Enjoy a scenic drive to the Annapolis Valley to experience 3 award winning wineries. Sip your way through Nova Scotia wine country and learn about our cool climate wines while the vines are enjoying their long winter rest. You’ll gain an appreciation of this breathtaking scenery when the vines are bare and often covered by snow and icicles (pending). First stop will be to Grand Pre Wines, the oldest farm winery in Atlantic Canada build on love and passion for Nova Scotia to enjoy a guided tasting and savour the distinct flavours and aromas of the NS terroir. Second, discover the story of Lightfoot & Wolfville for a guided tasting of their wines from their organic and biodynamically farmed vineyard. After our tasting, enjoy lunch featuring ingredients sourced directly from the Lightfoot family farm. End at Benjamin Bridge for a guided tasting of their most well-loved wines. Enjoy their heated outdoor terrace, vineyard trails and glowing décor.
From the operator’s live schedule on Viator, checked Oct 3.
First stop will be to Grand Pre Wines, the oldest farm winery in Atlantic Canada build on love and passion for Nova Scotia. Enjoy a guided tasting and savour the distinct flavours and aromas of the NS terroir, perfectly complemented by the clean and refreshing wine making style of our renowned winemaker, Jurg Stutz. Option to add on wine by the glass, hot beverage, specialty coffee or indulge in raclette- a traditional Swiss cheese dish.
Second, discover the story of Lightfoot & Wolfville for a guided tasting of their handcrafted and small-lots wines from their organic and biodynamically farmed vineyard. After our tasting, enjoy a soup & sandwich lunch featuring ingredients sourced directly from the Lightfoot family farm and gardens. Wine by the glass available for purchase with lunch.
We’ll end at Benjamin Bridge for a guided tasting of their most well-loved wines. Enjoy their heated outdoor terrace, vineyard trails, holiday lights (Dec/Jan only) and glowing décor. After your tasting, option to enjoy wine by the glass or one of their warm cocktails.
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For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Winter Wine Escape lasts about 6h–6h 30min. The itinerary has 3 stops.
Prices start at $104 per person for this Halifax experience, booked through Viator with the price shown before checkout. There is 1 booking option, so the final price depends on the option you choose.
According to the operator’s current schedule, it runs on Saturdays and Sundays, starting at 10:30 AM.
Yes. Cancel at least 1 day before the start for a full refund. Later cancellations are non-refundable.
The meeting point is Please meet in front of the main entrance to the hotel. This tour departs from the Marriott Harbourfront located at 1919 Upper Water Street at 10:15am. Please note there are a few Marriott Hotels in Halifax. Hotel pickup is not part of this experience.
The experience is available in EN.
It is a small-group experience with a maximum of 20 participants.
Confirmation is sent by the operator within 24 hours of booking.
Travellers rate it 5.0 out of 5 across 11 verified reviews; it is run by Sip & Taste Tours (Grape Escapes & Taste Halifax).
The tastings, food, education, views, and hospitality were great! Enjoyed the day very much. We started with terrible visibility and roads due to a spring winter snow event, but Paul was a great driver and added fun and great commentary during the day! Thoroughly enjoyable and worth the price!
We had a wonderful time enjoying wine tasting, delicious lunch and lots of laughter and friendship. We recommend this and will be going again.
We went for the winter wine festival! We loved it. There was lots to try and the fire outside was a nice touch! We were given tokens and we just walked around all evening eating drinking and meeting other wine lovers 💖
We attended the Winter Wine Festival held at Luckett’s Vineyards. Our driver was friendly and professional. He provided us with the information we needed for the event. Our drive was on time and efficient. Having Grape Escapes do the driving let us enjoy the event! The event was very well organized. Excellent range of wineries representing Nova Scotia and the food pairings were exceptional. All the staff were attentive and friendly making this a great event. We will certainly do another event with Grape Escapes.
We had a lovely experience with Grape Escapes. They worked with us to plan a great wine tour for our small group and made the process easy. On the day of the tour they were on time, kind and professional. It was clear they enjoyed a good relationship with the wineries, which speaks to how they run their business. We never felt rushed and left having had a great time. We wouldn't hesitate to recommend them to anyone planning an evening or afternoon out with family, friends or work colleagues.
Great tour and tour leader. Loved the 3 wineries we went to. Annapolis Valley is a beautiful area. Martn our tour guide was very informative and knowledgeable. Would highly recommend to all.
Fantastic time! Highly recommend this lovely for a day out with the gals! Staff were amazing and well organized! Very informative on wines The good and scenery are exactly what you appreciate in the beautiful Valley. Thank you for being so good at sharing your gift of wine making! Sharon MacDonald ‘
WE had a fabulous time. Our driver/guide Martin was awesome - friendly, fun, kept us on track and on time and knowledgeable about the areas we passed through on the drive. All 3 wineries were great. The food was utstanding - when you think soup and a sandwich you don't realise how delicious it will be (the albacore seared tuna club was SO good) Thoroughly recommend this tour - everything went smoothly and many laughs were had and wines sipped. :)
Great trip to the winter ice win festival. Always a great time. Many thanks to Randy. My first time with him… Was a great night
Absolutely wonderful experience. Marten was a great driver and guide. We lucked out all round with the sunny day and lovely tour mates as well.
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