Where is Coffin Ridge Winery?

At 599450 2nd Concession North, Annan, Ontario N0H 1B0, on the rolling hills outside Annan in Grey County, within sight of Georgian Bay. About 10 minutes from Owen Sound and 2.5 hours from Toronto.

What is the asking price of Coffin Ridge Winery?

Coffin Ridge Winery is offered at $4,800,000 CAD for the land, the buildings and the operating business.

What is included in the sale?

80.49 acres freehold, 22 acres of planted vineyard, a 6,128 sq ft purpose-built winery with production, tasting bar and taproom, the tasting room and its deck, the Kilannan Brewery and taproom, a 4,000 sq ft main residence with a fully equipped basement apartment, and a 1,292 sq ft carriage house with a guest suite.

Is the winery business included?

Yes. Coffin Ridge is offered as a turnkey operating winery: the vines, the wine, cider and beer brands, the events calendar and the visitors come with it. Buyers should confirm the exact inclusions in the confidential package and the agreement.

How many people visit?

35,000 to 40,000 visitors a year, from across Ontario including the GTA and Collingwood.

Is there room to grow?

Yes. The winery already rents the tasting bar, tent and grounds for private events, and an on-site wedding venue is partly built: revenue the business has not tapped yet. The basement apartment and the carriage house guest suite give options for short-term rental, staff or family.

Will the founders help with the handover?

Yes. Founders Neil and Gwen Lamont are prepared to support an orderly transition.

What wineries are for sale in Niagara and Ontario?

Found Spaces Realty Group represents three Ontario wineries and a vineyard estate: Big Head Wines at 823 Line 6 Road, Niagara-on-the-Lake (30.45 acres, $12,000,000), Burning Kiln Winery at 1709 Front Road, St. Williams, Norfolk County (92.68 acres, $5,900,000), Coffin Ridge Winery near Annan in Grey County, over Georgian Bay (80.49 acres, $4,800,000), and 3811 King Street in Lincoln, Twenty Valley (38 acres, 19 planted to vines, approved for an estate winery, $2,900,000). The wineries have their own sites at 823line6road.com, 1709frontroad.com and 599450concession.com; 3811 King Street is at listings.foundspacesrealty.ca/3811-king-street-lincoln-on.

Who sells winery properties in Ontario?

Jason Hodder and Sandy MacKay of Found Spaces Realty Group (Real Broker Ontario Ltd., Brokerage) list winery, vineyard and farm properties across Ontario, from Niagara-on-the-Lake to Norfolk County to Georgian Bay. Call or text 289-816-3015.

What does it take to buy an operating winery in Ontario?

Beyond the land, a buyer needs the winery's licences and authorizations transferred or reissued through the AGCO (and VQA Ontario where wines carry the VQA mark), farm or agricultural zoning that permits the uses you plan, and due diligence on the business itself. Get licensing and legal advice early; the team can walk you through the steps.

Who is selling Coffin Ridge Winery?

Jason Hodder (Sales Representative) and Sandy MacKay (Founder & Sales Representative) of Found Spaces Realty Group, Real Broker Ontario Ltd., Brokerage, 472 Beach Rd, Hamilton, ON L8H 3K7. Call or text 289-816-3015.

How do I book a private tour?

Private tours are by appointment. Send your details in the form on this page, or call or text 289-816-3015, and Jason will come back to you the same day with times.

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Coffin Ridge from the air at sunset: the winery, the vineyard and both houses, with Georgian Bay on the horizon

Annan · Grey County · Georgian Bay

A winery on the ridge.
Georgian Bay below.

Coffin Ridge Winery, 599450 2nd Concession North, Annan, Ontario: turnkey winery and vineyard for sale on 80.49 acres in Grey County, near Georgian Bay

Offered at $4,800,000

Presented by Jason Hodder & Sandy MacKay · Found Spaces Realty Group · Real Broker Ontario Ltd., Brokerage

Request the confidential package

Acres

80.49

Acres of vines

Sq. ft. winery

6,128

Sq. ft. residence

4,000

Sq. ft. carriage house

1,292

Visitors a year

35–40K

First vines

1999

The Offering

Twenty harvests of work. Handed to you running.

Coffin Ridge was the first commercial winery in Grey-Bruce and the first to prove that northern vineyards could excel. It is approaching its 20th harvest, and now it is for sale.

You don't start from bare land and a business plan. You get 22 acres of established vines, a purpose-built winery, a brewery and taproom, two homes, 35,000 to 40,000 visitors a year, and founders prepared to help you through the handover.

The Ridge

80 acres on the hill. Georgian Bay below.

The property sits on the rolling hills outside Annan, high enough that the farmland falls away in every direction and Georgian Bay fills the horizon.

That view is what your visitors drive up for. It is also what you wake up to. 80.49 acres freehold, with the vineyard, the winery, the brewery and both houses gathered on one ridge.

80.49 acres freehold
22 acres of vines
Views to Georgian Bay
Two residences

The Summer Music Series plays at sunset, and the ridge was made for it. The light drops behind the hills, the deck fills up and the tasting room windows start to glow.

Up the rise, the house lights come on. You lock up the winery and walk home.

Evening photographs taken on the property.

The Story

From boulders to vines.

Neil and Gwen Lamont bought fallow land covered in hawthorn thickets and boulders the size of houses. The old barns and farmhouse had burned down years before. Neither of them had farmed.

They dynamited the boulders, tore out the hawthorn and planted their first two acres of vines in 1999. The winery opened in 2007 and sold out every bottle within nine weeks. It was the first commercial winery in Grey-Bruce and the first to plant Marquette. What you take over is the proof that it works up here.

First vines 1999
Opened 2007
First winery in Grey-Bruce
First to plant Marquette

The Vineyard

22 acres of vines bred for the north.

Every vine here is a cold-hardy varietal: Marquette, Baco Noir, Geisenheim, L'Acadie Blanc, Frontenac and Frontenac Gris, Prairie Star and La Crescent. They are bred to come through a northern winter.

The Marquette from these rows has taken double gold at the All Canadian Wine Championships multiple years in a row. You inherit the vines, the know-how and the track record on the first day.

Marquette
Baco Noir
L'Acadie Blanc
Frontenac & Frontenac Gris

In the Glass

Wine, cider and beer with a story on every label.

The names fit the ridge: Back From The Dead Red, Into The Light White and Resurrection Rosé. Then the varietal wines: Marquette, Baco Noir and L'Acadie Blanc, and the Divine Intervention Series of sparkling whites, sparkling rosés and an orange wine.

Night Spirit is a Bourbon-barrelled Marquette that carries Tom Thomson's Northern Lights on the label, made with the Tom Thomson Art Gallery. The Forbidden craft ciders come Dry, Hopped and Pink, and Brush with Death is a rosemary maple cider with Thomson's Canoe Lake. You get the brands, the recipes and the following they've built.

Back From The Dead Red
Divine Intervention Series
Night Spirit
Forbidden ciders

The Film

See it the way your visitors do.

Reels · hover or tap to play

The winery, the brewery and the house

The kitchen, the vines and the oven

Grapes to glass in ten seconds

Film and reels by Northern Spruce Media.

Tasting Room & Deck

Where 35,000 visitors a year sit down.

The tasting room is built around a curved wooden bar, with arched windows framing the vineyard. Outside, the deck runs off the tasting room with umbrellas, lounge seating and the long view to the bay.

The menu already works: Vintner's Plates, butter boards, gourmet grilled cheese, focaccia and wood-fired pizza on weekends. Visitors come from across Ontario, including the GTA and Collingwood. You open the doors to them on day one.

Curved tasting bar
Deck with bay views
Vintner's Plates
Weekend wood-fired pizza

Kilannan Brewery

A brewery and taproom, already pouring.

About two years ago the winery revived Kilannan Brewery on site, with its own brewhouse and taproom. Beer drinkers now have their reason to make the drive, and your guests have one more reason to stay.

Outside there's a beer garden on the lawn with barrel stacks, picnic tables and bright umbrellas. One property, two drinks businesses, one stream of visitors.

Brewery on site
Taproom bar
Beer garden
Revived about two years ago

A year on the ridge

Four seasons. Four reasons to drive up the hill.

Coffin Ridge isn't a summer-only stop. The calendar is already built: music at sunset, ghost walks in October, a Christmas market in November and heated igloos through the winter.

Spring

Bud break across 22 acres of cold-hardy vines. Focaccia and Vintner's Plates on the deck, with the bay in view.

Summer

The Summer Music Series at sunset. Weekend wood-fired pizza, butter boards and a full deck looking out to Georgian Bay.

Fall

Harvest on the ridge, then the October Ghost Walks on Coffin Hill. The season this winery's name was made for.

Winter

Five heated igloos keep the view open all winter, and the November Christmas Market opens the season.

Weddings & Events

The venue is half built. The upside is all yours.

The winery already rents its tasting bar, tent and grounds for private events. An on-site wedding venue is partly built. That is revenue the current owners have not tapped, and it is ready for the next owner to finish and book.

The setting does the selling: timber frame seats on the ridge, Muskoka chairs facing the sunset, a tented dining area and a deck that glows at golden hour.

Private event rentals
Tent and grounds
Wedding venue partly built
Sunset ceremonies

The Working Winery

6,128 square feet, built for the job.

The purpose-built winery holds production, the tasting bar and the taproom under one roof. Tanks, bays, storage and a prep kitchen are already in place and already working.

A new owner walks into a running operation, not a construction project.

6,128 sq ft winery
Production rooms
Storage
Prep kitchen

The Business

See the numbers before you see the vines.

This is a business sale as much as a real estate sale. Complete CPA-prepared financial statements and a confidential information package are released to qualified buyers after a signed confidentiality agreement.

Request it below. We send the agreement, you sign, and the package comes to you with the statements, so you can judge the opportunity on its numbers before you book a visit.

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Built for

Owner-operators
Live on the ridge, run the tasting room and make it yours.
Investors
An established brand, steady visitors and room to grow events.
Hospitality groups
Wine, beer, food and events on one property, with lodging options.
Families
Two homes and a carriage house, with work a short walk away.

Financial statements are shared only under a signed confidentiality agreement.

The Main Residence

4,000 square feet, a short walk from the bar.

The main house sits on its own rise above the vineyard, with a wraparound porch and windows that look out over the vines. No commute. Your morning starts on the porch and your workday starts across the lawn.

Inside: a chef's kitchen, a breakfast room with a window seat facing the vineyard, a sunroom with a long dining table, a library landing, a media room and a fully equipped basement apartment with its own kitchen.

4,000 sq ft
Basement apartment
Wraparound porch
Vineyard views

Room for Everyone

Family upstairs. Guests or staff below.

Upstairs there are bedrooms, a bedroom suite with a jetted tub ensuite and a landing lined with bookshelves. A media room with theatre seating and a study with porthole windows to the hills round it out.

The basement apartment is fully equipped, with its own kitchen, living room and bedroom. Use it for family, a manager, seasonal staff or short-term guests.

Bedroom suite
Library landing
Media room
Self-contained apartment

The Carriage House

1,292 square feet of options.

Across the drive, the carriage house has a two-car garage below and a guest suite above with its own kitchen, sitting nook and bedroom under the eaves.

Rent it short-term to winery visitors, house your winemaker, or give family their own front door.

1,292 sq ft
Guest suite
Own kitchen
Two-car garage

Notable features

Everything, in one place.

The land & vineyard

80.49 acres freehold
22 acres of planted vineyard
Marquette, Baco Noir, Geisenheim, L'Acadie Blanc
Frontenac, Frontenac Gris, Prairie Star, La Crescent
Panoramic vineyard views to Georgian Bay
A 238-year-old tree on the grounds

The winery & hospitality

6,128 sq ft purpose-built winery
Production, tasting bar and taproom
Tasting room and deck
Kilannan Brewery & taproom on site
Five heated igloos for winter
Tent and grounds rented for private events
Wedding venue partly built

The residences

4,000 sq ft main residence
Fully equipped basement apartment
1,292 sq ft carriage house
Carriage house guest suite
Options for short-term rental, staff or family

The business

Turnkey operating winery
35,000 to 40,000 visitors a year
Wine, cider and beer brands
Summer Music Series, Ghost Walks, Christmas Market
First commercial winery in Grey-Bruce
Founders prepared to support the transition

All measurements and details approximate. Buyer to verify.

Gallery

Every angle of it.

52 photographs · tap any to view

Location

Grey County, within sight of Georgian Bay.

Visitors already make the drive from across Ontario, including the GTA and Collingwood. Owen Sound, Meaford, Blue Mountain and the Bruce Peninsula are all within reach for you.

10min

to Owen Sound

10min

to Meaford

35min

to Blue Mountain Village

2.5hrs

to Toronto

Approximate driving times from the winery.

Winery & vineyard properties

Ontario winery properties, represented by Found Spaces.

Three operating wineries and a 38-acre vineyard estate approved for its own winery, from Niagara-on-the-Lake and Twenty Valley to Norfolk County and Georgian Bay.

Jason Hodder and Sandy MacKay of Found Spaces Realty Group (Real Broker Ontario Ltd., Brokerage) market winery, vineyard and farm properties across Ontario: operating wineries with their land, buildings, brands and visitors, sold as going concerns.

The buyers are owner-operators, hospitality groups, investors and families who want land with a working business on it. Each winery gets its own site, photography and a private process: the confidential package after a signed agreement, then a private tour.

Found Spaces Realty Group lists winery and vineyard properties across Ontario, from Niagara-on-the-Lake to Norfolk County to Georgian Bay. Call or text 289-816-3015.

Brought to you by

Jason Hodder

Sales Representative · Found Spaces Realty Group

Jason leads this listing. He answers every enquiry, sends the confidentiality agreement and the package, and walks you from the tasting bar to the end of the vine rows on your private tour.

289-816-3015 Email

Sandy MacKay

Founder & Sales Representative · Found Spaces Realty Group

Sandy works beside Jason on the business side of the sale: what comes with a turnkey winery, how to read the package and the steps to a qualified offer.

289-816-3015 Email

Real Broker Ontario Ltd., Brokerage

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Office 289-816-3015

Questions

The short answers.

Where is Coffin Ridge Winery?: At 599450 2nd Concession North, Annan, Ontario N0H 1B0, on the rolling hills outside Annan in Grey County, within sight of Georgian Bay. About 10 minutes from Owen Sound and 2.5 hours from Toronto.
What is the asking price of Coffin Ridge Winery?: Coffin Ridge Winery is offered at $4,800,000 CAD for the land, the buildings and the operating business.
What is included in the sale?: 80.49 acres freehold, 22 acres of planted vineyard, a 6,128 sq ft purpose-built winery with production, tasting bar and taproom, the tasting room and its deck, the Kilannan Brewery and taproom, a 4,000 sq ft main residence with a fully equipped basement apartment, and a 1,292 sq ft carriage house with a guest suite.
Is the winery business included?: Yes. Coffin Ridge is offered as a turnkey operating winery: the vines, the wine, cider and beer brands, the events calendar and the visitors come with it. Buyers should confirm the exact inclusions in the confidential package and the agreement.
Can I see the financials?: Yes, once you sign a confidentiality agreement (CA). Complete CPA-prepared financial statements and a confidential information package are then released to qualified buyers; request them through the form on this page.
What grapes are planted?: 22 acres of cold-hardy varietals: Marquette, Baco Noir, Geisenheim, L'Acadie Blanc, Frontenac and Frontenac Gris, Prairie Star and La Crescent.
How many people visit?: 35,000 to 40,000 visitors a year, from across Ontario including the GTA and Collingwood.
Is there room to grow?: Yes. The winery already rents the tasting bar, tent and grounds for private events, and an on-site wedding venue is partly built: revenue the business has not tapped yet. The basement apartment and the carriage house guest suite give options for short-term rental, staff or family.
Will the founders help with the handover?: Yes. Founders Neil and Gwen Lamont are prepared to support an orderly transition.
What wineries are for sale in Niagara and Ontario?: Found Spaces Realty Group represents three Ontario wineries and a vineyard estate: Big Head Wines at 823 Line 6 Road, Niagara-on-the-Lake (30.45 acres, $12,000,000), Burning Kiln Winery at 1709 Front Road, St. Williams, Norfolk County (92.68 acres, $5,900,000), Coffin Ridge Winery near Annan in Grey County, over Georgian Bay (80.49 acres, $4,800,000), and 3811 King Street in Lincoln, Twenty Valley (38 acres, 19 planted to vines, approved for an estate winery, $2,900,000). The wineries have their own sites at 823line6road.com, 1709frontroad.com and 599450concession.com; 3811 King Street is at listings.foundspacesrealty.ca/3811-king-street-lincoln-on.
Who sells winery properties in Ontario?: Jason Hodder and Sandy MacKay of Found Spaces Realty Group (Real Broker Ontario Ltd., Brokerage) list winery, vineyard and farm properties across Ontario, from Niagara-on-the-Lake to Norfolk County to Georgian Bay. Call or text 289-816-3015.
What does it take to buy an operating winery in Ontario?: Beyond the land, a buyer needs the winery's licences and authorizations transferred or reissued through the AGCO (and VQA Ontario where wines carry the VQA mark), farm or agricultural zoning that permits the uses you plan, and due diligence on the business itself. Get licensing and legal advice early; the team can walk you through the steps.
Who is selling Coffin Ridge Winery?: Jason Hodder (Sales Representative) and Sandy MacKay (Founder & Sales Representative) of Found Spaces Realty Group, Real Broker Ontario Ltd., Brokerage, 472 Beach Rd, Hamilton, ON L8H 3K7. Call or text 289-816-3015.
How do I book a private tour?: Private tours are by appointment. Send your details in the form on this page, or call or text 289-816-3015, and Jason will come back to you the same day with times.

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