The Experience

An experience worth lingering over

Settle in for a guided tasting, or pour a glass on the patio with a wood-fired pizza and a board of local charcuterie. Twenty-two harvest tables, built so you can sit down and stay a while. Bring friends, bring family, bring the dog. We saved you a seat.

Plan your visit

A table on the patio with wood-fired pizza and Hare glasses, vines behind

The Wine

Reds worth sitting down with

My own name is on the Haretage, so I will start there: a Cabernet Sauvignon made for a long dinner and good company. Beside it sit the Noble reds, the Merlot Appassimento and a Cabernet Franc that wins over people who swear they only drink big reds. We are a small winery and we do everything in small batches. Tell us what you pour at home and we will find you the one.

Explore the wines

Two bottles of Haretage, the gold hare above the label

The Wine Club

Join the Founders Wine Club

Member pricing on every bottle, complimentary tastings when you visit, first access to new releases, and seasonal pickup parties. Over 200 members now. Customize, skip, or pause any shipment.

See the club

Friends around the long harvest table in the barrel cellar with wine and charcuterie boards

Our Story

A family name, and a long way to Niagara

We started as O'Hara in Ireland. Then, due to the famine, the family moved to Scotland and became O'Hare. When my grandfather and his brother came to Canada, the O was dropped, and now we are just Hare. Scottish on my father's side, Bulgarian on my mother's, and both are poured into this place, right down to a wine I call Haretage. Grandma Hare's Scottish shortbread sits on the counter as well, and every dollar it makes goes to Gillian's Place, a women's shelter here in Niagara. I'm John. I'm usually on the floor, so come and say hi.

John Hare, Proprietor

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