Blomidon Estate Winery

At Blomidon Estate Winery, the vineyard does not end at the vines.

Beyond them is water.

Set along the shore of the Minas Basin in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley, the winery gives couples a wedding landscape made from rows of grapes, open sky and the distant waters connected to the Bay of Fundy.

The celebration takes place in a private clearing in the heart of the vineyard.

That privacy matters.

Guests are not simply visiting a winery that happens to have a wedding happening in one corner. For the celebration, the vineyard becomes the setting, allowing the ceremony and reception to feel tucked into the landscape.

And Blomidon deliberately keeps weddings limited.

Only a select number of ceremonies and receptions are hosted each year, giving the property a sense of occasion that suits the setting beautifully.

The contemporary event space provides a clean canvas for couples to bring in their own style without competing with an overly decorated room.

Outside is where Blomidon becomes unmistakably itself.

Wedding photographs can move among the vines while the Minas Basin sits beyond them.

The light changes across the water.

Rows that looked crisp and green during the afternoon soften as evening approaches.

Then everyone comes back together.

Wine is poured in the place where it was made.

Dinner gathers people around the tables.

And the vineyard that formed the backdrop to the ceremony slowly disappears into the Nova Scotia evening.

By then, nobody needs to see it to remember where they are.

Blomidon has already found its way into the wedding.

• Ceremony and reception in one place
• Vineyard and wines of their own
• A patio or terrace