Canadian wine reads like a map of the southern vineyard belts, Niagara at one end and the Naramata Bench at the other. Reif Estate Winery pours table wines and icewine from the Niagara Parkway estate. Strewn Winery makes its range in a former Niagara-on-the-Lake cannery. La Frenz Winery draws reserve reds and whites from 62 acres across six Naramata Bench sites. Icewine belongs to the cold years, making the winter worth asking about. Riesling before Merlot is the useful order: acid tells you what the cellar will do.
Colleen's is a small Edmonton chocolate maker turning out bars, salted-caramel truffles and chocolate-dipped pretzels, with pickup in the Calder neighbourhood. Vegan and gluten-free versions are offered at no extra cost, alongside chocolate-and-wine tastings.
Strathcona Spirits makes gin, vodka and whisky by traditional methods using local ingredients from its Old Strathcona micro-distillery. The line runs from ALTA gin and single-grain vodka to barrel-aged and whisky expressions.
This downtown Metcalfe Street distillery bottles gin, vodka, whisky, rum and liqueurs, growing some of its own botanicals and drawing on local ingredients. A tasting lounge and retail counter sit beside the still, with cocktail evenings and private events run on site.
Da Silva Vineyards is a family-run Penticton winery rooted in Azorean farming traditions dating to the 1700s, now overseen by Richard and Twylla da Silva from their Upper Bench Road wine shop. Visitors can taste and buy small-batch reds and whites in the tasting room, paired with dishes from the on-site Kitchen restaurant.
Best for Dishes from the on-site Kitchen restaurant
La Frenz Winery is a family-owned Naramata Bench winery founded in 1999 by Jeff and Niva Martin, farming 62 acres across six vineyards for its reds, whites, and reserve bottlings. The winery sells directly through its Randolph Road wine shop and online store.
Best for Reds, whites, and reserve wines from 62 acres across six Naramata Bench
Painted Rock is a family estate winery above Skaha Lake in Penticton, crafting terroir-driven Okanagan reds, whites and a signature Bordeaux blend from its single vineyard. Wines are sold through the online shop and poured in the tasting room by appointment.
Best for Wine, Okanagan, estate winery, tasting room
Pentâge Winery is a family-owned, 25-year-old boutique winery on Skaha Bench in Penticton, crafting small-lot reds, whites, and sparkling wines aged in a natural rock cellar. Its Valleyview Road wine shop is open daily for tastings and direct sales, with online ordering also available.
Best for Small-lot reds, whites, and sparkling wines aged in a natural rock cellar
On the Naramata Bench above Okanagan Lake, Poplar Grove marks its 30th vintage of estate-grown wines with a tasting room, vineyard restaurant and online shop. Its reds, whites, roses and library releases can be bought online or on-site in Penticton.
Best for Wine, Okanagan, Naramata Bench, tasting room
Ruby Blues Winery is a funky, family-run boutique winery on the Naramata Bench, recognizable by its vintage VW buses and art-filled tasting room. Opened in 2008 by Prudence and Beat Mahrer, it sells its wines by the glass or bottle on-site and ships directly to customers' doors.
Best for Naramata wine tastings among vintage buses and art
Wesbert Winery is a boutique winery on the Naramata Bench producing award-winning white, rosé, and red wines alongside a pizzeria and guest suites. Wines can be bought online through its dedicated shop or tasted by appointment at the winery.
Best for Award-winning white, rosé, and red wines, a pizzeria
Toronto steakhouse opened in 2007 on Brant Street in King West; relocated in 2025 to 81 Bay Street in the Financial District, where it now occupies a fourth-floor space with a dry-aging room, a cheese-and-charcuterie cave, and a sommelier-curated wine list.
Best for Dry-aged beef, a dedicated cheese and charcuterie room, and sommelier-picked wine
Jacobs and Co. opened in 2007 on Brant Street in Toronto's King West neighbourhood, at a time when the area was still an emerging dining destination. The restaurant built its reputation on sourcing, dry-aged beef, and a dedicated cheese and charcuterie room alongside sommelier-led wine service. In 2025, the team moved to a larger, purpose-built space at 81 Bay Street, on the fourth floor of the CIBC Square complex in the Financial District. The restaurant has since been recognized in the World's 101 Best Steak Restaurants list in both 2024 and 2025.
Vancouver specialty coffee bar and neighbourhood hub serving coffee, artisanal pastries, and a breakfast/lunch menu, with beer, wine, cocktails, and live music some evenings.
Craft distillery in East Vancouver's Powell Street port district producing gin, vodka, whisky, vermouth, liqueurs and ginger beer from 100% BC grain, with an on-site lounge, bottle shop and tastings.
Best for Small-batch gin, vodka, and whisky, with tastings and distillery tours
Odd Society Spirits is a craft distillery at 1725 Powell Street in East Vancouver's port district, producing spirits grain-to-bottle using 100% British Columbia grain. The lineup spans whisky, gin, vodka, vermouth, liqueurs and ginger beer, combining traditional distilling methods with locally sourced ingredients. Beyond production, the site operates as a public venue: a lounge for cocktails, a retail bottle shop, and scheduled tastings and tours. It keeps limited public hours - Thursday through Saturday afternoon into evening, and Sunday afternoon - closed Monday through Wednesday. It has built a local reputation as a working craft-spirits producer rather than a purely retail storefront.
Norman Hardie Winery grows cool-climate Chardonnay and Pinot Noir on limestone soil at 1152 Greer Road in Wellington, earning praise from Wine Spectator and Jancis Robinson for its minerality. The winery ships bottles nationally and welcomes visitors daily to its tasting bar, retail store, and wood-fired pizza patio.
Adega on 45th is a family estate winery in Osoyoos tending 19 acres of South Okanagan vineyard planted to Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec and more. Visitors taste in the daily tasting room and patio, and the wines are also sold through an online shop.
Best for Merlot, Cabernet Franc, and Malbec from 19 acres of Osoyoos vineyard
On Queen Street, this shop trades in merchandise tied to Lucy Maud Montgomery's heroine, stocking straw-hat-and-braids dolls, illustrated editions of the novels and Green Gables keepsakes and ornaments. It has long served as the go-to source for Anne memorabilia in the character's home province.
Best for Anne of Green Gables gifts and memorabilia
Bordertown Vineyards is a family estate winery in Osoyoos producing 14 estate-grown, VQA-certified varietals plus its Hard Pressed apple cider. Guests buy and taste in the Mission-style tasting room, open seven days a week.
Tim and Micheline Kuepfer planted three hayfields on Closson Road in Prince Edward County in 2009 and now sell small-batch Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from their limestone-rooted vineyard. Their 2025 Pinot Noir took first place at the Judgement of Kingston, and bottles can be bought online or tasted on-site.
Set on the east side of Okanagan Lake, CedarCreek presses low-sugar, high-flavor icewine from grapes left on the vine into winter, alongside its regular table wine program. The estate runs hour-long guided tours pairing food with wine and hosts live music through the season.
Freddy Bean Roasters roasts New Brunswick's Original Whisky Barrel Coffee to order from its Fredericton roastery. The shop also sells single-origin Colombian and Guatemalan RFA beans, shipped within two days.
Best for New Brunswick's Original Whisky Barrel Coffee
Freddy Bean Roasters calls its flagship release 'New Brunswick's Original Whisky Barrel Coffee,' made with 100% Canadian whisky rather than an artificial flavoring, and roasts it alongside a lineup that includes All Nighter, Darkest Night, Kickstarter, and single-origin Colombian and Guatemalan RFA beans. The company operates on a made-to-order model — 'we roast your coffee the moment you order,' shipping within one to two business days — rather than roasting ahead to stock. Its home base sits at 385 Wilsey Road in Fredericton, with a second retail presence at 65 Regent Street inside a space called The Muse. Shipping is free across Canada on orders over $60, and a subscription option takes 5% off recurring orders. The company says its green coffee is aged for under ten years before roasting.
Frind occupies the historic lakefront Bennett Property in West Kelowna, where the winery and tasting facilities were built out in phases through the late 2010s. Bottles are sold directly through its own site alongside seasonal releases announced by newsletter.
Founded in 1998 in the Beaver Valley, Georgian Hills grows cool-climate grapes such as Riesling, Gewurztraminer and Pinot Noir and presses local apples into its Ardiel Cider House line. The tasting room, open since 2010, pours estate wines under the Georgian Hills, Notty Bay and Wild & Inspired labels.
Great Auk Winery makes berry and iceberg wines from Newfoundland fruit and glacial water inside the restored Durrell Academy in Twillingate, where a tasting room, restaurant, and guest suites share the same building. Bottles are sold on-site and shipped in full cases across Canada, alongside a gift shop of local treats and souvenirs.
Making jams, jellies and marmalades the old-fashioned way since 1927, Greaves hand-stirs each batch in open copper kettles. Its historic Queen Street flagship and online store sell more than 40 flavors along with wine jellies, chutneys and gift boxes.
Best for Specialty food, jams, marmalades, preserves
Hinterland Wine Company makes sparkling wines using traditional method production at its winery on Closson Road in Hillier, Prince Edward County, with bottles sold through its online store, the on-site tasting room, and select LCBO locations. The winery also sells at area farmers' markets throughout the season.
Best for Winery, Sparkling Wine, Méthode Traditionnelle
Ironworks Distillery is a micro-distillery in a restored 1893 blacksmith's shop on the Lunenburg waterfront, crafting rum, gin, vodka, brandy, whisky and liqueurs in small batches. It sells through a distillery shop open daily and an online store with Canadian shipping and in-store pickup.
Karlo Estates crafts old-world-style, low-intervention wines on Danforth Road in Prince Edward County, selling bottles like its rare Sextus blend through an online bottle shop and a speakeasy-style tasting lounge. The winery is fully plant-based, pairing dairy-free cheese with wine tastings and events.
LaStella is an Osoyoos winery on Osoyoos Lake crafting Tuscan-inspired wines such as Maestoso, Fortissimo and Espressivo, each named for an Italian musical term. Wines are sold through its Enotecca online shop, and tastings run by appointment at the winery.
Lightfoot & Wolfville Vineyards has grown organic and biodynamic cool-climate wines in the Annapolis Valley since 2009. The winery's hospitality facility, restaurant and wine club welcome visitors year-round, with wine, cider and merchandise sold through its online shop.
Best for Winery's hospitality facility, restaurant and wine club welcome visitors year-round, with wine
Lighthall Vineyards has grown Prince Edward County grapes on Lighthall Road since 2008 and is one of the few Canadian wineries to also make its own sheep's-milk cheese on site. Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and other bottles are sold through its online shop and tasting room.
Perched above Okanagan Lake with its landmark bell tower and hillside barrel cellars, Mission Hill was named Winery of the Year at Canada's WineAlign National Wine Awards for a sixth time in 2025. Its boutique sells estate wines on site, with a restaurant and terrace open Thursday through Monday for lunch and dinner.
Best for Award-winning Okanagan estate wines, hillside terrace dining
On Mackenzie Avenue, this award-winning craft distillery makes gin, whisky and vodka from local ingredients and mountain spring water. An on-site cocktail bar pours them.
Monte Creek Winery farms 75 acres of vines on a 1,200-acre property along the South Thompson River, about ten minutes east of Kamloops in the Thompson Valley appellation. The estate uses regenerative farming techniques to produce whites, reds, roses, sparkling wines, and canned formats, pouring them year-round from a tasting room above the vineyard.
Moon Curser is an Osoyoos estate winery known for less-common grapes like Touriga Nacional and Carmenere alongside Syrah and Bordeaux blends. Its tasting room is open daily 10:30-17:00 and the full range is available through an online buy-wine shop.
Best for Less-common grapes like Touriga Nacional and Carmenère alongside Syrah and Bordeaux blends
Night Bird is an Osoyoos estate winery pouring Riesling, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Pinot Noir and even a blueberry wine. It sells bottles through an online shop with delivery and welcomes tastings by reservation at its tasting room.
Best for Winery, estate wine, fruit wine, tasting room
Nk'Mip Cellars, owned by the Osoyoos Indian Band, is North America's first Indigenous-owned winery, expressing its culture through award-winning wines. It sells online via a WineDirect store for direct online orders and wine club and hosts tastings at the winery.
Best for Winery, Indigenous-owned, estate wine, tasting room
Micro-distillery on rue des Cerisiers in Gaspé making Radoune gin, Gaspésienne No.20 acerum, rum, whisky, and regional liqueurs from locally sourced ingredients. Its on-site boutique sells the full spirits range alongside branded apparel and accessories.
Running for close to two decades, Okanagan Spirits was Western Canada's original craft distillery and has been named Distillery of the Year three times at the World Spirits Awards. Its range spans whisky, vodka, gin, and fruit brandies, plus Taboo, billed as Canada's first genuine absinthe.
A family-run VQA winery in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Pillitteri has grown grapes and made wine, including its signature icewine, since 1948. Visitors buy bottles at the winery or through the online wine store, which ships across Canada with case specials.
Privato is a family-owned boutique winery in Kamloops producing reds, whites, and roses under its Privato and Noble Graft labels, alongside Woodward Cider Co. products made on site. The estate pairs its tasting room with a bistro serving lunch daily and hosts weddings and private events across the property.
On the Niagara Parkway in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Reif Estate Winery pours and sells whites, reds, sparkling and icewine. Visitors buy at the estate or order through the winery's online shop.
Best for Whites, reds, sparkling wine, and icewine from the Niagara Parkway estate
One of Prince Edward County's founding wineries, Rosehall Run has farmed 25 acres of vinifera on a 150-acre limestone farm at 1243 Greer Road since 2001 and was certified sustainable by Ontario's provincial program in 2023. Its bottle shop is open daily for purchases alongside guided tastings in the converted original winery building.
Sagewood Winery farms a small vineyard on Meadow Lark Road just east of Kamloops, using drip irrigation and organic mulching chosen for the site's terroir. The tasting room pours a wide range, from Trocken Riesling and Gewurztraminer to Merlot and Cabernet Franc, and welcomes walk-ins daily without appointment.
In a former Niagara-on-the-Lake cannery, Strewn Winery makes reds, whites and icewines and hosts tastings in its wine boutique. Bottles are sold on-site and through the online store, with free Ontario delivery on 12-bottle orders.
Best for Reds, whites, and icewines made in a former Niagara-on-the-Lake cannery
Traynor Family Vineyard has farmed Hillier, Prince Edward County since 2008, making natural pet-nat, piquette, orange wine, and vermouth that ferment with wild yeast and no animal byproducts. Its online shop ships current-release bottles nationwide, and the winery's patios serve wine slushies and gourmet hot dogs all summer.
Built on the volcanic soil of Mount Boucherie, this winery grows exclusively Okanagan-grown, BC VQA-certified fruit and pours from one of the region's largest tasting rooms. A quarterly wine club and online ordering extend the cellar door to shoppers who can't make the drive.
Best for VQA-certified Okanagan wines, quarterly wine club