Established in 2004 L'amour du vin opened in April 2004 in the Point Grey Village. New owners since July 2011 with 22 years of wine and beer making experience.
Many of those who are happiest in their careers came to them haphazardly: a new opportunity can open up that awakes old passions or a hobby can turn into a way to make a living. Such was the case with Chris St. Louis, owner of L’amour du vin, an on-site custom brewery located in Dunbar.
During his post-secondary studies, Chris took a leave from his engineering degree to study boat building. This brought him into contact with a few students engaged in beer brewing, and Chis joined the crowd, also branching out from hops to wine and cider. With the brewing still a hobby, he finished his engineering degree and went on to work in that field for about a decade.
A happy exit from the business left him with options and he had an inkling to get into the cider business. An acquaintance suggested that he buy a place to ferment and brew on site and so Chris purchased L’amour du vin. “I turned a hobby into a full-time job,” he says. “It was an odd, long road.”
