Collab Wine and Beverage
Welcome to Collab Wine & Beverage! A home for creative beverage endeavours.
We are a collection of small batch brands focused on high quality, hand-crafted, locally sourced and produced beverages in Niagara, Canada! Our team of winemakers, cider masters, and beverage engineers work alongside each other to fill our portfolio with unique, handcrafted drinks all under one roof for everyone to enjoy. Each of our makers brings their knowledge, personality, and passion for drinking local to the team, and creates their own brands with their own signature style.
With our wide range of products from piquette to sparkling Icewine, ciders to perrys, we're sure to have something you'll love. Current brands include Divergence Wines, Ev's Eclectics, Fogolar Wines, Maenad Wine Co., Skinny Dipping, and The Old Tun.
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The story behind Collab
Collab is not a single winery so much as a shared home for many small ones. Five Brock University graduates started it in Niagara to lower the barriers for wine people who wanted to make their own small-batch labels without building a winery from the ground up.
The wine is made at the Marynissen winery in Niagara-on-the-Lake, where the brands share space, gear, and know-how.
Many labels, one roof
The model is collaborative on purpose. Independent makers each run their own brand, choosing their own fruit and style, while sharing a production facility and team. That keeps things small, experimental, and personal.
The result is a roster of distinct labels rather than one house style, though a love of Riesling runs through a lot of them. It is a place for winemakers to try ideas under their own name.
Frequently asked questions
What is Collab Wine and Beverage?
Collab is a collaborative winemaking project in Niagara that gives independent makers a shared home for their own small-batch labels. Started by five Brock University graduates, it produces a roster of distinct brands, each with its own maker and style.
How does the Collab model work?
The makers share one production facility, team, and equipment, and each runs their own brand and style. That shared setup lowers the cost and lets small, experimental labels get off the ground.
Where is Collab based?
In Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, with winemaking done at the Marynissen winery. The brands come from across the Niagara wine community, many of them with a soft spot for Riesling.