Puddicombe Estate Winery

It was great to pick cherries there. Lady at the winery provided good support with variety of vines and we found some interesting samples. Ended up with couple of bottles and did train ride at the end. Our son was excited. However, it feels like there are a lot of thing have to be managed as well, a lot of tractors and other mechanic parts spread across the farm.

Went on a bus trip here. Lunch provided was a bowl of chilli or Mac and cheese or a hotdog none of which was homemade. It was supposed to be a buffet. The orchards we saw on the train ride were a mess with litter. Very disappointing, will not go back.

They have train rides.... Pick your own cherries, sour cherries, peaches, apples, pears... The train ride is 9$/person...a bit pricey... The play area is overgrown and closed due to COVID-19....When we were there on Canada day, they had a really good musician playing guitar

Went for a kids Easter event and we had a blast. They even served some drinks for the parents so we could see what the winery had to offer and I was very happy!

We came on a Wednesday and had a wonderful afternoon. The farm was nice and quiet. You can tell right when you walk in that they pour their hearts into the place. The food was made with love and the ciders as well as the wines were delicious! I would take this place over all the other tourist attraction farms any day of the week!

Warning - they are selling 10 year old wine.I purchased from their December case sale. I sampled some wine and bought 18 bottles to give away for Christmas and serve at Christmas. Having sampled the wine I thought I knew what I was giving my manager, friends, and family.In January, I opened a bottle of Loyalist red, that came from the above 18 I purchased. It immediately smelt like vinegar, and there was tons of sentiment in it. I didn’t want to jump to conclusions and assumed it was a bad batch - it happens.Since then I’ve tried 2-3 more bottles that were all the same in vinegar taste and full of sentiment. I read the bottle and it was bottled in 2010 - 10 years ago!!!!!LCBO only sells bottles up to 2 years old; unless of course it’s a vintage. Even so, most vintages are aged in a barrel and not a bottle. We spoke with Puddicombe and they said their wine only gets better with age - but clearly not since we first noticed the taste was off prior to even knowing the age of the wine.The loyalist white is from 2015, and Starbust from 2013. So far, all the bottles I opened of those were fine.It’s just embarrassing for me to have given my manager, friends and family decade old cheap wine that tastes like vinegar and sentiment. This is what I served at Christmas.I get that Puddicombe wants to clear out wine, which was the reason for the case sale. But come on, 10 years? Did you find these in the basement somewhere? Shame on you.

Went here to check out their selection of ciders. I was very pleasantly surprised by how many different ciders they had. Staff was super friendly, helpful and beyond knowledgeable. Tasted all the ciders and decided on the 3 or 4 we liked best to purchase. Love the old vintage look of the place, and the cute old dog wandering around adds to the warn family feel.

Went to winery during the 50th anniversary Peach Festival. The staff was friendly enough, the peaches and pie were very tasty. However the bottles of wine, peach and cherry, were terrible. The peach wine tasted vinegary (off) and the cherry wine was not sweet or palatable. Good place to get produce and pie. But skip the wine and maybe try the cider instead.

Fantastic selection of very good wines, ciders and sangria!The live entertainment and outdoor pizza oven was perfect... really enjoyed it all with a drink in the sun.We'll definitely be back for more of the above and the hospitality we enjoyed!

You can tell quite quickly selling wine and providing an experience isn't thier bread and butter. The wine itself was okay, but I'd recommend to have done if the staff visit other wineries where they talk about the wine, give history, a tasting experience etc in order to justify the cost of the wine.I'd recommend them visiting Redstone, Malivoire, Hidden Bench, Cornerstone, Back 10, 180 Estates, Flat Rock, 30 Bench, to name a few that are right in their backyard.