Trail Estate Winery

We let nature guide the winemaking process at our Prince Edward County winery. Winemaker Mackenzie Brisbois aims for honesty inside the bottle—whether it be our Skin-Ferment Riesling, Orange Wine, Pét Nat Sparkling, soulfully complex Unfiltered Chardonnay, or barrel-aged varietals. We use wild ferments (indigenous yeasts) and leave many of our artisanal wines whole and unfiltered without the use of additional enzymes or tannins.

Each wine tells the story of site and vintage with unabashed honesty and is never the same year-to-year (nor should it be). Each wine should be surprising, textural and soulful; not predictable. We take this credo to heart and hold back a large ratio of past vintages in our library. As each wine ages, the artisanal nature of each wine becomes apparent. Visit our winery’s newly-opened warm, modern tasting space and try for yourself!

We invite you to visit us in the County!

Trail Estate Winery-My Wine Canada
Proudly Canadian
416 Benway Road, Hillier, ON
647-233-8599 info@trailestate.com
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The story behind Trail Estate

Trail Estate began when former Cambridge bakers Anton and Hildegard Sproll planted a small Hillier vineyard in 2011 and opened the winery in 2014. Their son Alex helps run it now.

It quickly became one of Prince Edward County's leading natural-wine addresses, well before the style caught on more widely in Ontario.

Natural wine, made hands-off

Winemaker Mackenzie Brisbois works with wild yeast, little or no added sulphur, and no fining or filtering. The wines are made to show what the fruit and the ferment actually do.

The range is genuinely experimental for the County: extended-skin-contact orange wines, sparkling pet-nat, and piquette, alongside more familiar Chardonnay and Riesling. One of its Chardonnays has taken gold at the Decanter World Wine Awards.

Frequently asked questions

What is Trail Estate known for?

Trail Estate is one of Prince Edward County's best-known natural-wine producers, working with wild-yeast ferments and minimal sulphur. It makes experimental styles like orange wine, pet-nat, and piquette, plus Chardonnay and Riesling.

What is orange wine?

Orange wine is white wine made like a red, with the juice left in contact with the grape skins for days or even months. That gives it colour, texture, and grip. Trail Estate makes several, some with very long skin contact.

Where is Trail Estate?

In Hillier, in Prince Edward County, Ontario. The County is a cool-climate limestone region on Lake Ontario, and Trail is one of its more adventurous small wineries.