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
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
Combine all ingredients in a bowl and mix well. Store mixture in an airtight container in a cool dark place.
Barbecue Sauce
Barbecue Bath (you need 1 cup of liquid total per rib rack)
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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