Downey’s Estate Winery was established in 2001.  Over the years, we have continued to please our customers with high quality and fine taste of our wines and ciders fresh from the farm and brewed on site. Downey’s Estate Wines & Hard Ciders are available to purchase in-store at Downey’s Farm. 

The original concept was to build a viable business model that could stand on its own and at the same time complement the well-known Farm Market. 

“This has been a family-run business from the get-go and we wanted to keep it that way,” says founder, John Downey. “We also decided to hire an experienced winemaker with top-notch skills in making fruit wines. We wanted to get it right the first time and make an impression with our customers.” 

Brian Moreau, Downey’s resident oeneologist, has been making wine for over 40 years. “Wine making first began as a labour of love and then I turned that into a profession. When I first started making wine for a living, I made the ones I liked and ones I thought I had perfected. But you never stop learning and trying to build a better mousetrap in this business.” 

“Besides,” says Moreau, “every winemaker worth his salt will tell you that great wine starts in the field, so the credit really goes back to the people who grow the fruit.”