Gaspereau Vineyards Upcoming Events

There are a few important upcoming events and changes happening soon here at Gaspereau Vineyards! Starting November 1st our store hours change from 9am-6pm to 10am-5pm. We will also be participating in some great events this winter!

Tis the season for the Christmas Craft Fairs to start! We are registared to participate in three Craft fairs this season. So come check us out : )

First, we will be joining many other local vendors for "Christmas at the Forum" in Halifax. This craft fair will be held November 6th-8th. We are very excited to be joining this craft fair, it will be our first year participating! The show is open on Friday 10am-9pm, Saturday 10am-9pm and Sunday 10am-5pm. For more information about Christmas at the Forum or to see other local vendors participating go to http://www.christmasattheforum.com/.

Secondly, we will be returning to Exhibition Park November 13th-15th for the "Christmas Craft Village". We had a blast participating in this craft fair last year and we are really looking forward to it again this year! This craft fair opens on Friday at 10am and runs till 9pm, than Saturday 10am-6pm and Sunday 10am- 5pm. If you would like to read more about this event go to http://www.atlanticchristmasfair.com/.

Thirdly, is the "Acadia Christmas Craft Fair" which will run simultaneously with the Olympic Torch Run in Wolfville. We will be joining many other local vendors at the Acaida Sports Center November 20th-22nd. This show runs Friday 10am-9pm, Saturday 10am-6pm and Sunday 10am-5pm. We enjoyed participating in this craft fair last year, as well as seeing what the other local vendors have to offer! This is a great show and a great time! For more information go to http://acadia.devnode.com/exhibitors/.

Hope to see you there! : )

Last Berwick Market for the Season!

Please join us this Thursday Oct. 8th for the final Market Day of this year!!

The wonderfully talented and entertaining “Donna & Andy” along with the Kings Chorale Children’s Choir will take the stage.

Lots of fun activities, prizes, great food, locally grown and produced goods, and fun for the whole family!

Join us as we celebrate the last Market of the season – the end of a great 1st year!!

The Steering committee would like to acknowledge and thank the following friends and sponsors of the market:

The Town of Berwick, The Berwick & District Economic Development Advisory Committee, The Anglican, Baptist, and United Churches, The Berwick & District Community Association, The Berwick & District Lions Club, Berwick Building Supplies, Wolfville Farmers’ Market, and the Farmers’ Markets of NS Cooperative Ltd.

A big thank you also to everyone who has come out and supported the market and continues to do so… Thank you so much!!

Meet me at the Apple – this Thursday!!

Gaspereau Vineyards 5th Annual Autumn Food and Wine Festival

This past weekend was our 5th Annual Autumn Food and Wine Festival and it was a great success. We had over 20 different vendors come and set up in the loft of our barn. The vendors included other local Nova Scotia wineries, Glenora Distillery, local restaurants such as Paddys Pub, Kellocks, Between the Bushes, Pizzazz Bistro, Saraj Bakery and Fireside Cafe, local artisans such as Silver Moon Alapaca, Magnetic Jewelry, Creative Wonderings and Monica's Water Colors, and other local businesses such as Foxhill Cheesehouse, Tideview Cider, and Tangled Gardens.

The Music for the weekend was provided by SWIG, a local band, which was extremely well recieved. They made the atmosphere in the loft of the barn very festive!

This year we held our first Grape Stomp here at Gaspereau Vineyards for our Autumn Food and Wine Festival and it went off without a hitch. The participants and the audiance had a blast. Saturday our first place winner was Julie Skaling Physio Clinic with 26.19 lbs of juice, second place was Nicole Robinson, Kingstec team with 24.55 lbs and third place was We Love Lovis team with 22.26 lbs of juice. Best dressed went to Julie Skaling with their cowgirl outfits! On Sunday first place went to Scotia Squashers from Scotia Bank with 25.38 lbs of juice, second place went to Blomidon Bloomers with 24.29 lbs of juice, they also got best dressed with their long gowns, crowns and bloomers. Third place on Sunday went to the Nova Scotia Sommeliers with 23.96 lbs of juice. First place got $300 to the charity of their choice, second place for $150 and third place got $50 to go to their charity of choice. Best dressed recieved $100 to the charity of their choice. Alot of fun was had by all!

We are definitely planning on having a grape stomp again next year during our 6th Annual Food and Wine Festival so if you would like to enter a team next year watch our Blog and Facebook for more information!

All in all our Food and Wine Festival was a very fun and successful weekend and we look forward to doing it all again next year! : )

Valley Vineyards at Wolfville Market Sat Sept 12

Sept 12: Valley Vineyards at the Market

Come to The Wolfville Famers' Market to enjoy wines from six Valley Vineyards.Wolfville Farmers' Market Presents: Valley Vineyards (Saturday, Sept 12, 8:30am-1pm)at Robie Tufts Nature Centre, Front Street, Wolfville

Half of the province's vineyards grow their crop and create their masterpieces in the Valley and to celebrate the season, The Wolfville Farmers' Market will become your one-stop wine shop! Each winery will offer tastings, sell wines by the glass, and have a large selection of bottled wine available for purchase. Wine lovers will have an opportunity to sample all of these wines in the midst of harvest season at a thriving market that hosts 60 artisans, chefs and farmers.

Start at the Info Booth to purchase two different ticket packages. The $20 Ticket (Value: $28) will include:-a $15 coupon to purchase a bottle of wine at the Market on September 12,-two wine glasses-a cotton market bag. Plus a chance to win a $100 Gift Certificate from your favourite winery or a Wine Gift Basket The $5 Ticket (Value $7) will include:-a Ticket for a glass of wine-a wine glass. Plus a chance to win a $100 Gift Certificate from your favourite winery or a Wine Gift Basket .

Participating Vineyards:

l'Acadie Vineyards

Annapolis Highlands

Blomidon Estate

Gaspereau Vineyards

Domaine de Grand Pre

Muir Murray Vineyards

Tideview Cider

The "Eat Atlantic Challenge"

Everyone is encouraged to join the Eat Atlantic Challenge taken place on September 4th, 2009. It is very important in todays society to eat local and support the local businesses! The politicans and the Atlantic food advocates have sent out a challenge to the 4 Maritime Provinces to see who can get the most pledges to eat ONLY Atlantic food on September 4th. The province with the most pledges per capita will win the challenge; So get your pledge in!! This is an excellent way to show people that our Atlantic provinces have so many food choices which are local and delicious. The end result of this will not be about which province "wins" or "loses" but will be about showing people that it is more beneficial and just as delicious to buy their food locally! If you would like to be a pledge or for more information go to http://www.eatatlantic.ca/.

Is it a beautiful warm summer day, what should we enjoy on the patio?

Warm summer day,how about a Limoncello Cooler 1/2 oz limoncello, 1/2 oz club soda into champagne flute top off with Crescendo sparkling wine - Gaspereau Vineyards newest wine!

Try some of these tasty treats as well:

White Wine Sprtizer

8oz L'Acadie Blanc into an ice filled wine glass, add club soda to taste, stir gently and garnish. Really easy to make and refreshing too!

Icewine Martini - really tasty treat!

Pour 2oz of vodka and 1 oz of 2008 Ortega Vidal Icewine into a drink mixer of ice. Shake, serve in a martini glass and garnish with frozen grapes. Perfect summer sustanance!

Drop into Gaspereau Vineyards for more summer patio drink ideas all made with Nova Scotia Wines! Tours and tastings are complimentary, tours are at 12noon, 2pm and 4pm daily. Come, relax, savour and enjoy NS Wines with us at Gaspereau Vineyards!

We Love Lovis BBQ Fundraiser - Aug 8/9 at Gaspereau Vineyards

We are pleased to be able to help support the "We Love Lovis" Fundraising team. They will be here at Gaspereau Vineyards on Saturday Aug 8 and Sunday Aug 9 having a barbeque to raise money to help with Lovis. Please, come and enjoy the barbeque from 12 - 5 pm on Saturday and Sunday in support of this local three year old battling cancer. We will also attach a list of the upcoming fundraisers.

More information regarding We Love Lovis is available at http://welovelovis.com/

Support Local!

What is next - wine in plastic (PET) bottles??!!!

We just came across this article via facebook. The wine industry has not just sent us head over heels with screw tops and tetra paks but now they are introducing us to plastic bottles (PET). Check out this site for more information - http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23405839-details/Plastic%20fantastic...%20Is%20this%20the%20end%20of%20the%20glass%20wine%20bottle/article.do . It will be interesting to see what takes place and how it affects the colour, flavour, bouquet and ageability of wine. Will anything leach into the wine from the PET or will it be beneficial for us? We purchase hard liquor in the PET bottles, where will we go from here? What do you think? It will definitely be better for shipping but will it be better overall for the environment. Something to think about..................

Gaspereau Vineyards Sunday Market was a Success!

The first Sunday Market of the year was yesterday, August 2nd, and it was a great success! We had many different vendors with products such as organic blueberries, magnetic jewellery, lavender products, alpaca wool, chocolate covered pretzals, celtic tarot reading and more! When the vendors were done the market they left very excitted to come back this coming Sunday, August 9th. The music was done by Matthew Martin; He played classical guitar and it was very well recieved! It was a great day to sit in the sun and listen to music while having a snack and sample of wine. On Sunday, August 9th we will be having our second Sunday Market, there will be even more vendors attending, a BBQ to support LOVIS (local young child battling cancer) and the music will be done by Mike Aube from Rustbucket! The Sunday Market here at Gaspereau Vineyards will be heard from 12:30pm - 4:30pm so come relax, savor and enjoy local Nova Scotia products with us! We are located at 2239 White Rock Road, Wolfville.

If you are interested in being a vendor at our Sunday Market please contact Andrea by email at gaspereauvineyards@live.ca or call at 542-1455! Hope to see you soon : )