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| 10 Best Places to Sleep in a Vineyard - Ottawa Citizen December
2009 |
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| Niagara Wine Route - Fairways
Magazine April 2009 |
| Late last summer I visited about 20 Niagara wineries in two
and a half days, tasting most of what they had on offer. It was a crazy
thing to do... Click here to read more |
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| Wine Access Canadian Wine Annual 2008 - Wine lovers have much
to discover in Ontario |
| Vine & Dine |
| Most wineries are content with creating miracles in the cellar.
Some extend beyond wine to proffer picnics on their patios, dining on premises
or retail counter sales of local farmers' produce. A select few brazenly
offer the full Monty to culinary tourists namely accommodations, food and
wine. Such is the case with Cave Springs in Jordan Ontario, Burrowing Owl
in British Columbia's Oliver and Nk'Mip in Osoyoos BC. These are success
stories many might like to emulate. It just takes an iron stomach ready
for risk and a head for business.(Foodservice and Hospitalilty September
2007) Click here to read more |
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| Akyroyd's Acres |
| Travellers along the QEW highway between Hamilton and St Catharines
will soon see an exciting addition to the signage directing them to wineries
on Niagara's wine route. If they are not in the know they could be forgiven
for having a chuckle. The Dan Aykroyd Winery sounds like funny business.
As a comic actor and writer for over thirty years Aykroyd's name has shone
on the credits of movies, screenplays, television shows and in his persona
as Elwood Blues on CDs. But wine labels?(Where Magazine, September 2007)
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| Sommelier Boot Camp on the
Naramata Bench |
| The invite was intriguing. Come to a get-your-gumboots-on
and get-your-hands-dirty, educational wine boot camp on the grounds of the
Naramata Bench in British Columbia's Okanagan Valley. If I accepted this
mission, I was to join about two dozen sommeliers coming in from western
Canada. (National Post, June 9, 2007) Click
here to read more |
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| Niagara Wine Routes |
| Ontario's most important wine region, the Niagara Peninsula, is home to
over 60 wineries stretched from the town of Winona just past Hamilton to
the Canadian shores of the Niagara River. (Wine Access 2007 Canadian Wine
Annual) Click here to read more |
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| Prince Edward County Wine
Trails |
| Prince Edward County has all the ingredients for a good weekend cruise
through the vineyards. On this bucolic virtual island (a canal cuts the
isthmus from the mainland) there are great chefs, plentiful local farmers,
neat food outlets and twelve wineries some with on premises dining on an
easy to follow "Taste Trail" (Wine Access 2007 Canadian Wine Annual)
Click here to read more |
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| Ontario Wine Routes |
| Ontario's wineries are popular for weddings likely because their beautiful
scenery, fine wine and food seduce people. All is open for discovery when
you take a wine-touring trip. In twenty-five years, Ontario has gone from
being nowhere in the wine world to a mini Napa North. The province now has
about 90 wineries, the majority of which are in the Niagara Peninsula. Click
here to read more |
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| Quebec Wine Routes |
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Pouring wine in their rustic 1830 fieldstone and wood beam barn, Iréneé
Belley and his wife Sandra Moreau explained how they came to grow wine
in a province famous for its cold snowy winters. "I think doing a vineyard
will keep the landscape beautiful. People tried to discourage us but I
just felt that we needed a lot of money or to be very stubborn. Click
here to read more
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| Okanagon Wine Routes |
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The Okanagan is the Canadian version of a Riviera. The ever-present glittering
lakes are the backdrop to ski hills, golf courses, cycling and hiking
routes and wine trails. There's nothing flash, snob or high fashion. Rather
it's sunny, scenic beauty, with activities that hug nature and the outdoors
in a low-key, low profile manner. Click
here to read more
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