Coyote’s Run Estate Winery

This is as good as it gets in Niagra on the Lake. The wine was the best of all of the places we tried and the only place we bought from. Make sure to try the Riesling it is delicious. Victoria did our wine tasting and she was fantastic. Would definitely recommend it to anyone visiting.

The winery has the best Pinot Noir in the region (Red Paw/​Black Paw series). Their Rare Vintage reds are spectacular — I think I must have bought 10 bottles or so of their Rare Vintage Cab Sauv for 2010 :) which is sadly no longer available — I just kept coming back for it causing no end of amusement on the side of the winery’s staff.
The staff are friendly and extremely knowledgeable, and the prices are more than reasonable.
To make the package complete Coyote’s run has a very nice patio with a gorgeous view where one can sit and drink the wine.
I highly recommend this winery.

Our midway point during the casual/​impromptu cycle tour of NOTL wineries.
A small, family-​run, owner-​involved winery. With nice clean potties. (My bladder thanks you!)
Hub wasn’t impressed with most of the wines, but I really enjoyed the Five Mile Red, Red Paw Merlot and Rare Vintage Meritage. All smooth, easy drinkers (AKA: where’d that bottle go???)
I found their Syrahs to be sour-​ish (?) but the employees/​owners and vineyard doggie (Sangio!) to be very sweet.
This was the only place I found that waives your tasting fees with purchase.
Great Idea. Sold.
I’d recommend it to anyone looking for a more low-​key place. Reminds me a little of one of my favorite vineyard on the Niagara Wine Trail (in the USA.)

Definitely include Coyote’s Run on your next Niagara visit. The Red/​Black Paw difference is fascinating and the staff at the tasting bar will guide you through their unique terroir. Thanks to everyone for being so hospitable and informative, we’ll be back.

This was the third winery we visited during a trip to Niagara on the Lake. The winery itself is beautiful and interior has a welcoming homey feel. We did a few tastings here and the wine was pretty good, but we were not impressed enough to take any home with us. What really stood out to me was the poor customer service. The saleswoman helping us commented that she knew little about wine which I thought was unprofessional. I’d expect to be speaking to an expert when I am doing a tasting. She also said that the winery purchases grapes from different vendors so I was confused as to why they were not using grapes grown there? Lastly, at the end of our tasting she admitted she forgot how many wines we tasted and didn’t know how much to charge us. Perhaps we would have had a nicer time if there had been more professional sales associates working.

Coyote’s Run Estate Winery is definitely worth a visit as I love the small family unpretentious vibe.
The tasting area though small but it is good in a way that you won’t find any bus group drop by here for a tasting or tour! A more relax atmosphere as I can spend some time talking to the staff about their wine.
What made my visit most interesting is the availability of wine comparison between Red Paw (red Trafalgar clay loam) and Black Paw (dark Toledo clay loam) Vineyards: 2011 Cabernet Sauvignon side by side.
2012 Vintage 30 Gewürztraminer and 2010 Meritage were both enjoyable!
You can pay by the glass for tasting or if you ended up buying a bottle like me, it is free!

we took advantage of The Wine & Herb Festival
info — a weekend touring the 21 Wineries of Niagara-​on-​the-​Lake where each will feature a different herb-​themed food pairing matched to a premium VQA wine selected to highlight the flavour and aroma of the herb.
featured herb — artisanal cheese and chive tart with pears with 2008 Pinot Gris/​Pinot Blanc
review — really interesting that they have their red paw and black paw wines. sampled their 2006 red paw cab franc, which was really nice. there weren’t any black paw varieties yet for tasting. would have been nice to compare the two. the red and black referred to the soil, which they also had on display which was really cool.

Coyote’s Run seems more family-​run than other wineries. The venue itself is a new construction building and feels like many houses. Not an old farm house or an ostentatious castle, either. Just a regular house that can front the business of good, solid wines. I liked it. The tasting bar is on the small side, so hope to get there when there aren’t too many others. Pinot Noir is one of their specialities, and for good reason. There are small fees around $ 1 for some wines, but many are complementary. And, if you buy a bottle or two or twelve, all the tastings are free. And believe me, you will want to buy a bottle or two. At quite reasonable prices– $ 9−25/bottle, they are overall good values. It is also interesting to speak with the folks behind the counter to get a sense of the two different soil types they grow on. Red and black earth samples are displayed throughout and you can really taste a difference. The people here are nice, humble and down to earth. No pretense here! I highly recommend this on your way through the wine country.

This was our first stop on our limited Canadian wine tour, and I had been lead to believe that Canadian wine was nothing to get excited about so my expectations were low. This place proved me wrong, every single white wine we tried was really good, whether it was precisely to my taste or not. We only tried one red, a pinot noir, which I thought was a little subpar, but overall it was great, the tasting was free, the woman doing the pouring was incredibly friendly and informative, and we had a great time. We bought a really great pinot gris that was the standout of the tasting, but everything we bought was reasonably priced.

Small boutique winery in the middle of gosh-​darn nowhere. There are plenty of wineries to visit in the Niagara-​on-​the-​Lake region, this one should be a MUST SEE.
I took part in a wine & cheese tour here and let me tell you, it was unbelievable. I should start off by saying that I’m not a big wine fan. In fact before I went on this tour, I probably hadn’t consumed wine more than a handful of times.
The tour was very informative. Our guide, Andrea I believe her name was, spoke a lot about wine making and wine tasting in general. This was by no means a sales pitch on the winery. We tried three different kinds of wines, pairing them with three different cheeses (a creamy brie, old white cheddar and blue cheese). Don’t ask me to name the wines, because I was so consumed by the cheese I didn’t even catch the names.
The last wine we tasted was an Icewine. That I remember because it was my fav. The tour lasted for probably around an hour. The cost a cheapy $ 8 per head. Though I don’t think I’ll even develop an appreciation for wine, I experienced a little slice of heaven on Coyote’s Run.