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Wineries

Marynissen Estates Winery

Marynissen Estates Winery grows grapes at Niagara-on-the-Lake, in the Four Mile Creek sub-appellation of Niagara Peninsula. It dates its founding to 1990.

Where it sits

Marynissen Estates Winery is at Niagara-on-the-Lake, and its fruit falls inside Four Mile Creek, one of the sub-appellations nested within Niagara Peninsula. A sub-appellation is the narrower claim: a wine may carry it or the wider appellation name, and the boundaries are set in regulation rather than by the winery. The regions page covers how those lines are drawn.

What it grows

The winery works with Chardonnay, Riesling, Gewurztraminer, Merlot, Gamay Noir and Cabernet Sauvignon.

Each of those has a page here on how it behaves in Ontario: the heat it needs to ripen, the Brix it reaches at harvest, and which parts of the province actually plant it.

Visiting

'Open daily 11AM - 5PM', 'Wine Tastings & By The Glass available first come first serve'

Also in Niagara Peninsula: Monastery Cellars, Organized Crime Winery, The. The full list is on the Ontario wineries page.

What we hold on this winery

LocationNiagara-on-the-Lake
AppellationNiagara Peninsula
Sub-appellationFour Mile Creek
Founded1990
Vineyard areanot known
VarietiesChardonnay, Riesling, Gewurztraminer, Merlot, Gamay Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon

Compiled from the winery's own website (source), checked October 2026. Facts change — corrections are welcome.