At Peninsula Ridge, we utilize state-of-the-art equipment to ensure the most delicate handling of fruit and wines. Fermentation is regulated using high tech, dual batch, temperature-controlled tanks imported from France.

Below our winery in our barrel cellar, our wines age in over 300 French and American oak barrels to develop sublime depth and complexity. We feel it is this combination of new age technology with old world tradition that gives us the best opportunity to reveal the distinction of Niagara’s terroir in wines of world-class quality.

To that end, Peninsula Ridge has undertaken a single vineyard wine initiative and is bottling many of its varietals in Vineyard Designated bottlings.

The source of our grapes, their uniqueness, quality, consistency and deliciousness has always been of utmost importance at Peninsula Ridge. Since the first full vintage of 2000, our long-term growers have been an essential part of our success.Knowing the importance of sustainability and having mutual vineyard practices was the foundation on which long-term partnerships were formulated. Fundamental strategies were put in place to grow high quality fruit that was mutually beneficial for both the grower and the winery.We are proud to be able to display our partnerships on our bottles with vineyard designations – when you see the vineyard noted, 100% of the grapes came from the vineyard, as labelled.

Our 80-acre Peninsula Ridge property encompasses a large triangle of pristine vineyards on the famous Niagara Escarpment designated by UNESCO as a World Biosphere Reserve. The Niagara Escarpment, which was once the shore of an ancient lake, runs east and west through the Niagara region and is located between two large bodies of water –Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.

Our vineyards make up the western edge of the Beamsville Bench, a plateau of land considered by many to be one of the premier grape growing regions in Canada.  The Beamsville Bench is part of the larger Niagara Bench, a narrow strip of land that runs parallel to the Escarpment from the towns of Grimsby to St.David’s.

The Beamsville Bench plays host to a multitude of unique mineral-rich soils and mesoclimates that influence the character of our premium wines. The 175 to 185-meter high Escarpment acts as a buffer to the warm on-shore winds from Lake Ontario creating a thermal heat pump-like effect reducing the risk of frost damage in spring. The downward gentle slopes from the Escarpment to our property border along the Wine Route (Regional Road 81) allows for good water drainage and air circulation. As well, the region enjoys a long warm fall resulting in fully ripe fruit at harvest.