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Domaine Acer / Maple Economuseum

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145, route du Vieux-Moulin
Auclair (Quebec) Canada
G0L 1A0
Phone:
+418-899-2825
Fax:
+418-899-6620
Email:
robert.vallier@domaineacer.com

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Careful attention is required to produce the specialty products made at this sugar bush in Témiscouata. Domaine Acer, a maple economuseum, specializes in alcoholic beverages and other fine maple products. Discover our house specialties: Val Ambré, a classic, dark-golden aperitif similar to Pineau des Charentes; Charles-Aimé Robert, which resembles a tawny porto; Prémices d’Avril, a dry white maple wine; and Mousse des Bois, a sparkling maple wine.

We also produce other fine maple products such as syrups, butters, jellies and Belgian-style chocolates. Visit us to find out why maple trees produce sap and unravel the mysteries of the processes involved in transforming that sap into syrup and alcoholic beverages. Tour our cellars, sample our many maple delights in our boutique and take home a delicious recipe!

Opening dates

Open year-round

Schedule

Late March to late April and June 24 to September 1: open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Open the rest of the year Monday to Friday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Also open Thanksgiving weekend (October 8 to 10). Closed for three weeks after Christmas. Tours available from late March to mid October.

Cost

$7/person for guided tour

Reservations

Required for groups only

Payment methods

  • Visa  Visa
  • MasterCard  MasterCard
  • Interac  Interac
  • Cash  Cash

Activities available

Interpretation Sites
A maple economuseum specializing in alcoholic beverages. Guided tours of the facilities and cellars. Discover the processes involved in transforming maple sap into syrup or alcoholic beverages. Tastings and gift shop.
Arts and Crafts
Learn the inspiring history of Vallier Robert, who started fermenting maple sap into alcoholic beverages in 1990. Tour the cellars and visit the sugar shack, where you will also find out about the benefits of maple products and how to cook with them.
Regional Flavours
Four alcoholic beverages made from fermented maple sap and turned into a festive bubbly, mild aperitifs aged for 10 years in oak casks and a semi-dry wine. Other maple products: butter, walnut butter, jelly, syrup, chocolates and candies.


Services

  • Picnic area
  • Pets allowed on leashes only
  • Boutique
  • Free parking
  • Guide services

How to get there

From Québec City, take Highway 20, then routes 85, 185 and 295 to the village of Auclair.

From Rimouski, take routes 232 and 295 to the village of Auclair.

From New Brunswick, take routes 85 and 295 to the village of Auclair.

Affiliations and distinctions

Affiliations

  • Economuseum Network
  • Saveurs du Bas-Saint-Laurent
  • Tourisme Bas-Saint-Laurent

Distinctions

  • Reconnaissance Claude Béchard Prize awarded to Vallier Robert and Nathalie Decaigny (2018)
  • National Wine Awards of Canada (2018)
    • Val Ambré: gold medal
    • Prémices d'Avril: bronze medal
    • Charles-Aimé Robert: gold medal
  • Finger Lakes International Wine Competition (2018)
    • Mousse des Bois: bronze medal
    • Prémices d'Avril: bronze medal
  • All Canadian Wine Championships (2018)
    • Prémices d'Avril: silver medal
  • Awarded a total of 44 prizes for our alcoholic beverages from 2007 to 2018: 1 Trophy, 1 Platinum, 11 Gold, 13 Silver, 11 Bronze and 5 Seals of Distinction

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