The Winery At Marjim Manor

One of my favioret things we did on my last visit to New York and I cannot wait to go back!
Throughout our sweet wine tasting Margo told us the haunted stories behind the manor, which was so unique and fun.
We took a tour and TOTALLY got goose bumps by the French doors! You could feel the energy of spirits in there which was very neat.
Walked out with three bottles and a fantastic exspierence.
I highly recommend taking the beautiful drive out to this winery; unlike any other winery exspierence out there!

One of my favorite wineries on the wine tour!
It doesn’t house my favorite wine, but it’s pretty good. They won the award for best red sweet wine, so I picked up a bottle and it was good! It’s different from my normal inclination to have Niagara Landing, but it was still great.
I have to say, the best part about this place is the history behind it. Without giving away the story, because you really need to hear it for yourself, the place is haunted because of a death that took place in one of the rooms. Without asking, I decided to explore the house and ended up in the open parlor where the person was shot. Just being there was kind of chilling. I looked to my right and one of the cats was by the doorway, just staring at me.
I ran off because the cat was giving me the creeps. But I did end up getting the sweet wine that they had, and I’m pretty sure it was gone in a day. Oh well.
I would definitely come back here next time I’m on the trail. It has a lot of character!

Cats! There’s always a bunch of cats running around and I am a huge fan of cats.
There’s also supposedly ghosts running around if you believe that kind of thing. The people who work here will tell you a few ghost stories if you ask. Everyone who works here is really friendly so don’t be afraid to ask questions about ghosts, cats, history or wine!
The wine is good. The list is huge so there are plenty of options. There are a lot of fruit wines. I tend to stick to the dryer wines here, their sweeter fruit wines have an odd (almost medicinal) aftertaste for me.
The building itself is so pretty. The front room gets a ton of natural light and there’s usually a lady selling chocolate up there too. And cats are usually up there too.
There’s a trail behind the manor that leads to a tiny little pond. It’s really cool to check out in summer.

Came here on a wine tour with a bunch of friends. Definitely want to go back and get the history behind this place. The people were all friendly and we got a wine glass with the tastings which was super cool. Very beautiful place and I would love to explore it and also live here and never leave and is it for sale? #runonsentence #canibuymarjimmanor?
X’s and O’s!
J

I visited Marjim Manor for the second time. Alas, no William Shakespeare today, but the servers were more lively and engaging this time, and there were free chocolate tastings courtesy of Just Chocolate (I picked up some cayenne chocolate. Spicy!)
I’ll include impressions of all their wines I’ve tried to date.
Cat’s Meow is a dry white wine with just the right amount of citrus.
Sophia’s Sunrise is made from grapes and tart cherries. It’s not too tart, not too sweet and unlike anything I’ve ever tasted, albeit true to its components.
Shabel’s sunset is a catawba wine, and a great one at that. The catawba wine from Honeymoon Trail was outshined by their Pink Diamond so I don’t remember it as well, but this is probably comparable if not better. If you like catawba wines like I do, you’ll love it.
Lady of the Manor is good for a concord wine. They do personalized labels for Mother’s Day.
Once Upon a Time is a sparkling apple wine. It tastes like apple cider. Eh.
Treasure Beyond Measure is a sweet plum wine made to commemorate the owner’s triumph over breast cancer. I felt like I should be clothed in antique lace to drink it, and I mean that in the best way possible.
They have several cherry wines of varying degrees of sweetness. I’ve only tried cherry Symphony, a dessert wine. It’s more tart than sweet.
Blue Beryl was a juicy, pleasantly sweet wine that finished with an extra burst of blueberry. I hope it returns someday. Seriously, I miss it. The blueberry wine at Vizcarra is good but lacks the wow factor Blue Beryl possessed. One of my all time favorites.
Last year’s Katapalooza vintage didn’t really do anything for me, but I’m even less of a fan of the current vintage. It was strangely smoky in an unappealing way.
Pours have been generous (several sips) both times I’ve visited. Also, I’m not sure why anyone would expect the staff to keep tabs on the cats or produce them on demand. It’s not unlike blaming the zoo when nocturnal animals have the audacity to sleep during business hours. Service is friendly and reliable. Cats are cats.

We had such high hopes for this winery with all of the stories of ghosts and haunted buildings. However, it was hands down the worst winery on the tour.
When we walked in, we were not greeted, but immediately barked at with the cost of the wine tasting. You have to pay up front, and I wasn’t even sure I wanted to go taste these wines at this point.
When we arrived at the desk, the woman had already rung up our total, assuming we would each have a separate tasting. This rubbed us the wrong way, and we decided to share two between the four of us. I was really glad we did.
The wine list has absolutely no descriptors of the wine. There were about twenty choices, and all the information we had was the name, and maybe telling us if it was a cherry or an apricot wine. Perhaps if there had been descriptors I might have picked a wine I liked.
The wines are laid out on the counter in these cheap black plastic buckets full of water. The wine labels are tacky and need a serious graphic designer.
Every wine we picked was syrupy sweet. Our friends has the cab, and said it was the worst can they’ve ever tasted in their lives. It’s probably a good thing that the pours were barely enough for a sip.
We heard such great stories of the cats, but they were nowhere to be seen, and when we asked, the guy behind the counter just shrugged and said «oh they’re somewhere.»
I would absolutely steer anyone away from this winery.

I now know why the good Lord made fruit and why Adam and Eve were told not to eat the apples from the fruit tree! It was because the apples were being saved for WINE at this fantastic winery! ! Soooo many different varieties of fruit wines! I definitely could become a wino ;-)

My mom saw that there are tarot card readings here on Sundays in the Gusto section of the paper. She wanted to go, and asked if I was in. Well I’ve gotta say, I really love a day trip up to Niagara County and I love all things «new age» so of course I was in!
If you take Transit Road (Rt. 78) up from anywhere in the Northtowns, it’s super easy to get here. Plus you will pass some great places to stop along the way. Lake Effect Ice Cream for a cold artisan dessert, Reid’s for some super cheap picnic eats, to name a couple of stops. Plus it’s semi-​close to other wineries up here. On a beautiful day, like today, the drive is gorgeous.
There’s plenty of parking at the winery, and when you pull up, the manor looks majestic. The sky was blue today and the grounds were beautiful. It was an awesome sight. We parked and walked up to the porch, immediately greeted by an adorable and super friendly cat, whom I learned is named William Shakespeare. We walked in and were greeted at a counter. Walked into a room for the tarot reading. I went first and my mom enjoyed a glass of sparkling apple wine. When I was done, I got a wine tasting and really enjoyed it. My favorite wine was an apricot wine called Jewel of the Crown, I even bought a bottle. They have a lot of unique fruit wines. The plum wine is another I liked. They had chocolate tasting/​samples too. Yum!
This winery was a buzz the whole time we were there, but it’s quieter than one might expect. I’m going to guess that your visit will be what you make it. Initiate conversation with the employees, enjoy your time there, and it should be pleasant!
Speaking of the haunted house… While I was having my cards read, one of the doors slowly opened in front of me… The medium said there was a girl in a white dress who said she liked it so much there she wasn’t leaving. Hmmmm, interesting!
My buddy William Shakespeare was laying under my car when we walked out. He was so loving to me, I wanted to take him home! But instead I ushered him into the shade, under the tree, away from the car, gave him a belly rub and bid him my adieu. Til next time, William Shakespeare!
Don’t miss this winery. It certainly has it’s charms!

I went with a group of 9 and were told that we had to pat $ 5 for 4 tastings and a glass… we really didn’t want a glass so asked if we could just pay for the tasting. We were told there was not a cheaper one with no glass but found a sign that said said 4 tastings for $ 3 …when asked we were told that bc we showed up in a limo we had to pay more… not sure what you all think but we were not impressed with that or the wine!

Unfortunately, this is my least favorite winery on the trail. It has so much potential with it being a haunted place, but the service and wines don’t match up with the uniqueness of the venue. They are NOT accommodating to groups of people — which they should realize brings in a lot of money. They were so unwelcoming as soon as we stepped foot in the door with 21 people (after calling in advance to let them know we were on the way). If we weren’t on a time constraint, we would have left and went to a different winery — IT WAS THAT UNCOMFORTABLE! It was only our second winery of the day and we had just had so much fun at the first place, so this was a buzz kill. They wanted to charge us an extra $ 2/​person and force us into buying a souvenir glass solely based on us coming in a limo. If anything, we should get a discount for bringing a large group — not pay more. We had already collected the money from everyone, so eventually the woman agreed to let us pay the normal rate (which we were told when we called in advance).
Knowing this place was haunted, the group was intrigued to learn more. We anticipated the venue to provide more of an explanation, but not a word was said. When we tried to look at the rest of the winery, the owner (I assumed) snapped at us and said they were preparing for a wedding so we could not view the other tasting room.
Their wines are only bottled on site — they are not even made by them. Majority of the wines are too sweet.
If they were friendlier, we all would have bought something — but we all left without a purchase after the way we were treated. Service goes a long way — and this place lacks it. I will never return, nor will any members of our group.

What a charming, quirky winery! The owner is so sweet and so are her fruit inspired wines. The house where the tastings take place is haunted by previous owners, which you’ll hear about as you taste your wines.
Also, if you’re the designated driver for the day you’ll get a free coffee mug with the winery’s logo. Very thoughtful!

Friendly people in an interesting old house with lots of fruit wines that have kitschy names.
We stopped here on the way back to the cottage after a day of Canadian wineries, and we don’t like fruit wines, so we should have known better. The tasting was free — good — but the wines were a little too warm to really enjoy. They had all the windows open and the fans on, but the wines were in some kind of cooler thing that didn’t really keep them cold.
Supposedly the house is haunted, according to the woman owner, but her husband doesn’t believe. The server did tell us that they’ll be on Ghost Hunters this fall, so we’ll have to see if it’s true.
The wines are affordable — we got a decent bottle for $ 9, but we bought it mainly because we wanted to get something since the tasting was free.
When we had it with some spicy appetizers the next night, it was a decent combination.