Wine Highlight: Fancy Farm Girl Frissonesque Sauv Blanc, $16.95 - Sue-Ann Staff Estate Winery
January 05, 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/

 

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



Wine Highlight: Fancy Farm Girl Frissonesque Sauv Blanc, $16.95

We're down to our last few cases of 2016 Fancy Farm Girl Frissonesque Sauvignon Blanc. Get it before it's gone! 

CLICK HERE TO ORDER! 

This acclaimed dry white wine is a delight from first sniff to last sip. Enjoy it this winter as a refreshing aprés-walk treat, or with an easy dinner of Roasted Cauliflower with Whipped Goat Cheese or Homemade Gravlax with a Dill Mustard Sauce

WINEMAKING INFO

Technical Data:
  • Alcohol   12.5%                     
  • Residual Sugar     3 g/L
  • pH           3.54                        
  • Total acidity          5.0 g/L
  • Bottled   July 2017               
  • Cases produced    660

 Vineyard & Winemaking notes:

  • harvested early September 2017 preserving acidity and fresh fruit qualities
  • 2016 was a hot, dry vintage, near perfect growing conditions
  • cool fermented in stainless steel
  • no blending or fining required

Tasting Notes:
Lifted and focused aromatics of tropical fruits especially passionfruit and ripe white grape notes are balanced with a clean, bright, fruit filled palate with a lengthy finish. Frissonesque is zesty and elegant from the first sniff to the very last sip. Pair with classics like asparagus in season, chèvre, pasta with lemon cream, or seafood. Perfect with a white pizza topped with herbed chicken.

 Great with a frivolous culinary adventure or the simplest of cuisine.

 

Reviews:

"...very white Bordeaux in style – pale straw in colour with a grassy, green plum nose; medium-bodied, crisply dry, gooseberry and green bean flavours with good length.
Tony Aspler, tonyaspler.wordpress.com 89 points

 "The nose drips with passion fruit, grapefruit, lime, kiwi and a range of tropical fruits on the nose. It’s fresh and lively on the palate with tropical fruits and herbs and all lifted by freshening acidity."

Rick Vansicklewinesinniagara.com  88 points


Click HERE  to purchase Frissonesque Sauvignon Blanc.
Available for Curbside Pick Up or Delivery! 
Use discount code HIBERNATE for free shipping
on orders of 6 or more bottles. 
Customers within 50km automatically receive free Local Delivery. 


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