
One of Niagara-on-the-Lake’s founding family wineries, founded in 1982 by Ewald Reif and later acquired by nephew Klaus W. Reif. Today, Reif produces wines from its vineyard first planted in 1977. The winery boasts one of the most sophisticated, educational tasting room experiences.
Reif Estate Winery opened in 1982 with a commitment to combine time-honouredtradition with modern technology. Wines produced at Reif are truly estate bottled. With 135 acres of vineyards, use only their own grapes to produce premium quality wines.
A winery known internationally for its icewines . The wines are aged in authentic oak casks in underground barrel cellars. When a winery puts that much emphasis in the vineyard, it requires a great deal of skill and expertise.
Klaus W. Reif, President of Reif Estate Winery has a degree in viticulture as well as oenology and is sincere in his belief that fine wines can only be made from excellent ingredients.
At the 7th International Wine Competition in Verona, Italy, Reif Estate Winery won the prestigious Vinitaly 1999 Special Award for the highest scoring winery of Canada. This award can only be received providing that at least 3 of the wineries wine entries have reached the minimum score of 80 out of 100 and that its country of origin has contributed at least 20 contestants to the competition.
In 2015 they launched River Road Cider.Klaus and Roberto also believe that over time a vineyard will express its 'Terroir', loosely translated as 'a sense of place'. Many agree that as a vineyard matures it's personality or characteristics of climate and soils will be expressed in the wines over time. We believe Reif's terroir is best expressed by the wines produced in the First Growth Collection which are produced from our oldest vineyard blocks.
| Monday: | 10:00 - 18:00 |
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| Tuesday: | 10:00 - 18:00 |
| Wednesday: | 10:00 - 18:00 |
| Thursday: | 10:00 - 18:00 |
| Friday: | 10:00 - 18:00 |
| Saturday: | 10:00 - 18:00 |
| Sunday: | 10:00 - 18:00 |
15608 Niagara Parkway, ON, Canada