Pinot planted where the quarry stopped.
Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from thin soil over limestone, poured in a restored barn above Lake Ontario. Open Wednesday to Sunday, and the bar takes walk-ins.
The vineyard
A hand's depth of soil, then limestone.
Quarry Point sits on the old quarry lands at the edge of Lake Ontario, where building stone was cut until the 1920s. What the quarrymen left behind is a few inches of clay loam over fractured limestone, and a wind off the lake that rarely drops.
It is hard ground for a vine. The roots work down through the cracks for water, the crop stays small, and the wines come out lean and mineral with a spine of acidity. We planted the first rows in 2009 and still pick every one by hand.
Each November the crew hills soil over the base of every vine to carry it through a County winter, then pulls it back in spring.
In the barn
Three ways to taste
Barn flight
Four pours at the bar, about forty minutes, from whoever is pouring that day.
- Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, rosé and Pinot Noir
- No booking needed
$18per person
Plan a visitLimestone flight
Single-block wines side by side with an older vintage from the cellar, seated in the barn loft.
- Five pours
- Led by the winemaking team
- Reservation needed
$32per person
ReserveTerrace tasting
The barn flight on the terrace above the lake, with a board of County cheese, bread and pickles.
- Weekends, late May to mid October
- Reservation needed
$58per person
ReserveThe tasting fee comes off any two bottles you take home.
The wines
On the shelf this year
Every bottle is estate grown. We deliver anywhere in Ontario by the case or the half case.
Estate Chardonnay
Barrel fermented and left lean. Green apple, wet stone and a long, salty finish.
$36
Quarry Block Pinot Noir
From the rows at the quarry edge, where the soil is thinnest. Red cherry, forest floor and fine tannin.
$48
Pinot Gris
Picked early, with a day on the skins for texture. Pear and white flowers.
$26
Rosé of Pinot Noir
Pale and bone dry. Usually gone by the end of summer.
$24
Traditional-method sparkling
Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, three years on the lees. Small lots; ask at the bar.
$52
Harvest suppers: four Saturdays in October, one long table in the barn and five courses by candlelight. $145 a seat, wine included.
Reserve a seatHarvest
October at Quarry Point
We came for the barn flight and stayed until they closed the doors. They poured the Pinot next to an older bottle from the cellar, and you could taste the lake wind in both.
Priya
Kingston
Visiting
Before you drive out
Not for the barn flight: walk in whenever we are open. The limestone flight and the terrace need a reservation, and summer Saturdays fill a week ahead.
Anywhere in Ontario, by the case or the half case. Order at the bar or by phone.
Both, on the lawn and the terrace. We only pour for guests of legal drinking age, and we do check ID.
Drivers get County apple juice and sparkling water on the house.
The tasting room is on one level, with a ramp from the parking area and an accessible washroom.
Reservations
Save a place in the barn
Tell us the day and how many of you are coming. We confirm by email within a day.