In 1997, Michael Kacaba launched Kacaba Vineyards, saving prime Benchland from a developer’s bulldozer. Today, Michael and his team craft a full range of wines, including their highly awarded estate grown Syrah (Ontario’s oldest plantings). With a view across Lake Ontario to Toronto, guests are welcome to sample wines with multiple awards from Canadian & International competitions, including the Decanter World Wine Awards (London, UK). Kacaba Vineyards practices sustainable farming and operations and are Sustainable Winegrowing Ontario certified. Kacaba wines are also Vegan-friendly.
Open Daily for Wine Tastings
in our Grand Escarpment Room
Join the team at Kacaba Vineyards in our Grand Escarpment Room for guided wine tastings. We are conducting wine tastings 7 days a week, from 11 am – 5 pm.
- $25 per person
- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1 to 6
- Tastings are Guaranteed by Reservation. Walk-ins by chance
- Tasting fees are redeemable towards any 2-bottle purchase of wine per person.
- All Tasting Bars limited to a maximum of 6 guests. Larger groups are asked to contact bookings@kacaba.com
- Reservations will be held for a maximum of 15 minutes. After this time, we will do our best to accommodate late arrivals based on our capacity and other bookings.
- Wine by the Glass is available daily, no reservation required
Tasting Flights
Do you prefer Red or White? No matter what the answer is Kacaba Vineyards has got you covered. With our tasting flights, enjoy a series of four samples selected from our award-winning portfolio and discover a new favourite.
- We have a variety of flights starting at $15 (2 oz pours)
- No reservation required
Hours
Open Daily 10 am – 6 pm.
Tastings are available 7 days a week, 11 am - 5 pm. Book online or call the winery to make an appointment.
WINEMAKER PROFILE
Head Winemaker, Chris Robinson
Chris graduated the Niagara College Wine and Viticulture program in 2007. Since taking the program, he has never stopped learning about wine and the wine industry. In 2006, Chris’ first co-op in the wine industry was along side Andrzej Lipinski where he took on an established winery and three new wineries. During his first harvest, it became clear that winemaking was his destiny. 20 years later, and 11 wineries started, Chris has honed his skills to cover the many styles of winemaking, including appassimento method, natural fermentations, traditional method sparkling, orange wine/skin fermented white and cap management.
Having travelled across Europe, Australia and South America, Chris has had the privilege of tasting wines and sharing personal insight and winemaking techniques with some of the top winemakers and producers in the world.
“My winemaking style has taken me across the globe in pursuit of knowledge and taste. Today my style brings depth of experience to every bottle, crafting wines that reflect both place and purpose.” — Chris Robinson, Winemaker, Kacaba Vineyards & Winery
Here at home in the Niagara Benchlands, Chris’ craft can be described as minimalistic. “Simplexity” is a term coined in the cellar – the art of crafting wines that are deceptively simple in their elegance, yet reveal layered depth and complexity.
