Found Spaces Realty Group
Jason Hodder
Realtor
Winery, Vineyard and Estate Specialist
Most people selling a winery are selling three things at once: a piece of land, a licence and a working business. Jason Hodder is one of the few agents in Ontario who reads all three.
He has been a Realtor since 2019 and has lived in the Niagara region since 2006. In that time he has sold an extensive list of wineries and vineyards and become part of the wine community here rather than a visitor to it, and that work now takes him across Ontario.
Before real estate he spent twenty years as a C-suite operator in industrial, environmental and marine services, running profit and loss across North America. Seventeen of those years were at Envirosystems Incorporated, a North American industrial, waste management and recycling business, where he built the mergers and acquisitions function from nothing and a $200M EBITDA acquisition pipeline, grew annual revenue by 575% and EBITDA by 527%, and negotiated contracts worth millions.
That is the part that matters when a winery changes hands. Ask what one is worth and the real answer sits in cases produced, direct-to-consumer sales, staffing and the seasons. It is a business valuation before it is a property valuation, and Jason has spent a career on that side of the table.
Properties he has represented
Big Head Wines, Niagara-on-the-Lake
An award-winning winery producing about 24,000 cases a year, maker of the 2024 Best Chenin Blanc in the World and Ontario Red Wine of the Year.
3811 King Street, Lincoln
Thirty-eight acres on the Wine Route with nineteen planted to Cabernet Franc, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris, approved for a winery and event centre.
The Good Earth Food & Wine Co., Beamsville
A winery, vineyard and restaurant on the Beamsville Bench, which Jason has represented through multiple successful sales.
Coffin Ridge Winery
Eighty acres above Georgian Bay, drawing roughly 35,000 visitors a year.
Burning Kiln Winery, St. Williams
Norfolk County's most recognised winery, on ninety-two acres above the Turkey Point marshlands, built in a repurposed tobacco pack barn whose original kilns now dry grapes in the appassimento style.
Where he works
Niagara-on-the-Lake, the Beamsville Bench, Lincoln, Vineland, Jordan and the wider Niagara region, and winery and estate properties across Ontario, from Norfolk County to Georgian Bay. See Niagara winery and estate properties.
Questions people ask
Who sells winery and vineyard properties in Niagara?
Jason Hodder of Found Spaces Realty Group specialises in winery, vineyard and estate sales across Ontario, and has lived in the Niagara region since 2006. Wineries and vineyards he has represented include Big Head Wines in Niagara-on-the-Lake, The Good Earth Food & Wine Co. in Beamsville, Burning Kiln Winery in St. Williams, Coffin Ridge above Georgian Bay, and a 38-acre vineyard on the Wine Route in Lincoln.
What is a winery actually worth?
Four things are being valued at once and buyers routinely confuse them for one: the land, the licence, the plantings and the brand. A winery's price turns on cases produced, direct-to-consumer sales, staffing and the seasons as much as on acreage, which makes it a business valuation before it is a property valuation.
What did Jason Hodder do before real estate?
He spent twenty years as a C-suite operator in industrial, environmental and marine services, running profit and loss across North America, seventeen of them at Envirosystems Incorporated. He built that company's mergers and acquisitions function from scratch and a $200M EBITDA acquisition pipeline, and grew annual revenue by 575% and EBITDA by 527%.
Does Jason Hodder only work in Niagara?
Niagara is home and the centre of the work, but he sells winery and estate properties across Ontario, including Coffin Ridge above Georgian Bay and Burning Kiln Winery on 92 acres in Norfolk County.