To make great wine, you first need a great vineyard site. This is what Eugene had in mind when he purchased and planted two very unique vineyards on the prestigious Niagara Escarpment. The escarpment provides a soil and climate combination that has proven to be ideal for the production of premium cool climate wine styles. Limestone rich clay soils are what lie beneath many famous old world wine regions, and this is exactly what exists along the Niagara Escarpment. The escarpment provides protection from the prevailing winds from the south, and also enables cooling breezes to circulate from Lake Ontario on hot summer days. In addition, the bees we manage benefit from the natural flora, forests and conservation sites scattered along the Escarpment.