Domaine de Grand Pre

Domaine de Grand Pre

Hanspeter Stutz, a Swiss business man, bought Grand Pre Wines in 1993. Founded in 1978, the farm winery is the oldest in the Province and Atlantic Canada. After spending several years renovating the buildings and the property, the winery was reopened in 2000, the first estate winery in the province. The beautifully landscaped property has cobble-stoned walkways inlaid with giant grape leaves of granite. There is a wine museum below the wine shop and tasting room from where you can see into the wine cellar. The estate is also home to an award-winning fine dining restaurant called Le Caveau.

Before moving to Canada, Hanspeter’s son Jurg studied grape growing and winemaking at the Technische Hochschule in Waedenswil, Switzerland, where he graduated five years later as an oenologist. Jurg came to Canada just in time for the estate’s first harvest in 1999. Domaine de Grand Pre produces wines from 100% Nova Scotian grown grapes that represent the Nova Scotian climate. The winery grows mainly hybrid varieties, grown on 34 acres in the Annapolis Valley, and their Vidal ice wine is an excellent example of its type. The estate also has a fascinating apple ice cider ‘Pomme d’Or’ that has won national and international awards. Berry Bros. & Rudd is delighted to be the exclusive UK stockist of both the Vidal ice wine and ‘Pomme d’Or’ ice cider.

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