Peller Estates is a family-owned winery located in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada. The winery was founded in 1961 by Andrew Peller, who immigrated to Canada from Hungary in the 1940s. Peller Estates is known for producing a wide range of wines, including red, white, sparkling, and ice wine, using traditional winemaking methods and a focus on sustainability.
Peller Estates has several vineyards in the Niagara region, which is known for its cool climate and rich soil. The winery grows a variety of grape varieties, including Chardonnay, Riesling, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Pinot Noir. These grapes are carefully tended and harvested by hand to ensure the highest quality fruit.
One of Peller Estates’ most famous wines is its Icewine, which is made from grapes that have been frozen on the vine. This process allows the winery to produce a unique and highly concentrated wine with intense flavors of fruit and sweetness. Peller Estates is also known for its red wines, particularly its Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet franc.
In terms of wine making, Peller Estates follows traditional methods, using small batch fermentation and aging its wines in oak barrels. The winery also has a focus on sustainability, implementing practices such as cover cropping and drip irrigation to reduce its environmental impact. Additionally, Peller Estates has a state-of-the-art winemaking facility that uses the latest technology to produce high-quality wines.
Peller Estates is a popular tourist destination, offering tastings and tours of the winery and vineyards. The winery also has a restaurant, Peller Estates Winery Restaurant, which serves dishes made with local ingredients and pairs them with the winery’s wines. The restaurant has a beautiful outdoor patio with views of the vineyards, making it a perfect spot to enjoy a glass of wine on a warm summer day.
Overall, Peller Estates is a well-respected winery known for producing high quality wines and for its commitment to sustainability. Its wines, particularly its Icewine, have gained a loyal following and helped to put the Niagara region on the map as a premier wine-producing region.
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Emily Liu
2 weeks agoWe finally got to doing a winery tour at Niagara on the lake and chose to come to Peller estates winery. We had Cam as our tour guide and he was great. He explained things in a very digestible manner and it kept the audience interested. He made learning about wine fun and did not make it overly pretentious. I’ll always remember the little fun facts he told us, he was great!
Louis Perzia
in the last weekThis was from awhile back. This experience was well worth the trip down a couple of months ago. The atmosphere was incredible. The staff went above and beyond to make this a great time coming down here. Presentation of the meals were exceptional.
Matthew K.
2 months agoMy wife and I stopped in at Peller Estates on our January 2025 NOTL trip to do a tour. We wanted to experience one of the “big name” wineries on our trip after doing a bunch of smaller wineries. Chelsea was an absolute star of a tour guide! She had such an effective style of presenting that made the tour so much fun and her wit was hilarious. She made the tour experience top notch. The tour itself was neat- you walk around the vineyard, see the barrel cellar, then end in the ice box (which is like negative something Celsius) to try their ice wine. I’m glad we did the tour at Peller Estates and it was definitely memorable- many thanks to Chelsea!
Aditya Maddali
a week agoWe visited the Peller estates winery in Niagara last weekend and it was an amazing experience!! The tour of the visitors centre and the cellar was good and the selection of wines for the tasting was excellent. The best part was we could take our kids along and they were offered a selection of juices to taste while we tasted our wines- super fun and inclusive.. some of the juices were so good we picked up a bottle along with the wines… our guide Cam made this experience even more awesome.. a future sommelier… he was knowledgeable and made sure we had a lot of fun during the tour..!!!
Walter Perez-Tristan
3 months agoVisited Peller Estates winery on a weekday in November and was not very busy . Booked Greatest winery tour for 4 and tour started on time with guide giving in depth explanations about the wines to be tried. Tour lasted about 45 minutes and ended with visit to ice cave. Nice “igloo” style room with plenty of ice wine and nice decor. We continued to wine store/bar and tried additional wines as part of the Wine Club. Very much enjoyed everything.