One-Tank Trip for
Aug. 25/12
(c) By Jim Fox
Once again, we’re
all over the map with tips about “one-tank trips” around Southern Ontario.
Fine wine, food and
fun are on the agenda on this road trip.
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| Ripened grapes on the vine in Niagara-on-the-Lake. (Photo by Barbara Fox) |
Sip and savour
Here’s a tasty
treat for a trip through the wineries of Niagara-on-the-Lake.
The new Winemakers’
Selections Tasting Pass will help to make a wine aficionado out of anyone.
For $28, it provides for tastings of a
featured VQA (Vintners Quality Alliance) wine at each of
the 28 members of the Wineries of Niagara-on-the-Lake.
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| Freshly picked grapes are ready for processing into a VQA wine at Chateau des Charmes. (Photo by Jim Fox) |
Visiting all those
wineries on one trip is “a tall order,” said Sherri Lockwood, winery group
chair, who notes the tasting pass can be used virtually anytime throughout the
year.
The program is designed
to “encourage our guests to slow down, take their time and savour the carefully
selected terroir wines” over multiple trips to wine country, she added.
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| Visitors helping with the harvesting of grapes in Niagara-on-the-Lake. (Jim Fox photo) |
Member wineries
are: Cattail Creek, Chateau des Charmes, Colaner, Coyote’s Run, Diamond,
Hinterbrook, Ice House, Inniskillin, Jackson Triggs, Joseph’s, Konzelmann,
Lailey, Maleta, Marynissen, Niagara College, Palatine Hills, Peller Estates,
Pillitteri, PondView, Ravine, Reif, Riverview, Southbrook, Stonechurch,
Stratus, Strewn, Sunnybrook Farm and Trius at Hillebrand.
Passes are available at www.wineriesofniagaraonthelake.com; (905) 468-1950 and the wineries.
Passes are available at www.wineriesofniagaraonthelake.com; (905) 468-1950 and the wineries.
