When Glenn Dodge built a wine cellar in his Halifax home 25 years ago, he anticipated filling it with fine, rare wines that he’d serve at dinner parties. As it turned out (unsurprisingly), his wine consumption vastly eclipsed his wine collection – triggering a curiosity into making his own wine.
Thus began Glenn’s journey to reconnect with his family’s agricultural roots, cultivate their ancestral land in Nova Scotia’s lush Avon Valley, and learn the art and science of making wine. After experimenting with grapes from Nova Scotian vineyards, he eventually cultivated 7,000 plants over four acres.
Bent Ridge Winery officially opened to the public on July 1st, 2018.
Glenn and two friends built the entire structure from scratch, paying painstaking attention to aesthetic and atmosphere – modelled after Italian and Latin American design inspirations he’d picked up along his many travels.