Benjamin Bridge

The vendor's story page and its March 2025 announcement say Murphy Hospitality Group of Prince Edward Island became an equal equity partner in Benjamin Bridge Vineyards, whose CEO is Ashley McConnell-Gordon, daughter of the founding McConnell-Gordon family; MHG describes itself as a family business run by Kevin and Kathy Murphy and their three sons. Both halves are Canadian family owners, so ownership is fully Canadian. Corporations Canada returned zero results, so the entity is provincial, and the Nova Scotia Registry of Joint Stock Companies is a JavaScript application that could not be queried, so no registry filing confirms the shareholders.

• Our Story | Benjamin Bridge vendor_statement “In March 2025, the Murphy Hospitality Group (MHG) became an equal equity partner in Benjamin Bridge”
• Second-Generation Maritime Beverage Alcohol Companies Combine Forces – Benjamin Bridge vendor_statement “Benjamin Bridge Vineyards is excited to announce that Murphy Hospitality Group has become an equal equity partner in Benjamin Bridge”
• Murphy Hospitality Group | Restaurants, Breweries & Hotels since 1980 vendor_statement “This is, and has always been, a family run business. My wife, Kathy, three sons, Ben, Sam and Isaac, are integral parts of the company”
• Benjamin Bridge - Wine Growers Nova Scotia directory “Founded in 1999 by Gerry McConnell and his late wife, Dara Gordon”
• Search Results - Corporations Canada registry “0 results were found, 0 returned.”

The wines are fermented and aged at the winery at 1966 White Rock Road in the Gaspereau Valley, with the vendor describing hand harvesting, wild fermentation, and stainless steel, oak and concrete vessels on its own crush pad and cellar. Online orders are packed at a retrofitted apple juice plant the winery owns in Berwick, Nova Scotia, so all production is in Canada.

• Winemaking – Benjamin Bridge vendor_statement “Storage and fermentation vessels for the base wines include stainless steel, neutral 225L French Oak barrels, 600L Demi-Muids, and more recently 1900L concrete eggs”
• Contact Us | Benjamin Bridge vendor_statement “Our online shop operates from our warehouse in the small farm town Berwick, Nova Scotia, in an old apple juice processing plant that we retrofitted to accommodate our growing winery”
• Benjamin Bridge - Certified B Corporation - B Lab directory “Headquarters Nova Scotia , Canada Certified Since March 2024 Industry Growing perennial crops”

The vendor says it supports 50 full-time, year-round jobs in rural Nova Scotia, and its only named sites are the Gaspereau Valley winery and the Berwick warehouse. The B Corp profile lists headquarters in Nova Scotia and operations only in Canada, and no staff outside the province are mentioned anywhere.

• Our Story | Benjamin Bridge vendor_statement “supporting 50 full-time, year-round jobs in rural Nova Scotia”
• Contact Us | Benjamin Bridge vendor_statement “Our online shop operates from our warehouse in the small farm town Berwick, Nova Scotia, in an old apple juice processing plant that we retrofitted to accommodate our growing winery”
• Benjamin Bridge - Certified B Corporation - B Lab directory “Headquarters Nova Scotia , Canada Certified Since March 2024 Industry Growing perennial crops”

Grapes, the dominant input, come from the winery's own 170 acres in the Gaspereau Valley and a small roster of local growers, with Nova 7 blended from Nova Scotia fruit such as Muscat, Ortega, Riesling, l'Acadie and Vidal. The vendor names neutral French oak barrels and Demi-Muids among its vessels, an EU input, but does not say where its glass, cans, closures or labels come from, so the packaging split is an estimate. The online store runs on Shopify, a Canadian platform.

• SUSTAINABILITY | OUR STORY | Benjamin Bridge vendor_statement “Our role as land stewards of 170 acres of the Gaspereau Valley is a great responsibility”
• Nova 7 | Benjamin Bridge vendor_statement “Crafted from a vibrant blend of Muscat, Ortega, Riesling, Geisenheim, l'Acadie and Vidal”
• Benjamin Bridge is B Corp Certified! | Journal | Benjamin Bridge vendor_statement “our suppliers, including our small roster of grape growers”
• Winemaking – Benjamin Bridge vendor_statement “Storage and fermentation vessels for the base wines include stainless steel, neutral 225L French Oak barrels, 600L Demi-Muids, and more recently 1900L concrete eggs”