What's Happening at KJ
Check here for sales, special events, and big announcements!
Spring 2021 COVID Policies
Hello everyone! As I am sure you have heard, the Ontario government is in the process of beginning to re-open the province. Starting the day after Family Day (Feb 16) retail shops, among other businesses will be allowed to re-open in some capacity.
The staff at KJ have discussed the merits of re-opening, and we have decided to delay re-opening our store until at least March 1st. We’re concerned about the safety of our staff and the higher risk demographics that we serve. We want to see how the next couple of weeks go, especially with the new variants beginning to spread. We may yet delay our re-opening past March 1st and will update our status accordingly.
We will continue to take orders over the phone or on our online website. We will also continue to bottle wine for our clients. We are striving to offer the best service possible while also keeping everyone safe.
Winter Lockdown Procedures
Starting December 26th, Ontario goes into lockdown again. While unfortunate, we are prepared to continue to serve our customers throughout this. We crushed it the first time, and we'll crush it again! Read on for full details.
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2020 Harvest Pre-Sale
Starting today we are offering a pre-sale on all of our new juices! From now until they arrive in mid November we're offering 5% of our current prices.
How to Order?
Simply visit, email, or call us to reserve your batch of the 2020 harvest.
2020 Fresh Cider!
Want to make your own cider at home? Well we're excited to announce that we will be bringing in freshly pressed apple cider juice this fall!
We are packaging the cider in our 11L (2.9 Gallon) plastic canisters. It is extremely fresh, and it is best if it is picked up within 14 days of its arrival here.
Each 11L canister is $25.99 with no tax - we have a limited quantity available.
Thermoworks Items Now Available!
In case you have not heard of Thermoworks, they are the company who makes the world famous Thermapens. We have wanted to carry their various kitchen items here at KJ for the longest time, and now we finally have a selection of their items.
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The 2019 Harvest Pre-Sale
Reserve your slice of the 2019 harvest from KJ! This year we have all 15 varietals making a return. Get 5% off your pre-order until November 11th.
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The 10th Annual July Wine Sale
Wow! It's our 10th year doing the annual July Wine Sale. What a success it has been over the last 9 years and we're ecstatic to run the sale again this July.
Starting July 22nd, get 20% off select wines made in-store, and 10% off those same juices for home winemakers!
Niagara Cab Franc 2018
Back in mid April I visited Niagara to do some ‘research’ with friends. We had planned the trip months before, we figured it would not be super warm – but spring temps would be in effect. Were we ever wrong. It was an icy, snowy, windy weekend that almost shut down the Skyway. The winemakers we spoke to were fairly concerned about the delayed start to the season – they were already 2-3 weeks behind schedule. The ice storm was the proverbial cherry on top.
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The 2018 Harvest Pre-Sale
Anyone who has been in the shop in the last few weeks has noticed that our chalkboard is dotted with ‘coming soon’. Due to last years poor growing season we were not able to get the same amount of juice as usual, and now at the end of the 2017 season we are running low.
The good news though is the new juice is not far away, and we’re offering a pre-sale on the 2018 harvest starting today.
The 8th Annual July Wine Sale
We are proud to announce our 8th annual July Wine Sale. Starting Monday, July 24 we will be offering 20% off five of our wines made in store, and 10% off the same juices for home winemakers. This is our biggest sale of the year! This years juice list is quite a bit different from last year, our two most popular white wines are making the sale for the first time. There is no limit on how much can be ordered, feel free to stock up!
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The Reno
We’ve got a new website, a new blog, a new name, and we did a complete renovation of the store. We thought it would be fun to show you a before and after of all the changes that have been made. This renovation, along with the other changes had been a long time coming. We are so excited about what has been accomplished, and are so appreciative of all the positive feedback it has garnered.
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Wine Tasting 101
I have a preferred way that I like to taste wine with. It is not the right way, it is not the wrong way, it is quite simply my way. My method is inspired from a number of tastings I have done, but in particular the wine tasting I did at Ravine Winery (Great winery by the way.) in the summer of 2016 was the most influential.
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