Alton Farms Estate Winery

South Lake Huron did not have a history of wine grape growing. But research convinced our owners and winemakers, Marc and Anne Alton, that wine grapes could be grown and a new wine region started.

They searched for and eventually purchased the property in September 2005, moving their young family from Bright’s Grove to Aberarder Line in Plympton-Wyoming.

Our goal was simple “creating a vineyard and winery, making delicious wines and developing a new wine region”. Marc knew that geographically, this location in the middle of the world’s wine belt, the zone between 41 and 44 degrees north, would be an ideal one. (Note: Recently, with climate change, some reports have been calling this area the upcoming “Bordeaux” region of the world.)