Shale Ridge Estate Winery
FARMERS WITH A PASSION
Hi, we’re Alicia and Garren. We’re third generation farmers family based in Thedford, Ontario. We started making Cider & Wine right here on our farm, where we live with our dog Denver.
WE WANTED A BETTER DRINK
It all started with alcohol, an industry that hasn’t evolved since prohibition. It’s still ruled by huge liquor companies that spend big to get their products on the liquor shelves and in bars. And you’re stuck with their choices. Sketchy ingredients, too much sugar, outdated aesthetics, and too many hangovers. Something needed to change, and as wine makers and grape farmers, we knew alcohol could be different. It can come right from the farms, not factories. It can be fermented naturally and made with real fruits and not artificial flavours. So we created our own alcohol brand. We made our first batch of Cider in our two-car garage from fresh pressed apples from the farm. Today each bottle and can are still handcrafted by our family in Thedford — we’re proud to be making something you can feel good about drinking.
WE'RE PUTTING A MODERN SPIN ON CIDER & WINE
Alicia discovered cider at a Fruit and vegetable convention that she was attending with her family in Grand Rapids, Michigan back in 2013. That is when she fell in love with the concept of fermented farm fresh apples and grapes in a glass. She has always been a firm believer in drinking something good for you that tastes just as good too! Adding other fruits to the ciders has become her own way of expressing her love for creating new and beautiful things.
A DRINK YOU CAN FEEL GOOD ABOUT
We all care more about what we put in our bodies now. The alcohol we drink should follow the same rules. Our product is farm-to-glass with only real ingredients - no sketchy additives. Here are the ingredients we use to make our ciders & wines.
Apples & Grapes
The foundation of every bottle or can. Whether it be Cider or Wine, these are two of the sole ingredients used that are sourced right from the farm or if we don’t grow it, it’s sourced from other local farmers!
Farm Fresh Fruits
Given our very wide selection of flavoured ciders, peach, pear, blueberry, hops, mint, strawberry, cranberry and so much more! We’re proud to say if we don’t grow it on the farm, it’s all sourced locally. Everything you can grow in Ontario.
Raw Cane Sugar
Unlike those typical ciders & wines we don’t use too much (or any at all)— and that’s how we like it. With more impurities than refined sugar for a more natural taste, and a slight fruity aroma.
