I so so wanted to love this place, and it has so much potential, but there are A LOT of changes that need to happen.
The tasting room inside is dark, needs more light and windows, and has some tables and chairs for people to sit.
We were greeted by two ladies at the counter who explained the wines and tastings. You can get three testers for $8, or 4 for $11 including a special flagship wine they have. In my experience when you go to a winery there is a five dollar tasting fee, which is waived when you buy a bottle. Not only were these steep tasting fees, they do not get waived if you buy a bottle. Poor decision on their part in my opinion as most people would just buy a bottle.
This is where things got weird. Their tasting room is where they are licenced...and there is a nice patio/wrap around deck with seating, but that isn't licenced so we weren't allowed to bring our tasters out there. However, they said there's an area on the grass with chairs that we could use. Ok great, but wait! There's a TEN DOLLAR FEE just to use that area?!? What? They told us the ten dollar fee is good towards a tasting... but we couldn't use it towards our first tasting? It was all very confusing and seemed very chintzy to me considering we were already buying tasters.
The staff honestly also seemed very flustered and unorganized. One kept rambling about different aspects of the winery but very tangentially.
The wines itself were ok. My favourite was their "meritage" blend.
I wouldn't come back here until they made major changes that made them on par with other wineries in the lower mainland (highly recommend backyard winery and domaine de chaberton) read more