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WINERY EVENT
April 10 - 12 and 17 - 19, 2026
Passes range from $30–$59.50 + HST & handling fee
The Spring Sparkles Discovery Pass is your invitation to sip your way through Niagara Wine Country's most refreshing wines and zesty culinary pairings — from crisp whites and playful rosés to celebratory bubbles that taste like the first patio day of the year!
Our offering? It's The Flirty Piglet: Snack like a Fancy Farm Girl! Enjoy our sumptuous Fancy Farm Girl FLIRTY BUBBLES sparkling rosé with baby bacon butty: a warm, soft bread roll stuffed with peameal bacon, caramelized onions & a sweet smoky BBQ sauce.
*Vegan, Vegetarian, Gluten-Free, and Dairy-Free Options Available — let us know your requirements when you arrive.
Groups of eight or more require reservations, call 905-562-1719 or 1-877-566-1719 to reserve when you have your passes!
Featured Wine: 2020 Fancy Farm Girl Flirty Bubbles
Featured Mocktail: The Rosy Fizzter
Passes range from $30–$59.50 + HST & handling fee: Buy your pass now
OFF-SITE EVENT
April 17 – 19, 2026
Toronto's Largest Food & Drink Festival!
We'll be pouring two of our wines, along with fellow Niagara wineries, at the ultimate 3 day weekend packed full of sips, bites, top chefs, music and so much more. Look for Niagara Benchlands Wineries and our friends from the Wines of Niagara On The Lake and the Niagara Grape & Wine Festival in Booth 205 by the escalators!
Learn more about the Toronto Food & Drink Festival online and get your tickets now to taste the very best from local chefs, restaurants, winemakers, spirit, beer and cider companies, quality culinary products plus get all the latest food & drink trends.
Event information and tickets: tofoodanddrinkfest.com
WINERY EVENT
May 2 - 3, 2026
$120+hst per person
Saturday, May 2 or Sunday, May 3rd, 11am – 5pm each day
Has spring fever hit? Shake off winter and sip into the season with the Benchlands Spring Wine Trail!
As the vines awaken from their winter slumber, the winery doors open to fresh flavours, bright aromas, and the beauty of spring in full bloom. Explore five beautiful wineries, each celebrating the season with a wine and cheese pairing that highlights crisp, vibrant spring profiles.
That's FIVE wineries, FIVE spring-inspired pairings, and FIVE bottles of wine — a perfect way to welcome the return of longer days, greener vines, and lighter sips.
With your $120+HST ticket, you'll enjoy: 🍷 Tastings at 5 acclaimed wineries and 🎁 5 bottles of wine to take home (one from each winery — each winery is offering a choice of two wines to taste & take home)
Participating Wineries: 180 Estate Winery | Cave Spring Vineyard | Fielding Estate Winery | Malivoire Wine Co. | Sue-Ann Staff Estate Winery
Tickets $120+hst per person. Buy tickets now
WINERY EVENT
May 7 - 13, 2026
$15+hst per person
Celebrate moms of all kinds with our Mother's Day Sparkles & Scone Tasting!
Book your time now to enjoy a seated tasting experience at Sue-Ann Staff's, featuring:
· Sparkling Flight: Fancy Farm Girl Flirty Bubbles & Fancy Farm Girl Frosty Fizz
· A delicious scone, locally baked by Tay's Treats, served with locally made jam, fresh berries and whipped cream
Gluten-free scones available, indicate your requirements when you book.
$15+hst per person. Available May 7 to May 13 -- because why limit your celebration to just one day? Book now
OFF-SITE EVENT
Saturday, May 9, 2026
Burlington wine fans take note! We'll be pouring at this year's Why Not Wine event!
Sonic Unyon presents the fourth annual edition of Why Not Wine, a celebration of wine and spirits, featuring over a dozen beverage vendors plus food, activities, music, and fun, available to experience in a five-hour sessions format.
Vendors featured will include: Between the Lines Winery, Byland Estate Winery, Coco Rum, Collective Arts Brewing, Front Road Cellars, Rock & Union Spirits, Sprucewood Shores Estate Winery, Sue-Ann Staff Estate Winery, Tawse Winery, Wild Lot Farm Distillery, and Willibald Farm Distillery.
Gather your friends and make a date for this free-spirited spring tradition in the scenic outdoor bayside setting of Burlington's LaSalle Park!
Learn more and buy your tickets online: Buy tickets now
By Shari Darling, The Peterborough Examiner
I like the name and label of this wine. Catchy. I feel like a fancy farm girl myself! While not a farmer, I do enjoy renovating homes and wearing steel toed work boots. I also sell makeup online and am blessed to operate a business in wine and food.
So, there's some farm and fancy in my lifestyle, as well as in the lives of many of my girlfriends.
One of my best friends, Cora Whittington, runs Golden Pathways B&B and Leadership Retreat. Cora and husband David operate a farm, all the while hosting fancy events at their retreat. They live a fancy farm life, too!
It's a fitting brand name. On her website Staff says, "Years back, while tending my family farm, I had a revelation. I loved the farm. This is my Paris, my Australia, my South Africa, my freedom. So I dress the part and enjoy life through the rose-coloured glasses of the fancy farm girl. The farm is a metaphor, the attire an approach. The reality? There is a fancy farm girl in all of us."
Under this brand you'll find four wines called Frivolous White, Flamboyant Red, Foxy Rose and Flirty Bubbles.
Staff is a fifth-generation grape grower. In 2002 she won the Ontario Wine Society's Ontario Winemaker of the Year Award. Staff studied winemaking at the University of Adelaide in Southern Australia, and she went on to make wine at the family's 200-year-old estate in Jordan, Ontario. Now with 450 national and international awards under her fancy belt, Staff now operates her own winery at 3210 Staff Avenue in Jordan (Lincoln), Ontario - http://sue-annstaff.com
The label itself is very feminine with shades of pink and lime green, created by artist Francesca Waddell. I'm drawn to the label.
As for the liquid inside the bottle"¦.it's a winning rose. Interesting, different, and delicious.
FFG is a fun and well balanced rose with quite interesting character. The nose swirls with aromas of fresh orange and peach. The palate offers both orange and berry notes. This is due to the interesting blend of grapes - 90 per cent Riesling (white grape) and 10 per cent Cabernet Franc (red grape).
The blending of these varieties create a delicious, easy drinking rose with good weight, refreshing acidity, lovely flavours, and some sweetness (1 to 2 on the sugar code). The sweetness is not over-riding because acidity balances it out.
Best of all this wine is low in alcohol (11 per cent), making it an afternoon sipper by the pool or lake. It's also the ideal quaffer for girl's night in!
A whole range of foods will work with this rose, such as fancy hors d'oeuvres celebrating tanginess, saltiness and gentle sweetness. Pair this wine with Radishes Filled with Salmon Roe (salty) and Lemon Cream (tangy) or Canapés with Smoked Salmon and Capers (salty).
To prepare the most harmonizing cheese tray to pair with FFG, use Parmigiano-Reggiano (salty), Gorgonzola (salty and pungent), and Stilton with Mango and Ginger (sweet).
Because of the wine's berry character and sweetness, this gem will complement fresh salads of greens sprinkled with blueberries and strawberries. Be sure to use a rice or white balsamic vinaigrette. Wine vinegar is too acidic and will make the wine's acidity taste rancid.
Its off-dry quality will also work with both subtle sweet and spicy barbecue sauces for grilled chicken and ribs. Examples include St. Louis (tangy); Memphis (sweet and tangy); Kansas City (sweet and tangy); Char Sui (Chinese barbecue sauce that is sweet; Honey and Bourbon; barbecue rum sauce.
Shari Darling's books and other publications are available atunderstandpublishing.com
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