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Chateau des Charmes

Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in Ontario

Pioneer Niagara estate winery founded by Paul Bosc Sr. in 1978 on the St. David's Bench, making VQA sparkling and still wines from its own vineyards; sold by the Bosc family in 2024 to an unnamed Ontario investor group.

Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON CA · www.chateaudescharmes.com

97.9

Estate winery in Niagara-on-the-Lake that grows, makes, and bottles VQA wine on its own St. David's Bench vineyards. The Bosc family sold it in June 2024 to an Ontario investor group whose members have not been named, so ownership rests on press accounts of the vendor's own announcement.

Factors

Ownership

100.0 reported

CA 100%

The legal entity is Château des Charmes Wines Ltd. per the privacy policy; Corporations Canada returns zero results, so it is an Ontario corporation, and the Ontario Business Registry could not be fetched. Paul-André Bosc announced the sale on June 21, 2024 to a group the winery's news release called an Ontario investment group and Bosc called young Canadian investors, with Marco Piccoli as CEO; the investors have never been named, so no registry or filing confirms who holds the shares.

Manufacturing

100.0 reported

CA 100%

All wine is made at the estate winery at 1025 York Road, Niagara-on-the-Lake, which has its own geothermal cellars and bottling and disgorging lines, and the wines carry VQA Ontario designation. The LCBO listing for Éclat Bubbles confirms it as a VQA wine, but no VQA Ontario regulator page was fetched.

People

100.0 reported

CA 100%

Single-site business: winery, vineyards, hospitality, and the executive and sales contacts, including the Asia Pacific role, all sit at the York Road estate, and hiring is for on-site hospitality roles. No employee count or LinkedIn check was possible.

Inputs

86.0 inferred

CA 80% · EU 15% · US 5%

Grapes come from the 72 acres of estate vineyards on the St. David's Bench and from the Paul Bosc Estate Vineyard across the road, which supplies Chateau des Charmes exclusively, so the dominant input is Canadian. The winery names French oak barriques and natural corks, which are European, and the origin of glass and other packaging is not published; the split is an estimate.

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