Thanks for visiting my wineries website.

You're probably wondering how a guy like me, a professional golfer, got into the wine business. In my case it was a number of things that happened that led to my winery launching about 4 years ago. For starters, my wife and I are wine lovers. We have a wine cellar at our home and enjoy many different wines from around the world and we even planted some grapes in front of our house. Its a fully trellised and drained vineyard - about 5 rows and 30 vines per row. The grapes are too new to be able to harvest for wine yet but we can't wait to try and do something with them. Wine has always been part of my life. When I used to go and visit my grandparents in Niagara Falls; my grandfather was a proud Italian and he made his own wine and insisted that we try some. Boy, have we come a long way with wine quality in the Weir family!

With my Niagara roots I watched with interest as the Niagara wine Industry started to get recognized around the world for its wines and I started to take an interest in Canadian wines in general. When I hosted the Champions dinner at Augusta National Golf Club in 2004 following my Masters win I insisted that all of the wine be VQA wines from Niagara.

At that time I received a number of inquiries from passionate Niagara winery owners about my involvement in a winery and the idea started to take shape. When my wife and I founded the Mike Weir Foundation to help children in 2004 the idea that a winery could help raise funds and awareness came together and I launched my first wines in April of 2005.

I take great interest in everything we are doing at Mike Weir Winery and I'm very passionate about the quality of our wine. I hope to get more and more involved over time but my tour schedule and young family are my priorities. Bricia and I entertain a lot at our home and I love to bring my wines out. Not so much to promote them but to watch peoples faces when they find out they're from Canada and the Niagara Peninsula. Not many Americans know that we have a burgeoning wine region and even fewer know how good the wine is. I'm very proud to be able to further the cause of Canadian and Niagara wines through my travel and the many opportunities that are afforded me.

I've learned that wine is a very personal thing and people enjoy it many different ways. I love to pair wine and food and this website will give you some ideas on that. I've also learned that making and creating wine is a passion, just like golf. Wine to me is a journey. You start out trying a few things and the next thing you know your reading, buying more wines, learning more and eventually collecting. Then one day - you're planting grapes in your front yard! Golf is very much like that too and I suppose it's why I am so passionate about both. Before you know it you're buying better clubs, playing nicer courses taking lessons etc.

I truly hope you enjoy my wines and understand that your purchase is helping us make a difference in children's lives. I hope you share your stories about wine and golf with me as well. I can promise you that I'll bring the same passion and commitment to quality wine as I have to my golf career and I hope you join me in that journey.

All the best,