Southbrook’s goal is to engage both “mouths and minds” with an experience keyed to all your senses, and to your intellect. The winery’s sensory centerpiece in Niagara-on-the-Lake is a Jack Diamond-designed pavilion that reflects Southbrook’s focus on innovation, classic truths and environmental stewardship.
2nd Annual "Bottled Poetry" weekend will have something for everyone
November 21 and 22, 2009 - A weekend of celebration of the release of the 2007 Poeticas will feature a series of informal talks, food pairings and a gallery of Poetica "art" at the winery in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Owners Marilyn and Bill Redelmeier, and winemaker Ann Sperling will all be on hand to meet guests and to sign purchases. Joining them is designer Laura Wills, fresh from a major design win for her Poetica packaging!
Poetica tastings and the talks in the Great Room are complimentary and wine and art lovers are invited!
Saturday
12:30 pm - The 2007 Vintage (Ann Sperling)
2:30 pm - The Poetica Concept and Design Process (Laura Wills) Sunday 1:30 pm - The Green Story - LEED and Biodynamics (Bill Redelmeier)
2:30 pm - The 2007 Vintage (Ann Sperling)
Canada's premiere creative awards recognize Southbrook with two package design awards
November 12, 2009 – Southbrook collected two of the five awards in the package design category from the Advertising and Design Club of Canada at Directions 2009. Southbrook's designer Laura Wills was on hand to collect the awards for both Poetica and Icewine package design.
Southbrook Receives 2009 BusinessWeek/Architectural Record Award
October 7, 2009 - Southbrook Vineyards is one of 12 submissions from an international roster of projects to be recognized by the BusinessWeek/Architectural Record program. Bill and Marilyn Redelmeier will travel to New York City to accept tonight a Citation for Excellence in the Good Design is Good BusinessAwards. “This award is particularly gratifying because not only were the architects recognized for great design, but our owners as well for their sound and insightful business decisions,” says Elena Galey-Pride, Director of Customer Experience.
International Architecture Award honours Southbrook Vineyards
September 7, 2009 – Southbrook Vineyards’ hospitality pavilion joins only three other Canadian projects for this honour. In total, 97 projects from 30 countries were chosen by the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design, Metropolitan Arts Press Ltd., and The European Center for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies for what are termed "the world's most prestigious architecture awards." Diamond and Schmitt Architects Inc. were also honoured last year for the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto.
“We are really pleased as this award proves that you can choose to build in an environmentally-sound way, and you can do it beautifully,” said co-owner and project manager Marilyn Redelmeier. Newspaper report and News release
Yes, it’s gorgeous, it’s glamorous, it’s green, and it’s the newest winery in Niagara-on-the-Lake. But what we have undertaken in the heart of Niagara wine country is so much more than building a new winery – we are building our dream.
Our roots are in agriculture. From a base in Richmond Hill, we have travelled a path from cattle, to a farm market, to making VQA wines and fruit wines. Now we take another step in our evolution. We continue to invest in Ontario agriculture with two contiguous 75 acre parcels in Niagara-on-the-Lake which we are farming organically and biodynamically. With these purchases we can now make better choices for the vines, the wines and the environment.
Southbrook is a new winery – with history. We have great depth in the bottle, and a new and creative team dedicated to taking us places we’ve only dreamed of.
We really want to share all this with you. Please join us here in Niagara-on-the-Lake to experience our dream, on your journey to wine enthusiasm.
“Triomphe” is the expression of carefully tended vines, gently guided into superior wine. For wine descriptions, tasting notes, prices, and food ideas, view the Triomphe Wine List.
Canadian Blueberry, Framboise and Cassis fruit wines. For wine descriptions, tasting notes, prices, and food ideas, view the Fruit Wine List.
Frozen grapes harvested in Canadian winter, crafted into an intense, structured dessert wine. For wine descriptions, tasting notes, prices, and food ideas, view the Icewine List.
Please call the Winery to place your order for direct delivery to your Ontario address.
Mixed cases welcome. 1.888.581.1581
Southbrook’s striking pavilion houses distinctive event spaces for private and corporate use.
The centerpiece of our private tasting room is a beautiful custom-made oak table that comfortably seats 12. This special space offers you a bird’s-eye view of the vineyard while surrounded by the warmth of oak barrels. The Great Room is in the heart of the Pavilion and seats 60 people with views of the vineyard, the demonstration kitchen, the wine library and a glass barrel vault. Larger groups can enjoy an outdoor event on our East Terrace.
Please call to discuss the wide range of possibilities (from Sommelier-led wine tastings to personalized wine pairing dinner menus). Speak to our Manager of Group Experiences, Michael Nazareth, at 1.888.581.1581 or 905.641.2548 ext. 232, or email groupexp@southbrook.com.
Southbrook Vineyards – “Good thinking, good drinking”
To discuss your great story idea, make interview or visit arrangements, or just to ask your pressing questions, please contact Elena Galey-Pride, Director of Customer Experience, at 1.888.581.1581 or 905.641.2548 ext. 233, or email media@southbrook.com.
Images for Media Use
To access our selection of professional vineyard, hospitality, people and bottle shots, please email media@southbrook.com for the user name and password for our FTP site.
Southbrook Vineyards
581 Niagara Stone Road, RR4
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
L0S 1J0 Canada
Thank you for visiting our website – it’s a work-in-progress, and ready to launch early next year. In the meantime, if you have any comments or ideas on what you’d like to see, please tell us! Email your suggestions & brainstorms to: ihaveanidea@southbrook.com.
Community Involvement & Donations
Southbrook Vineyards is committed to supporting the community that supports its employees. To this end, we gladly consider requests for donations and they are reviewed once a month. In order to increase the possibility that your request will receive a favourable response, we suggest that you submit your request in writing two to three months in advance of the event date.
While we cannot possibly fulfill all the requests we receive, preference will be shown for events being conducted by registered charities operating in the communities where our employees live. As the demand for support is so high, please understand that if we have assisted your charity in the past we will need to share our gifts with others in the future.
Please submit your request and supporting information by email only to support@southbrook.com
