Wineries

I drove out of my way to come here. LOVE the winery and all things in Amana!! Ackerman has the BEST wine out there!! I live 250 miles away and STILL will come here occasionally because it is so fabulous! I have visited Amana since I was very young on road trips with my parents and my dad started us going to the winery in Amana. With him it was always BlackBerry, and that is not my favorite but the memories it brings up warm my heart and soul. Ackerman provides samples.of each wine that you want to try. And, I must confess, I usually try the ones I'm interested in of course, but always sneak a sample of the BlackBerry for those memories. My dad has been gone since 1992 and it is so amazing to toast him and remember. They are reasonably priced too! AND have a box special where you can purchase bottles in a box and save even more over their already reasonable price! Now dont fo thinking this is 3.00 a bottle cheap. No it is not. BUT for quality wine with amazing bouquet and all around fantastic staff, Ackerman is hands down the best I have found. And just for reference for you, there are 4 wineries within 50 miles of.my home. I still prefer a road trip to Ackerman! Amana has wonderful shops all around! And I will be at every one before I leave town, but my first and last stop of the visit is ALWAYS Ackerman winery!!

Enjoyed a wonderful conversation with the owner while we sampled the various wines. The whole experience was wonderful. We will definitely go back.

the summer concert series is a family-friendly great time. In the staff is fabulous they always have great food truck

Great, knowledgeable staff. After a wine tasting grab a bottle of wine and a stone oven pizza, delicious. Thanks to Park Farm Winery for the excellent time. We enjoyed the Willow, dry white.

Cute and very nice

Love the pear wine!

Extremely knowledgeable, fantastic choices, and a pleasant shopping experience.

Top notch product selection (best wine selection in the St. Albert EASILY), the most knowledgeable staff I've ever seen, and three cute doggies!

Great selection & knowledgeable staff. Would try here for unique beer and cider. Love it.

We had a great experience here. I purchased a winery tour from Groupon, they do tours even through the winter. Winter tours involve a complete explanation of the wine making process from picking the fruit to bottling the wine. Each step and the tools involved are explained along the way. There is a very organic flow of how the presentation comes together, like you're being sped through the entire process, which takes months. The winter tour also goes into depth over the science behind how the wine comes together, the choices they made as a "cottage winery" and his they came to produce such a nice product. They will only produce 4 wines in as many bottles as the harvested fruit will make, they have to use whatever they can grow on their land and they keep all of their ingredients and processes as simple as possible to retain the flavor of the fruit in their wines. Seems simple but it's very cleverly thought out in its own complicated way. I'd any part of their process changed they wouldn't be able to make the wines they make, it's that simple. "The Barb" is a rhubarb red wine. Very light in body and flavorful. The colour resembles a rosé, it has a light finish with the slight bitterness of rhubarb on the tongue. That was our first sample. "The Ruby" is a rhubarb strawberry red that feels very substantial. Strawberry smells fill the room when you're holding a glass and there's a crisp bite to this wine with a sweet strawberry finish. It leaves you wanting another sip, making this wine an insidious guest at your next party that wants to stay and cause trouble ;). This was my favorite. "The Other Red" is made with raspberry. I'm not a huge fan of sour tastes, this one was a bit tart, has strong body and lots of interesting flavours. After talking with Rick, the idea of adding a wine in oak barrels, or even better in of oak whiskey barrels, would transform this wine (an idea they are toying with) but it was a bit too sour for me. "The Jewel" is a soon-to-be-released fortified wine coming out in May 2018 that has me very excited. I want able to taste that one yet because it's still in production. You are able to buy directly from Barr Estate, just call or text if you want one or two bottles and they'll accommodate you. There have been some events held on their grounds, which would make for a very interesting reception venue, unlimited boutique wines made 100 feet away? Heck yeah. Go for the Groupon, get the tour. Warm weather tours involve seeing the orchards, sheep, Alpaca, the dogs and the beautiful rustic farm. Cherry blossoms come out for a week, book your tour then and you'll get an unforgettable stroll through all the cherry trees with white fragrant flowers... Seriously, they run groupons all year long for the tours, winter groups are usually under 5 or 6 people, summer tours are 20+.

Fun place for all ages.

Excellent store. There's always a knowledgeable staff member on hand to help with wine selections. Store carries a great "World of Beers" wall as well with a good selection. I dropped the rating by one star due to the fact they don't carry all the wine selections available in some of their Calgary stores, a trip from Airdrie to Calgary should not be necessary for a specific product to be purchased.

Great service.

Always agreat experience good pinot noir Selection

We had a wonderful lunch on the patio overlooking the lake. The food was delicious...every dish that we ordered. The sevice relaxed but efficient and our server was very friendly and professional. We had a tasting after lunch and purchased some wine. A completely lovely experience.

Like others have said, the staff here are super friendly! We were (still are) very new to wines and the staff here was very patient and explained everything to us. It was a very educational wine tasting tour :) and we enjoyed it a lot

Heather was an amazing hospitality manager! The wines are magnificent just as their view ! I can't wait to see their new venue 🤗