Robert Bell's

Wines of Canada

Since 1992

Bulwark Cider

Annapolis Valley in Nova Scotia. is considered one of the world's best places to grow apples. It also provides some of the best ciders.

Settlers first started growing apple varieties in this Valley in the early 1600s and our Cider’s unique character and flavours are meant as a tribute to those 400 years of apple growing tradition in the Valley.

Bulwark cider has a signature flavor that is achieved through a careful blending of 5 apple varieties. It is great on its own or on ice, and is an excellent accompaniment to many fine dishes. 

Owned by by Dominic Rivard and Germain Bergeron. Dominic is an an internationally-renowned and award-winning wine master, recognized as a specialist in fruit wine, dessert wine, and ice wine production.

 The winery/ cidery sits on 20 acres of fruit orchards and berries near Annapolis Valley in Nova Scotia. All wines are 100% produced from luscious crops of apples, cranberries, and wild blueberries hand-picked at our farm and neighbouring estates. The Winery also produces excellent quality and well valued grape dessert wines.

Bulwark sends dozens of kegs each week to its network of about 40 bars and restaurants that sell its ciders on tap. More than a third of the company’s business is from exports of fruit wines and ciders to Asia, and Bulwark is about to enter the United Kingdom, which consumes 70 per cent of the world’s cider.

Dominic Rivard, a wine lover and part-owner at Muwin, handles the wine making of our fruit wines and ciders.? Dominic is an internationally-renowned and award-winning wine master, recognized as a specialist in fruit wine, dessert wine, and ice wine production.? Born in the province of Quebec, Canada in 1971, he comes from a rich heritage of farmers and entrepreneurs whose ancestry can be traced back to the wine region of Burgundy, France.