidal (library wine) 

Your flight includes an ounce of each Icewine, and each wine is perfectly paired with a gourmet tidbit.

$20 per person.

Available daily February 6 to March 2, 2026

Reservations highly recommended to ensure best service, but walk-ins are always welcome.  https://www.sue-annstaff.com/collections/tasting-flights/products/ice-flight

 

March 2026

 

Winter Wine Trail 

$120 + HST pp

Saturday, March 7 or Sunday, March 8 

Escape the chill this season with the warm hospitality of the Benchlands Winter Wine Trail.

Visit five exceptional wineries to enjoy five different expertly crafted cheese and wine pairings. To keep the magic going long after the fifth stop, you will be taking home five bottles of specially selected wine—one from each winery—to relive the Wine Trail in the cozy comfort of your home. It’s the ultimate winter indulgence: rich flavours, cozy moments, and unforgettable sips.

With your ticket, you’ll enjoy:

  •  Tastings at FIVE renowned wineries
  •  Locally sourced bites paired with each wine
  •  FIVE bottles of wine to take home (one from each winery) 

$120 + hst per person. Purchase your tickets online, choosing either Saturday, March 7 OR Sunday, March 8. You can also choose the winery where you'd like to start your day! 

https://winetrail.trilogen.ca/

 

 



#sizzlinwithSAS: The Bacon Explosion & Chardonnay Episode

 #sizzlinwithSAS is back with a bangin' Bacon Explosion to pair with our Elisha's Chardonnay.

Say WHA?

It's a veritable festival of nitrates here at 3210 Staff Avenue as Sue-Ann weaves and rolls an amazing meatloaf of bacon, sausage and BBQ spice. While she COULD go with the expected red to pair with this "heart-stopping goodness", in honour of the (many) #ChardonnayDay celebrations this year, she's pairing it with our 2018 Elisha's Chardonnay ($22.95)

Our chard is super-approachable with loads of fresh! heritage! apple! notes on the nose and palate. Bright acidity makes it an wonderful Chard for summertime sipping with or without food. If you're thinking of making the Bacon Explosion at home (we'll share the recipe on our blog at www.sue-annstaff.com), consider pairing this pigtastic main course with our Chard -- it's lively and refreshing...like a liquid version of the defibrillator paddles the meal may require... ;)

 

Don't forget to check out our Chardonnay Day SAS Pack here: https://www.sue-annstaff.com/collections/special-six-packs/products/chardonnay-day-six-pack

 

INGREDIENTS

  • 2 pounds thick-cut sliced bacon
  • 1 ½ pounds Italian sausage, casings removed
  • 3 tablespoons barbecue rub
  • ¾ cup barbecue sauce

PREPARATION

  1. Using 10 slices of bacon, weave a square lattice like that on top of a pie: first, place 5 bacon slices side by side on a large sheet of aluminum foil, parallel to one another, sides touching. Place another strip of bacon on one end, perpendicular to the other strips. Fold first, third and fifth bacon strips back over this new strip, then place another strip next to it, parallel to it. Unfold first, third and fifth strips; fold back second and fourth strips. Repeat with remaining bacon until all 10 strips are tightly woven.
  2. Preheat oven to 225 degrees or light a fire in an outdoor smoker. Place remaining bacon in a frying pan and cook until crisp. As it cooks, sprinkle bacon weave with 1 tablespoon barbecue rub. Evenly spread sausage on top of bacon lattice, pressing to outer edges.
  3. Crumble fried bacon into bite-size pieces. Sprinkle on top of sausage. Drizzle with 1/2 cup barbecue sauce and sprinkle with another tablespoon barbecue rub.
  4. Very carefully separate front edge of sausage layer from bacon weave and begin rolling sausage away from you. Bacon weave should stay where it was, flat. Press sausage roll to remove any air pockets and pinch together seams and ends.
  5. Roll sausage toward you, this time with bacon weave, until it is completely wrapped. Turn it so seam faces down. Roll should be about 2 to 3 inches thick. Sprinkle with remaining barbecue rub.
  6. Place roll on a baking sheet in oven or in smoker. Cook until internal temperature reaches 165 degrees on a meat thermometer, about 1 hour for each inch of thickness. When done, glaze roll with more sauce. To serve, slice into 1/4-to- 1/2-inch rounds.

source: NYT Cooking, via BBQAddicts.com

 


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