Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits
Canadian-owned · made in Canada · based in Ontario
TSX Venture listed Niagara wine group, majority-owned by Lassonde Industries, that makes 20 Bees, EastDell, Lakeview Cellars, Creekside, Backyard Vineyards, Fresh wines and Shiny Apple Cider at four Canadian wineries and imports beer, wine and spirits through its Trajectory Beverage Partners agency.
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON CA · www.diamondwines.com
Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits Inc. is a Niagara-on-the-Lake wine producer listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (DWS) and controlled by Lassonde Industries of Rougemont, Quebec, which with a related holding company owns about 51.6% of the shares. Its four wineries in Ontario and BC produced 92% of fiscal 2026 net revenue; the rest is commission from the Trajectory Beverage Partners agency, which imports European, US and other wines, spirits and beers.
Factors
Ownership
100.0 verifiedCA 100%
The company is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under DWS, and a January 2026 early warning release issued under NI 62-103 states that Lassonde Industries Inc. (Rougemont, Quebec) and a joint actor controlled by Pierre-Paul Lassonde hold approximately 51.56% of the common shares and all of the outstanding convertible debentures. The controlling shareholder and the listing venue are both Canadian, so ownership is allocated entirely to Canada. SEDAR+ returned 403 today, so the audited statements and the early warning release are cited from the company's own investor pages; Corporations Canada shows the federal corporation was discontinued into Ontario in 2007 and the Ontario Business Registry could not be checked.
- Lassonde Acquires a Convertible Debenture of Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits Inc. - Press Releases | Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits LTD. filing “the Lassonde Group now holds 34,964,330 Common Shares, representing approximately 51.56% (on a non-diluted basis) of the issued and outstanding Common Shares”
- Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits Inc. Consolidated Financial Statements, years ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 filing “Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits Inc. ("Diamond" or the "Company") is a public company listed on the TSX-V whose shares trade under the symbol "DWS.V".”
- Federal corporation information - 423150-3 - Online Filing Centre - Corporations Canada registry “Inactive - Discontinued on 2007-02-12”
Manufacturing
93.8 reportedCA 92% · EU 4% · other 2% · US 2%
The audited fiscal 2026 segment note shows $27.5 million of $29.9 million net revenue from manufactured wines, which the MD&A says are made at four facilities, three in Ontario and one in British Columbia. The remaining 8% is agency commission and third-party sales of imported brands from France, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, California, Mexico, Argentina, Australia and New Zealand; the split of that residual by region is our estimate.
- Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits Inc. Consolidated Financial Statements, years ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 filing “The Company operates in two business segments, namely (i) distribution and sales of products represented in Canada under agency agreements with third parties, and (ii) sales of manufactured wines.”
- Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits Inc. Management Discussion and Analysis, years ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 filing “The Company operates four facilities, three in Ontario and one in British Columbia, that produce predominantly VQA wines”
- Home | Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits LTD vendor_statement “Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits LTD is a wine production, marketing, and distribution company based in Niagara. We own and operate four wineries across Canada, with three located in the fruit growing belt of Niagara, Ontario and one nestled in the picturesque Fraser Valley of British Columbia.”
People
100.0 reportedCA 100%
The registered office and principal place of business is 1067 Niagara Stone Road, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, with production sites in Niagara and Langley, BC and the Trajectory sales agency operating across Canada. No headcount by country is published; the filings describe only Canadian operations.
- Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits Inc. Consolidated Financial Statements, years ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 filing “The address of the Company's registered office and principal place of business is 1067 Niagara Stone Road, Niagara-On-The-Lake, Ontario, L0S 1J0.”
- Investors | Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits Inc, Niagara, Ontario vendor_statement “DWS has a strong asset base consisting of four modern production facilities, two fully owned by the Company.”
Inputs
77.5 reportedCA 75% · EU 5% · other 12% · US 8%
Grapes come from the company's own vineyards and Canadian growers, and its wines are predominantly VQA, which requires Canadian fruit. The MD&A notes that glass, the largest packaging component, is sourced both domestically and internationally with only one commercial glass supplier in Canada, and that non-VQA blends have drawn on imported wine when Ontario permitted it. The agency portfolio is entirely imported product. The split is our estimate.
- About Us | Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits LTD vendor_statement “The Company produces award-winning premium wines and ciders using fruit from its own vineyards and from long-standing grower relationships from the best regions in Canada.”
- Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits Inc. Management Discussion and Analysis, years ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 filing “Diamond sources glass from various distributors and manufacturers both domestically and internationally to ensure an adequate supply. As there is currently only one commercial supplier of glass in Canada”
- Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits Inc. Management Discussion and Analysis, years ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 filing “agreed to temporarily increase the blending of imported wines, which enabled Diamond to continue to supply wines to its customers”
- Beer & cider – Trajectory Beverage Partners vendor_statement “Swinkels Breweries Rodenbach”
Where to buy
Grocers
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