Sugar Woods Experimental Vineyards

Hank is so friendly and kind. I loved learning about the new and time saving fermentation device he now has in place. Hank is very knowledgeable and happy to answer any and all questions. I would like to visit again one day. 😊

We visited the vineyard during a recent visit to Wolfe Island and got a great explanation of Hank's operations and goals. Hank was very kind and knowledgeable and clearly passionate about the wine! Really neat visit and would go back.

My wife has visited Sugar Woods before, and so we went over during a recent trip to Wolfe Island. Hank Connell and his son Eric are working tirelessly to provide a tough and tasty wine grape to the area. Working with the Frontenac grape and more recently a varietal called Marquette, they are assessing performance in the field, not in a laboratory. Their result is an easy-to-propagate varietal that produces a full bodied complex wine that has great promise. They gave us a tour during a busy time of the season and answered all of our questions I great detail. I enjoyed the visit very much.