Nova Scotia’s Benjamin Bridge Sparkling Wines: Where Audacity Meets Evolution

Between Maine and Nova Scotia, you’ll find an extraordinary ecosystem, the tidal basin of the Bay of Fundy. The daily water flow in this Bay surpasses that of all the world’s freshwater rivers combined.

In the Gaspereau Valley bordering the Bay, you’ll find an extraordinary winemaker, Jean-Benoit Deslauriers. He is a man of deliberate thought and audacious spirit who crafts wines rooted in purity of place.

Sparkling Wine Alchemist

Jean-Benoit is not your average winemaker; he’s a philosopher, a farmer, and an alchemist of sparkling wines. His vision?

“We want to be the first winery to produce a most extraordinary, non-alcoholic sparkling wine that is connected to place,” he said. “And that has organoleptic and sensory qualities that will shock customers.”

His childhood passion grew into his life’s mission to redefine the local wine industry away from the Eurocentric view. Through reinvigorating the holistic connection between humans and nature, he is leading Benjamin Bridge into the upper echelons of global sparkling wine. His wines express the special character of this place.

Great Sparkling Wine Factors

At Benjamin Bridge, wine is a natural product that beautifully combines human effort and nature’s bounty. The company uses both organic and regenerative viticulture to ensure the health of the land and the grapes. The ecosystem’s gifts take precedence over an idealized view of sparkling wine perfection.

Growing exceptional wine grapes is an intimate conversation between land and climate. For sparkling wine, geography and a cool climate are paramount.

The Bay’s climate allows grapes to ripen slowly enough to develop the rare and prized complexity and maturity of the world’s greatest sparkling wines. This cool climate yields grapes with the nirvana combination of high acidity and low sugar content.

A Passion for Evolution

Jean-Benoit lives and breathes innovation in support of the land, the people, and the wine. His pursuit of perfection has led him to low-intervention winemaking such as wild yeast fermentation to keep the wine connected to the land.

He experiments with different styles like method ancestral and pet-nat sparkling. Taking up the non-alcoholic banner, he pushes boundaries and re-engineers processes and technologies to craft options that rival traditional wines.

His skillful adaptations deliver an extraordinary sensory experience which he’s committed to bringing to the non-alcoholic category.

Rooted in Community

Beyond wine and land, Benjamin Bridge is a community of people. The company believes in putting the land at the service of the people who live there. When both people and land thrive, the world becomes a better place. In aligning their goals with those of their customers and employees, they are serving not just the ecosystem, but everyone it touches.

Transcendent Sparkling Wines

A preview of Benjamin Bridge sparkling wines:

• Benjamin Bridge Brut: The flagship blend of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and L’Acadie Blanc is aged for at least three years, promising complexity to tantalize the senses.
• Benjamin Bridge Blanc de Blancs: This 100% Chardonnay wine bubbles with freshness and elegance.
• Benjamin Bridge Brut Nature: A masterpiece with no added sugar, the epitome of dry, crisp perfection.

Venture into the world of Benjamin Bridge where audacity, evolution and community come together in transcendent sparkling wines.