Today on SASTV: 3-2-1 Ribs - Sue-Ann Staff Estate Winery
June 13, 2020


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/

 

St. Patrick's Sip & Snack: Bank Barn Baco Noir & Cheddar Bacon Soda Bread

$10 + HST pp

Available March 17 to 22 only!  

Celebrate a little bit 'o the Irish with this tasty pairing: Bank Barn Baco Noir and a slice of Cheddar Bacon Soda Bread.

Our juicy, fruit-forward Baco LOVES being paired with salty smoky bacon...add cheddar to the mix and you've got a match made in heaven! 

$10+hst per person. Reservations appreciated, walk-ins welcome. 

https://www.sue-annstaff.com/collections/tasting-flights/products/st-patricks-day-sip-snack-bank-barn-baco-noir-cheddar-bacon-soda-bread



Today on SASTV: 3-2-1 Ribs

Sue-Ann's BBQ rib odyssey continued this weekend with an Instagram Live video featuring 3-2-1 Ribs! Now that restrictions are lifting and we can entertain a few more people at home, consider making these luscious ribs for family on Father's Day. 

Sue-Ann chose pork side ribs for this recipe, specifically, the meaty St. Louis cut. 3-2-1 refers to the process: 3 hours of smoking, 2 hours of wrapping (and rehydrating) and 1 hour for mopping with sauce on the grill. 

 

But let's begin with the rub and the sauce (recipe sourced from from Hot Sauce Williams, Cleveland). Sure, you can buy bbq sauce, there's a million great ones on the market, but it's super satisfying to make it yourself at home. Plus it makes the kitchen smell great!!

Rub

  • 2 tablespoons coarse ground salt
  • 1 tablespoon light brown cane sugar
  • 1 teaspoon lemon pepper
  • 1 teaspoon fine ground black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon cayenne
  • 1 teaspoon chili powder
  • 1 teaspoon dry mustard
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Combine all ingredients in a bowl and mix well. Store mixture in an airtight container in a cool dark place.

 

Barbecue Sauce

  • 2 cups ketchup
  • 1 cup cider vinegar
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup dark brown cane sugar
  • 1/4 cup white worcestershire sauce (note: we have no idea where to find WHITE worcestershire sauce, so she used the regular sauce instead)
  • 1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
  • 3 whole lemons
  1. Combine the ketchup, vinegar, butter, sugar, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce and lemons in a saucepan over medium heat.
  2. Squeeze the juice from the lemons into the sauce through a sieve, to remove the seeds and add pulp and zest to the mixture. Bring to a boil, stirring with a wire whisk. Reduce the heat and simmer for 30 minutes. Remove the lemons before use.

 

Barbecue Bath (you need 1 cup of liquid total per rib rack)

  • 1/2 cup of peach juice 
  • 1/2 cup of Fancy Farm Girl Frivolous White Riesling

 

To prepare the ribs, Sue-Ann massaged them all over with the rub and let them sit (covered, or wrapped in foil) overnight in the fridge. 

Soak 2 cups of cherry-wood chips in water for about 20 minutes before draining. Place drained chips in an aluminum foil pie plate and seal with more foil OR make a foil pocket that that you can seal. Pierce the foil several times to allow the smoke to escape. 

About 6 hours before serving, light the grill and heat to 250F. Put the foil wrapped chips on the grill. When the chips begin to smoke, put the ribs on the grill as close to the chips as possible. Close the grill and leave it alone for 3 hours. 

After 3 hours, remove the chips and discard. Take the ribs off the grill and place in a new foil pouch, then add the Barbecue Bath and seal the pouch tightly, then place back on the grill for 2 hours, still at 250F. This is seriously low'n slow cooking. 

After 2 hours, remove the ribs from their Barbecue Bath pouches and place directly on the grill, still at 250F for 1 hour. Spend the last hour generously and frequently mopping the ribs with your delicious sauce, while enjoying the rest of the Fancy Farm Girl Frivolous White. As Sue-Ann's Dad used to say, "baste the chef as often as you baste the meat"!

Serve with cornbread and coleslaw and chilled bottles of Sue-Ann's VQA wines :)

 

 

 

 

 

 


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