Colio Estate Wines

The privacy statement names the operator as Colio Estates Wines Inc., the company tells its own founding story as an Ontario winery started in 1980 by three Italian bricklayers, and the only ownership event in the press is Colio buying Provincial Beverages of Canada Inc. in 2016 rather than being bought. Corporations Canada returns zero results for Colio, which points to an Ontario corporation, but the Ontario Business Registry sat behind a bot check and could not be searched, SEC full-text search has no filing naming the company, and Wikidata records no owner or parent, so no source names the current shareholders and Canadian private ownership is a conclusion rather than a statement.

• Privacy Policy - Colio Winery vendor_statement “This Privacy Statement provides information on the practices of Colio Estates Wines Inc.”
• About - Colio Winery vendor_statement “three Italian bricklayers named Alfredo, Enzo and Tiberio decided to fulfill their life dream of building a world-class winery”
• Wine company Colio purchases Thornbury Cidery in Ontario - Wines In Niagara press “Colio Estate Wines today announced that it has purchased Provincial Beverages of Canada Inc., located in Thornbury Village, Ont.”
• Search for a Federal Corporation - Online Filing Centre - Corporations Canada - Corporations - Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada registry “Searched for: Corporate name: Colio 0 results were found, 0 returned.”

Wine is made at the winery in Harrow, Ontario, where the winemaker runs harvest, fermentation, blending, and bottling, and the cider and beer are made at the former apple storage building in Thornbury, Ontario, which the Ontario Made directory lists as the production site. The company also acts as an agent for imported wines through its partnership portfolio and sells a Most Wanted range in its shop that it does not claim to make; those agency lines are excluded here because the mix covers Colio's own products.

• About - Colio Winery vendor_statement “Our picturesque winery is located in Harrow, ON, in the heart of the Essex/Pelee Island Coast Wine Country.”
• Our Story - Thornbury Craft Co. vendor_statement “Our cidery operates out of a historic building that was once a wooden apple storage facility. Today, it's where we proudly craft our small-batch ciders and beers.”
• Thornbury Village Craft Cider and Beer | Thornbury Village Cider & Beer directory “We proudly craft our cider in our state-of-the-art cider production facility amidst 7,500 acres of apple orchards, in the heart of apple country.”
• Partnership Portfolio - Colio Winery vendor_statement “representing a carefully curated list of suppliers from around the globe, both provincially and nationally”

Head office and winery are at 1 Colio Drive in Harrow, Ontario, the 14 retail boutiques are all in Ontario, and the cidery, brewery, and taproom are in Thornbury, Ontario. No page publishes a headcount, and no facility outside Ontario is mentioned anywhere.

• Contact - Colio Winery vendor_statement “WINERY 1 Colio Drive, PO Box 372, Harrow, ON N0R 1G0”
• Colio Retail Boutiques - Colio Winery vendor_statement “Our wines are available at any of our 14 Colio Retail Boutiques.”
• Home - Thornbury Craft Co. vendor_statement “Visit Our Taproom 90 King St. E., Thornbury, ON”

The VQA wines, the Small Lot series, and the Thornbury ciders use Ontario grapes and fresh-pressed Ontario apples, but the everyday Colio Dry Red and Extra Dry White boxes and the High Road Cellars wines are labelled as international blends of imported and domestic wine with no source country given, and the Ridgeline pilsner is brewed with Bohemian malts, Saaz hops, and Czech yeast. The split is an estimate that assumes the bulk wine in the blends comes mostly from Southern Hemisphere and US suppliers, since no page names the origin.

• Colio Extra Dry White 4L vendor_statement “International blend from imported and domestic wines.”
• High Road Cellars Pinot Grigio vendor_statement “Blend: International blend from imported and domestic wines”
• Blue Mountain Brewing Company Ridgeline Pilsner vendor_statement “An authentic Czech-style pilsner brewed with Bohemian malts, Saaz hops and genuine Czech yeast.”
• Home - Thornbury Craft Co. vendor_statement “Thornbury Craft Cider is made with fresh-pressed apples right here in Ontario Apple Country.”