chapelle ste agnes vineyard

The grounds were nice but the concept a little kitsch. Beautiful views, particularly when autumn foliage is at its peak. Wines were nice, but given the price, they should discount the cost of the tour if you buy wine... The guide was not very good, he gave the tour in french and although a number of participants were english speakin he didn't bother to give explanations in English. Rather he responded to specfic questions to individuals after he gave his routine talk. He had ample time to repeat in english what he had just said in french. This took away from the experience for those who did not understand french, as they did not get the same information. Finally we were well warned that we could not deviate from the tour as this was private property. Save your time and money and go toone of the many other friendlier wineries in the region. Finally, when we arrived they asked to join a tour that was already underway, so did not get the full tour.

I booked the place for a baptism celebration 3 months in advance. 22 guests. A celebration, a visit and a lunch. Their price was of 70$ per person. No discussion. No bargaining. Made a deposit of 500$. Went to check everything was ok a couple of time. Two days before the event they called and raised their price (to add10$ per person). I call this extorsion. I strongly suggest to avoid the place.

Nestled in the Sutton mountains and visiting at this time of year was breathtaking to say the least. A small amount of time was needed to get everyone organized and pay for their tour. Remi gave a very informative visit and catered to about 40 people at once. The efforts that have been put into this project..that still isn't finished (plans for lodging units are still to come) but a beautiful place for a wedding or party. The long tour was worth the extra $10.00. Antiques everywhere and can see why the tours are guided instead of people roaming freely. Too many photo to post them all...go see for yourself.

We, a group of 4 adults, visited the place on Sunday Oct. 13th 2013 (Thanksgiving weekend). As suggested on their Interneet site, I contacted John Antony (the owner's son) on Aug. 13th which was TWO months prior!..., to make sure we would be part of an eight-person guided tour of the place. I asked for the 1:30p.m. tour and for a confirmation which he gave me a week later. We arrived there 20 minutes before to make sure paying our entrance fee wouldn't infringe on our tour. There were a lot of visitors but nobody identified as "from the place" came to great us or collect our payment. There was a sign telling us there were tours offered and to "ring the bell" if we wanted to participate. We didn't ring the bell assuming others had done it before us. There were people going in and out of the chapel so we decided to enter too in order to have a look while waiting. A woman, not the owner, (I suspect John's wife) came just as we exited it and started summoning the couple behind us telling them "this is not an open-door exhibition" and to "get in line with the others if you want to visit". We felt welcomed right away! I, not being a person to take this kind of treatment, told her that nobody had come to us and that I had even made a reservation for our group two months before. Finally some employee showed up with a box filled with what looked like sticky coloured dots. He started collecting people's money and putting stickers -that didn't stick at all!- on their hand. I suggested he used a "Sharpie" (from his box) and draw a mark on our hand as proof of payment. Oh!..., that what too unorthodox! After a while and with people getting a little, I'll say uneasy, another employee joined him and showed him which stickers to use. Things were done in a not-so-organized way and I suspect some people didn't pay. Then, Mrs. Conviviality tried pushing a 30-minute tour with a three wine tasting for 20$. I knew from having visited their Internet site that two types of tour were offered, both taking about 2 hours. You get to visit the chapel, the vineyard, the cellars and the castle for 20$ and if you add 10$, you get to participate in the wine tasting so, her 30-minute tour felt like a gimmick. She left with a small group and many of us were left there while others had gone to the chapel with another woman. At some point, the first employee was asked if he was going to be our guide. He answered that the tour had already started! From what we saw in the chapel, there were at least 35 persons. About 15 more (including us) had to "join them" and just accept this, once again. Of course, doing this interrupted the lady. After explaining her what was going on, she gracefully invited us to climb up to the choir loft or balcony just over the entrance and told us to stay once her presentation was done to get the part she just had given to the others. Once out of the chapel and done with this part of the tour, someone else was supposed to come and get the group to continue with the castle. Once again, lack of organization! First employee finally showed up and told us to walk to the castle (short distance) where someone would take care of us. Once there, another lady came and told us we could walk around this part of the castle and have a look before going out to a terrace where someone else would join us to continue the tour.John Antony came and continued the tour, giving us details on the construction, the time it took, the grape varieties, etc. We were -in my opinion- lucky to have him as guide because he knew what he was talking about for sure. After the outside part, we walk through the château on our own following each other in a queue like done at expositions. Then we ended up in a tasting room and tasted 3 different wines which were all good.After the wine tasting, the lady who gave us the chapel tour came back and we followed her to the cellars. A short tour with explanations ended the whole thing.I have to add that I just couldn't get over the fact that NOTHING was protected from not-so-honest hands. Not only I but other participants commented on the fact that it would have been REALLY easy to take a bottle (or more!) and/or some objects from the castle and put it in our backpacks. The place is nice, the owner had a great vision and did a wonderful job at it. Her son and the nice lady did their best considering the fact there was a lot of people. In my opinion, they cater more to private groups with money (weddings, celebrations, meetings) than to the average Joe and it shows. They would benefit taking some time and organize these tours well, one never knows who might show up.

This was a disappointment. As soon as we set foot on the site, we were advised that we could not walk on the grounds without taking the guided tour and, of course, paying. We should have turned around right then and there, but we had driven a long way to get there, so felt obliged. It was only at the end of the short, not terribly interesting, tour that we found out it cost $20 per person! There are a lot of other wineries in the region that have comparable views and do not ask you to pay for them. Some of the tastings in other wineries are even free and, if they are not free, they may cost as little as $3 a person. Save your money and go elsewhere.

I stumbled upon this magnificent vineyard while travelling through Quebec's Eastern Townships (Cantons L'Est) just last week. If I had known about this jewel sooner, I would have already had made several visits.I was fortunate to meet the owner, Mrs. Henrietta Antony - the visionary behind the stunning setting, the stone Romanesque style chapel filled with medieval antiques, the vineyard and its ice wines. I was also privy to the story of her exile from her home country and how she has attempted to recreate her memories at Ste Agnes.If you ever have the chance to visit do so - the cost of the visit is well worth the experience of this remarkable setting & its history.

Enjoy their wine, conversation and beauty of the Chateau and grounds. You will remember your time there.

This vineyard is absolutely superb! We have visited vineyards all over North America - the Napa valley, Niagara peninsula, Okanagan Valley and the Finger Lakes region, but nothing even comes close to this vineyard in Canada.The site is simply stunning, the chapel is magnificent and is straight out of a story book and the cellars built 45 feet deep in bedrock are unique!The vineyard is built like an amphitheater on a hill side. There are lakes and a chateau, and there is so much else to see. The tour is worth every penny and will leave you with fond memories for the rest of your life. Awesome vineyard!

The place is really unique, with a chapel containing rare historical pieces, an impressive domain to visit. But we were a bit surprised to hear the cost of the visit, which we had forgotten to ask: just as we were about to leave, we were told that we had to pay 25 $ per person for a 90 minute visit ...

The vineyard was beautiful, although the tour cost was a high - $20/ person. The ice wine they produce is very good, but they didn't have any of their wines in stock. Overall, it is worth a tour, if only for the uniqueness and beauty of what can only be called an Estate.