What’s in Season

A large part of the wine we make is fruit wine. Fruit wine making is very dependent upon when the fruit in your local area becomes available. The availability and ripening of fruit will be very dependent on the type of climate you are living in and what agricultural zone you are in. This zone is referred to as the plant hardiness zone. If you are curious about what plant hardiness zone you are in you can visit the Agricultural and Agri-food Canada website and find out.
Within these zones there will still be some variation of plant growth as there are other factors which may contribute to the slowing or speeding up of plant growth.

To keep things simple, we will focus our discussions on fruit availability in South Western Ontario.

In wine making there are many different plants that can be used as either the main ingredient or as a complimentary addition to your wine to give it more flavour or body. We will only be focusing on the plants that are used as the main ingredients in wine. Specifically we will be focusing on the availability of fruit bushes such as berries, fruit trees such as apples, peaches or plums, and fruit vines such as grapes, or kiwis.

Early to late June:

Mid June to early July:

Mid July to early August

Late August

September