This is the newest winery in the province which opened on Oct 3 2003. Under the trade name of Gillis of Belleisle Wineyard & Winery, the winery is managed by Carey Gillis and operated by her parents Rod and Judy Gillis. It is located on a hill overlooking the Belleisle Valley, a very beautiful part of the lower Saint John river watershed. Built with old world charm the winery also has a reception hall. They are concentrating on growing 3 grape varieties, plus an assortment of other fruit. They currently have two wines in production.

The winery will specialize in the production of a unique red and white wine as well as seasonal fruit and desert wines. With a production of 2,500 to 3,500 cases of wine a year, the wines will be available for sale at the winery in Belleisle.

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Located 25kms from Moncton and Dieppe, on the eastern bank of the Petitcodiac River, Belliveau Orchard is owned by the Bourgeois family. The farm was started by Sebastien Belliveau in the early part of the 1900s. It was run by the local Catholic parish in the 1950s and 60s until Louis Bourgeois, a farm employee bought the business in 1967. Louis' sons, Robert and Jean-Louis, run the business now, and Robert opened the family's cottage winery store in December of 1999. They sell 9 company products, including a "pear wine" and an apple "ice" wine.

Nestled into the bank of a bend in the Saint John River, Gagetown Cider Company is a branch of Stirling Farms, NB, owned by Blair and Brenda Stirling. Blair is a 3 rd generation fruit grower, whose family owns the large Stirling Farms operation in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley. Blair came to New Brunswick in 1976 to run the operation in Gagetown and married Brenda, a Fredericton native. They retail 15 different products including a unique apple "iced" wine, all available at their retail store on the farm site. Call 506-488-2147 for store hours.

ferme Bourgeois farms

Pré-d'en-Haut
1209 Principale ST
Memramcook, NB
E4K 2S6 1C0
Phone: 506 750 2325

Located in Pré-d'en-Haut, just outside Moncton, New Brunswick, Belliveau Orchards and Bourgeois Farms invite you to discover the region it has called home since 1932. Family-owned and operated, They offer a wide variety of fresh produce, juices and wines, available at its country-style market

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Our innovative processes have been refined to create wines that consistently highlight the fruit flavour and please the palate

Serge Maury is New Brunswick's first true commercial grape winemaker. His fruit farm and vineyards are located in a sheltered microclimate just off the Northumberland Strait and close to the Bouctouche Dunes Ecological Preserve. Serge is originally from Paris, France, and 9 years ago he and his wife Denise Boucher purchased the dairy farm that is now their home. Serge planted his first vines in 1996; created his first wines in cooperation with Winegarden Estate; and has been selling his wines since April 2000. Cuvée St.- Édouard is his premier dry red wine, but they have 4 other fruit wines.

La Ferme Maury was the first cooperative cottage winery in New Brunswick.

The family also runs a thriving campground onsite

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text Located between Saint John and St. Stephen, Hawkins Farms was started by Rupert Hawkins in 1932. Since then Rupert's son, Ken Hawkins, and Ken's sons Doug and Russ, have built one of New Brunswick's major fruit enterprises specializing in blueberry and cranberry production. The 4th generation of the Hawkins' family are now in the business. Ken and Hugh, Doug's sons, are working on the farm and Ken and his wife Serri opened a fruit winery in July 2001. They have created 4 blueberry and cranberry fruit wines, and a special ‘strawberry-rhubarb" wine. Call 506-755-6942 for store hours.

Oak Bay is less than 10kms from St. Stephen and Fred and Janet Tuddenham, sons Todd and Troy, and daughter Tanis, operate a large blueberry and Christmas tree farm just off the main highway, plus a very successful farm market in the summer. Janet's grandfather, Sanford Newell, started a blueberry business in 1923. His son Carl expanded the business and Janet, Carl's daughter, has carried on the family involvement. Janet had always made blueberry wine, and in July of 2001, her hobby became a cottage winery operated by her son Todd.

Underlying many of the cottage wines produced in New Brunswick is the talent and expertise of Werner and Roswitha Rosswog of Baie Verte, outside Port Elgin. Together with their daughters Elke and Christina and son Steffan they opened Rosswog Farm Distillery in May of 1992. When the cottage winery program came into being in 1999, the Rosswog family worked cooperatively with Gagetown Cider to produce the first apple wines. They have also been essential to the success of Ferme Maury, Tierney Point Winery and Tuddenham Farms. In 1998, Rosswog Farm was incorporated as Winegarden Estate Ltd. and in 2002 they celebrated their 10th anniversary and grand opening of their new farm shop and warehouse. They carry a selection of over 50 wines and liqueurs.

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