Reviews of Puddicombe Estate Winery (Winery)

Trena

Great local winery, love that they use fruit grown right on the farm.

Sarah Kester

Don’t get very friendly vibes from this place, sadly - could definitely do better with customer service and then maybe more people will stop by! Also wish it was dog friendly

kevin pepin

Went thanksgiving weekend for trainrides and apple picking. Staff are disorganized at best. Apples were full of worms unfortunately.

Mark K

Came to pick apples. Asked to buy an apple bag, was told to buy one out at the trees. Was also told the train rides were free. These were both NOT true. Train rides were 5$ per person and sitting in the back we could hear nothing. Also by the time we got to the apples we were told they were closed. Staff was very unhelpful. At least the playground was fun

Poker bear Dab

Horrible customer service! Poor management, if two different priced tags didn't confuse you enough, you would be asked pay first before picking your cherry. Only one poor boy at gate who had to handle people in and out at same time. Manager like women jumped in when we waited the boy to pack our cherry. And we were told to be patiented with great rudeness. Please state your policy clearly so everyone could understand and have two people handle people in and out! Instead there were extra people inside orchard seems checking on customers. Not friendly place ,will never go again. And not recommended.

Michael Carroll

We went to their ship to taste their wine's and cider! My wife and I enjoyed the service, the wine and the dogs running around everywhere! Highlight of our trip!

Jennifer Qin

They don't pick up phone call or reply email; their website is also unclear. I called 5 times to inquire about train ride ticket and admission fee (these info should've been cleared stated on the website to begin with!!). No one answered. Sent an e-mail. Never hear back. Decided to go to another farm.

The Lord Fenrir

Amazing people, feel great lot of variety

Chernyshov Yuriy

It was great to pick cherries there. Lady at the winery provided good support with variety of vines and we found some interesting samples. Ended up with couple of bottles and did train ride at the end. Our son was excited. However, it feels like there are a lot of thing have to be managed as well, a lot of tractors and other mechanic parts spread across the farm.

Carole King

Went there for the first time yesterday bought some ciders and a bottle of wine had to ask for a receipt which wasn’t itemized and no prices on your website so the shop now features are useless wonder why this generation doesn’t spruce the place up a bit and give it a facelift like a lick of paint on the old buildings

Mike Hagarty

usually arrive here by bicycle from Port Credit so thats almost 40km at the half way point therefore good and ready for an ice cold peach cider and some play-time with LEO the resident house/barn cat. Also take time to secure a bottle of reiseling ice-wine to bike frame for return trip home. Found staff to be most helpful and outgoing; always accomodating. The history of the operation is most intriguing and I seem to discover something new about the place everytime I am there. Always look forward to my next ride to Puddicombes'

Crystal cole

Got a bottle of cranberry fruit wine. Great staff. Animals were great. Lots to do and see.

Lauren Wetherell

Went here to check out their selection of ciders. I was very pleasantly surprised by how many different ciders they had. Staff was super friendly, helpful and beyond knowledgeable. Tasted all the ciders and decided on the 3 or 4 we liked best to purchase. Love the old vintage look of the place, and the cute old dog wandering around adds to the warn family feel.

John East

There cider is amazing! Staff is very friendly

Max Corleone

This winery is fantastic for so many reasons. First off it is a farm so it has a very laid back atmosphere. The wines are fantastic and actually reasonably priced as well. They offer something for everyone and rather just a winery for couples it’s a great family experience with hay rides as well. Try the gamay noir wine you won’t regret it!

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They have train rides.... Pick your own cherries, sour cherries, peaches, apples, pears... The train ride is 9$/person...a bit pricey... The play area is overgrown and closed due to COVID-19.... When we were there on Canada day, they had a really good musician playing guitar

Fran Ballan

Went to winery during the 50th anniversary Peach Festival. The staff was friendly enough, the peaches and pie were very tasty. However the bottles of wine, peach and cherry, were terrible. The peach wine tasted vinegary (off) and the cherry wine was not sweet or palatable. Good place to get produce and pie. But skip the wine and maybe try the cider instead.

stephanie cathrine

Warning - they are selling 10 year old wine. I purchased from their December case sale. I sampled some wine and bought 18 bottles to give away for Christmas and serve at Christmas. Having sampled the wine I thought I knew what I was giving my manager, friends, and family. In January, I opened a bottle of Loyalist red, that came from the above 18 I purchased. It immediately smelt like vinegar, and there was tons of sentiment in it. I didn’t want to jump to conclusions and assumed it was a bad batch - it happens. Since then I’ve tried 2-3 more bottles that were all the same in vinegar taste and full of sentiment. I read the bottle and it was bottled in 2010 - 10 years ago!!!!! LCBO only sells bottles up to 2 years old; unless of course it’s a vintage. Even so, most vintages are aged in a barrel and not a bottle. We spoke with Puddicombe and they said their wine only gets better with age - but clearly not since we first noticed the taste was off prior to even knowing the age of the wine. The loyalist white is from 2015, and Starbust from 2013. So far, all the bottles I opened of those were fine. It’s just embarrassing for me to have given my manager, friends and family decade old cheap wine that tastes like vinegar and sentiment. This is what I served at Christmas. I get that Puddicombe wants to clear out wine, which was the reason for the case sale. But come on, 10 years? Did you find these in the basement somewhere? Shame on you.

A T

We have been coming to this farm for many years. Went for sweet cherry picking for 2019 season were disappointed since I called a day ahead. The cherries were more 80% damaged due to disease and we were not told at entrance. If you are planning to go this year please do ask about it before you go.