Seminars and company events
Grange of Prince Edward Estate Winery hosts weddings for up to 100 guests, private dinners for 18 to 65 and corporate retreats, in a 200-year-old barn converted into a winery on Closson Road in Hillier, Prince Edward County, Ontario.
For companies, the winery offers retreats with catering from breakfast through dinner, so a team can work in the barn by day and stay on for a meal among the vines in the evening. The private dining format, built for groups of 18 to 65, suits a client dinner, a board evening or the closing meal of an offsite. Menus are served plated or family style, and sample menus are sent on request. Groups also have the tasting room at hand for a guided flight before dinner.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings are offered for groups from two to 100 guests, which covers both elopements and mid-sized celebrations. The wedding packages are set out in a brochure the winery sends on request. Private dining also covers rehearsal dinners and the gatherings held the day before or after a wedding, as well as birthdays and anniversaries.
Rooms and capacities
Events take place in the great hall and the dining loft of the converted barn. Most spaces have windows looking over the gardens and the vineyard, and a 30-foot fieldstone fireplace rises on the north wall of the hall. The website does not give separate capacities for each room. In summer, the great hall also serves dinner to the public on some evenings, and the winery closes early to visitors on dates booked for private events.
Catering
Food comes from the winery's culinary team, Grange Culinary, which also runs the Grange Bistro indoors and the outdoor Vineyard Kitchen. For plated private dinners, the winery asks for guests' menu choices, dietary needs and a seating plan three weeks ahead, so organizers should plan their guest list early.
History and setting
Planting began on the farm in 2001, and the vineyard that gives the winery its name was planted in 2003. A vineyard renewal program started in 2022 under viticulturist Mike Peddlesden. The tasting room offers guided and self-guided flights, wine by the glass with seating over the vines, a bottle shop and a charcuterie program, which gives guests something to do before an event starts.
Getting there
The winery is at 990 Closson Road in Hillier, in the western part of Prince Edward County. Belleville, with a VIA Rail station on the Toronto to Montreal line, is the nearest rail stop, about 40 minutes by car. Toronto is roughly a two-and-a-half-hour drive, so most groups arrive by car or coach.
