Grape Escape Wine Tour, 2015 at Frogpond

Sip and cycle through Niagara Wine Country with The Wine Ladies! Join us Sunday, June 3rd! 

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Niagara-on-the Lake bicycle wine tour with Grape Escape Wine Tours.

Grape Escape Wine Tours

Grape Escape Wine Tours

Sip and cycle through Niagara Wine Country with The Wine Ladies! 

VIP Lunch & Winery Bicycle Tour.
 Sunday, June 3rd, 2018
What better way to see Niagara Wine Country than by bicycle? Experience wine country through beautiful trails, along the Niagara Parkway and into many of the wineries in the area!
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$125.00 plus hst
Space is limited to 14 guests.
6Na Presidential Limousine Services logo

6Na Presidential Limousine Services logo

Your tour includes:
Luxury limo to and from Niagara wine country provided by 6Na Presidential Limousine Services.*
Bicycle, helmets and refreshment.
Delicious catered lunch at one of the wineries.
Visit 4 award winning VQA wineries with wine tastings. ( a minimum of 12 wines will be enjoyed)
Special The Wine Ladies gift.
Prizes, prizes and more prizes.
Complimentary pick up of any wine purchases made throughout the day
Space is limited to 14 guests.
* Pick up of all guest will be at 9:00am at the Burlington GO Station. A luxury limo bus will be provided for all guests. Return will be 4:30 pm form Niagara-on-the-Lake back to the Burlington GO Station.

**Bicycle tours are conducted rain or shine – please dress for the weather!

Itinerary

  • 9:00am – pick up by limo bus Burlington GO Station.
  • 11.30am – Wine Tour & Tasting
  • 1.00pm – Lunch
  • 2.45pm – Wine Tasting
  • 3.30pm – Wine Tasting
  • 4.30pm -pick up by limo bus  and return to Burlington GO Station

iGrape Escape Wine Tours owner Richard Mell

Grape Escape Wine Tours owner Richard Mell

Listen to Rich Mell at 34:30 minutes into the show

On this week’s radio show…

Episode 33

Grape Escape Wine Tour, 2015 at Inniskillin.

Grape Escape Wine Tour, 2015 at Inniskillin.

Grape Escape Wine Tour, 2015

Grape Escape Wine Tour, 2015

Ask The Wine Ladies – Can you recommend a bicycle wine tour to Niagara-on-the-Lake?

CHCH TV Easter Wine and Food Pairing, with Annette Hamm March 23

Our Easter Wine and Food Pairings The Wine Ladies CHCH TV Morning Live

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The Wine Ladies on CHCH TV Morning LIVE with Annette Hamm.

CHCH TV Appearance Easter Wine and Food Pairings.

CHCH TV Appearance Easter Wine and Food Pairings.

Happy Easter Everyone! Watch the episode here!

Original airdate March 23, 2013

 As we know Easter is a time when family and friends get together usually surrounded with some wonderful dishes, and in many cases delicious wines of course.We thought we’d share with everyone a couple of wonderful dishes, our second office…from our office away from the office home Wholefoods Market in Oakville…. always freshest, organic foods, delicious recipes… thank you to France, Chef Ron and the whole crew! Our Good Friday or Sunday Easter brunch to include a Citrus Glazed Salmon with Fresh Herbs, Lamb Shepards Pie topped with mashed potatoes, a selection of cheese and a choice of Vanilla or Chocolate Bunny cakes! What a cornucopia of delicious treats.

With these plates we’ve selected a range of wines, from $12.00 to $20.00, nothing here is over the $20.00 mark, all super value wines, versatile and with an international flair!

Well nothing says celebration like a glass or two of bubbly, from Champagne, Prosecco or sparkling wine. Its also a wine that is perfect for a table that has a large variety of dishes as it is one that is very versatile and will compliment a bountiful Easter table with many foods and flavours. We found one  doesn’t have to break the bank too.With a nod to our own back yard, we’ve got a sparkling here called Lily CEV Signature Series, by Colio Estate Wines in keeping with the theme of Easter…

Lily CEV Signature Series -Limited Edition wines,VQA sparkling  wine by Colio Estates Wines

Price: $17.95. Can be purchased at the Colio Wine Boutiques ( 14 locations across Ontario, one in Hamilton, two in Burlington) as well as the LCBO store locations.

Tasting/info:100% Riesling, also a very versatile grape variety with notes of fresh apple, lemon and a creamy finis  start the party off right

Winery/Region: Colio estate Wines  first opened their doors in 1980, one of the first to get their winery licence after prohibition. Located in lesser known region of Lake Erie North Shore, in Ontario. The region has the same latitude as Tuscany in Italy.

On Good Friday many folks choose to eat fish for today and we have here a magnificent Citrus Glazed Salmon, marinated in fresh orange and orange zest sauce, then baked and with herbs including parsley and chives.

Our wine pairing for this magnificent dish include a selection of two (2) white wines, the Santa Rita Reserva Sauvignon Blanc 2011 from Chile, Fielding Estate Winery Riesling 2011  plus for the red wine lover at your Easter table form California, the Chateau St. Jean Pinot Noir 2011.

Here we’ve brought in a super value Sauvignon blanc, we’ve just returned from Chile, and although the country may be long and skinny, it is big and fat on flavour and great value! This Sauvignon Blanc pairs great with this preparation, with notes of juicy grapefruit, fragrant citrus, good acidity with a touch of herbal notes, a natural for the salmon.

Santa Rita Reserva Sauvignon Blanc

Price: $14.95. Available at the LCBO

Tasting/info: Sauv Blanc pair great with this preparation, with notes of juicy grapefruit, fragrant citrus, good acidity with a touch of herbal notes,a natural for the salmon.

Winery/Region:Founded in 1880, stunning property in very important Maipo Valley.The grapes from Casablanca region of Chile, one of the finest producing regions in the world for white wines.

Curtis Fielding crowned Grape King

Fielding Estate Riesling 2016

Price: $19.95. Can be purchased at the winery or the LCBO

Tasting/info:Will also pair lovely with the salmon, shares the wonderful citrus notes, a little peach, delicious, also good acidity.We do Riesling really well here, Fiedling is located in Beamsville, Niagara.

Not always white wine with fish…. for the red wine lover, we have a California Pinot Noir from Chateau st. Jean                        

Chateau St. Jean Pinot Noir

Price: $19.95, 

Tasting/Info:New California appelation Pinot from this Sonoma based winery.The wine is supple, smooth, slightly soft Pinot with cran-raspberry fruit and dried herbs

Moving onto the next dish, one of the more popular dishes for Easter often involves lamb, whether a leg roasted, rack or like we have here Whole Foods favourite, fresh Lamb Sheperds Pie, sauteed with onions and fresh herbs,thyme parsley, cheese and topped off with a mound of mashed potatoes. Our selection includes a Malbec from Argentina as well as a Carmenere from Chile, having just come back from those regions we are Mad about Malbec in Mendoza and Crazy for Carmenere in Chile.

Our recent trip to Argentina included a trip to Callia in San Juan province. Here vineyard manager Gustavo Matocq explains the terroir that delivers such a beautiful Malbec.

Callia Alta Malbec 2012

Price:$10.90. Available at the LCBO

Tasting/info: Medium bodied, smooth, clear deep ruby colour, blackberry, plum,hints of oak and spice.

Winery/Info: Callia, is located in province of San Juan,Argentina, it is one of the wineries of Salentein Family of Wines with properties in Mendoza. San Juan 2nd largest wine region in Argentina after Mendoza.

 Another awesome wine pairing with the Lamb Shepherds Pie is the “hottest” grape to come from that long and skinny country Chile, the Carmenere. Our pick the MontGras Reserva Carmenere 2011. Our  recent trip to Chile included a visit to MontGras.

MontGras Reserva Carmenere

Price: $11.95 Available at the LCBO.

Tasting/info:The Mont Gras Properties, have vineyards in 3 major Chilian wine regions, this one from Cochagua, known for producing high quality Carmenere and Syrah.The vineyards are protected by         coastal mountain range and Andes, ideal meditteranean climate, rich in color, aroma, taste with soft round tannin. The wine is spicy, medium body, fruity, ripe fruit sweetness,with hint of                               vanilla, and toasty flavours.

And if you are feeling in the mood for something French, back to those mediterrean climate varietals and wines, we have here from the Cotes du Rhones  just released beginning of this month

La Coterie 2009 Seguret Cotes du Rhone Villages

Price:$16.95. Available at the LCBO. A Vintage released March 2013.

Tasting/info:From the village of Seguret, grapes grenache and syrah. Medium weight, bodied, with raspberry and blackberry fruit with spicy notes, round on the palate, good length, good fruit,with touch of herbal notes. Great with lamb once again|

 Onto “les fromage….” brought in 3 today, courtesy of cheese spcialist Sandra from Whole Foods Oakville, all Canadian and all very different,Comfort Cream, Blue Haze and a hard grainier cheese the Toscano.

Comfort Cream made in Niagara by the Upper Canada Cheese Company. Camenbert-style soft white bloomy rind cheese with silky creamy golden interior,intense buttery palate, and long tangy finish. Delish with the Wolf Blass Chardonnay

 Wolf Blass Chardonnay, Australia

Price: $15.95. Available at the LCBO.

Tasting/info: Everyone knows Wolf Blass, one of the most successful brands, great value, reliable and excellent with this cheese.Full bodied, rich, tropical fruit, rich with buttery oak aromas,hint of spice, echoes creaminess of the cheese.

A little blue goes great with a little sweet! Icewines are beautiful with this cheese and the Inniskillin Vidal Icewine is an excellent choice.

This is a smoked blue cheese, made from cow’s milk, that is produced by the the monks at the Abbaye de Saint-Benoît-du-Lac in Quebec. Blue Haze is aged 10 weeks at the Abbaye then it is shipped to Provincial Fine Foods in Toronto. There it is packaged in Cryovac to set the curds and it is held for 4 weeks to firm. After that, it is transported to Hansen Farms in Cayuga, Ontario for smoking. The journey is worth it. The result is a smokey rind that transitions into a creamy salty and sweet center enhanced by the special tang and flavor of the blue veins. It all comes together so nicely.

Inniskillin Vidal Icewine 2011

Price $49.95 Available at the LCBO and at Inniskillin in Niagara-on-the-Lake.

Tasting Notes/info: The 1989 vintage of this Icewine won the Grand Prix d’Honneur at Vinexpo and put Canada on the global wine map. Delicious creamy peach, candied citrus peel and honey flavours. Delectable with raspberry mousse, pear tart or an assertive cheese such as Gruyère. A little blue goes great with a little sweet! Icewines are beautiful with this cheese.

 Monforte Toscano, produced by Monforte Dairy located in Stratford pasteurized, sheep firm, natural rind, pressed, cooked.

Speri Pigaro Ripasso Valpolicella Classico Superiore 2015

Price: $12.95. Available at the LCBO. Vintage release March 16th, 2013.

Tasting/info: Medium bodied, fruity, ripe fruit, cherry, bit of spice. Smooth tannins,savory, rich, complex ripasso style – “repassed”literally, adding unpressed skins of Amarone, giving further body, intesity, flavour. Awesome with this cheese reminds us  a bit of peccorino  from Italy. region: Valpoliceela in Veneto, up to 70% corvina grape Classico (original Val zone, superiore min alc 12%

Onto the Wine Ladies withthe biggest sweet tooth, bigger than those Easter Bunnnies! I love cake! And here we have two gorgeous Easter cakes, almost too pretty to cut into…all natural ingredients, handmade Whole foods bakery…

  Inniskillin Cabernet Franc Icewine 2008

Price: $99.95  Available at Inniskillin in Niagara-on-the-Lake.

Tasting/info: Most people think of icewines being made out of typical white grapes, Vidal and Riesling but here we’d love to share with you an incredible icewine made with Cabernet Franc grapes.Soft crimson in colour, our Cabernet Franc Icewine displays alluring aromas of raspberry and plum with hints of figs. Full bodied, the intense flavours of berries and rhubarb marry with a touch of pepper and spice on the extended silky finish.

Our beautiful wardrobe courtesy of reknowned Canadian Designer Ross Mayer

Patti and Louis Jannetta

Don’t miss…Memories of the Fabulous Louis Jannetta and The Imperial Room, March 23rd.

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Memories of Louis Jannetta and The Imperial Room

Memories of Louis Jannetta and The Imperial Room

Showtime: Friday, March 23, 2018

Location: RBC Theatre

Tickets: $35.00 – $55.00 (HST included, service fees extra)

This evening’s concert is a musical journey from the 50’s to the 90’s. Patti Jannetta will share warm stories of her father Louis Jannetta and his life among the stars as show business Maitre D’ at the iconic Royal York Hotel Imperial Ballroom. Memorable music will have guests travelling down the ‘historical steps of musical time’.

Tickets

DateTimePrice
Memories of Louis Jannetta and the Imperial RoomMarch 23, 201807:30 pm$35.00 – $55.00Buy Tickets

The Wine Ladies Audio Podcast, Episode 66

Listen to Patti Jannetta at 37:43 minutes in the show.

Patti Jannetta-Baker

Patti Jannetta-Baker

Singer, song writer, actress and daughter Patti Jannetta-Baker of the late Louis Jannetta joins us on the show next. Patti is producing an incredible evening celebrating her father Louis Jannetta. She is bringing to life her father’s book King of the Maitre’d’s, My Life Among The Stars with an amazing event taking place March 23rd., “Memories of Louis Jannetta and the Imperial Room.”

Sir Charles Barkley at the Ford Wayne Gretzky Classic.

Louis Jannetta is the King of Maitre’D’s

Listen to excepts from our radio interview with Louis Jannetta on AM740 back in 2005.

Listen to Louis Jannetta at 44:29 minutes in the show.

About The Wine Ladies Audio Podcast

Our radio show “Taking Life One Sip at a Time” is an radio audio podcast on which we share with the audience our passion and sense of adventure for delectable and fascinating foods, wine, spirits and lifestyle discoveries. Our motto “everything in life somehow comes back to the vine and to live life large and with integrity is intertwined with a variety of guests from around the globe… Chatting with celebrity chefs, celebrity winemakers, exotic food purveyors, artists, musicians, sports personalities, lifestyle advocates and fashion icons be sure to tune in for an hour of lively topical and educational conversation.

Listen to the Audio Podcast here

Think Green! Ya! Saint Patrick’s Day! On this week’s audio podcast with The Wine Ladies

JUNO Cup, Jon Gallant and Mark Napier

JUNO Cup Rockers trade in their microphones for hockey sticks!

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JUNO Cup Rockers trade in their microphones for hockey sticks!

JUNO Cup, The Rockers vs. The NHL Great, Jim Cuddy and Mark Napier.

JUNO Cup, The Rockers vs. The NHL Greats, Jim Cuddy and Mark Napier.

The Wine Ladies TV interviews with Blue Rodeo’s Jim Cuddy, Billy Talent’s Jon Gallant and Sarah Harmer and NHL Great Mark Napier.

First published Feb 11, 2011.

With less than two months to get ready for Juno Cup, presented by The Keg Steakhouse & Bar, Canada’s fearless musicians traded in their microphones for hockey sticks and sized up the competition.

Some of the NHL’s greatest players during the first-ever training camp that was held at the Ricoh Coliseum.

We were thrilled to be invited to witness some practice drills last week. The 8th annual Juno Cup will be held On Friday, March 25th where proceeds benefit MusiCounts for music programs across Canada.

Additional players for The Rockers and NHL Greats will be announced soon.

Check out our interviews with The Rockers Jim Cuddy: Jon Gallant: Sarah Harmer: and NHL Great Mark Napier. Highlights of the day here.

The Rockers Team:

Blue Rodeo's Jim Cuddy at the Juno Cup drills with Georgia, The Wine lLadies TV.

Blue Rodeo’s Jim Cuddy at the JUNO Cup drills with Georgia, The Wine Ladies TV.

Jim Cuddy 11-time JUNO Award winner with Blue Rodeo.

In 2016 we met up with Jim once more.Tawse Winery Summer Solstice Concert interview June 18th, 2016 with Jim Cuddy and The Wine Ladies TV

Andrew Scott and Chris Murphy Members of the JUNO Award-winning group, Sloan.

Juno Cup, Billy Talent, Jon Gallant, Susanne, The Wine Ladies TV

JUNO Cup drills, Billy Talent, Jon Gallant, Susanne, The Wine Ladies TV

Jon Gallant Seven-time JUNO Award winner with Billy Talent.

Peter Kesper Two-time JUNO Award nominee with NQ Arbuckle (in goal)

JUNO Cup drills, Juno Nominee Sarah Hammer, The Wine Ladies TV

JUNO Cup drills, Juno Nominee Sarah Harmer, The Wine Ladies TV

Sarah Harmer 2011 JUNO Award nominee

The NHL Greats:

Gary Roberts 89 Stanley Cup winner with Calgary Flames, and former Toronto Maple Leaf.

Gary Leeman 93 Stanley Cup winner with the Habs, and former Leaf.

JUNO Cup drills, NHL Mark Napier, Georgia, The Wine Ladies TV

JUNO Cup drills, NHL Mark Napier, Georgia, The Wine Ladies TV

Mark Napier Two-time Stanley Cup winner (Montreal and Edmonton)

Paul Coffey Hockey Hall of Fame, 2004.

Brad Dalgarno NY Islander’s first round pick and seven-season veteran.

Juno Cup will take place Friday, March 25, 7:30 pm at Ricoh Coliseum.

2018 JUNO Cup

This years’s JUNO Cup is being held March 23 in Burnaby BC. Jim Cuddy is back again on The Rockers team!

JUNO Cup tickets are available at Ticketmaster. Individual tickets to JUNO Cup are priced at $20 + fees.

Please note, $15 tickets (plus fees) are available when purchasing 10 or more, with all proceeds benefiting MusiCounts.

March Madness Malbec #PascualToso #WINWINE #MalbecWorldDay

March Malbec Madness from Pascual Toso! WIN# WINE! Instagram Contest.

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Penfolds Grange…The crescendo of our “Ultimate Penfolds Experience”

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Penfolds Grange…The crescendo of our “Ultimate Penfolds Experience”

Nestled in the foothills of Adelaide with views over looking the city, Magill Estate is one of the world’s few urban single vineyards only fifteen minutes drive from Adelaide, capital of South Australia. Here lie historic vineyards of the iconic wine Penfolds Grange. With sturdy and gnarly Shiraz vines that date back over sixty years. They thrive in rich chocolatey red-brown soils over limestone bearing exceptional fruit for both Grange and Magill Estate Shiraz.

Penfolds Grange 2008

Penfolds Grange, a remarkable wine with a remarkable story. This wine is sought after and relished by wine collectors and aficionados around the world, paralleled to the First Growths of Bordeaux and Grand Cru of Burgundy.  This is Australia’s most celebrated wine, officially listed as a Heritage Icon of South Australia. A vinous star that has been described by Robert Parker’s wine Advocate as “the leading candidate for the richest, most concentrated dry red wine on planet earth”.

It all began with British physician Doctor Christopher Ralston Penfolds and wife Mary.

Penfolds Family Tree

In 1844 the couple settled in Adelaide on a vast parcel of land and the inaugural Penfolds wine was created. Recently we had the opportunity to take a step back in time and tour the Magill Estate Cottage, the Penfolds’ home. And learned a little about the family and the history of these storied precious vineyards. We were honoured with a personalized tasting of several Penfolds wines.  A suburb afternoon, punctuated by the tasting of the great Grange.

Old age is much respected in this world, the world of wine.

“It all starts in the vineyards” they say. Our visit which began with our tour guide, the truly eloquent Danielle Flower guiding us throughout the grounds and introducing us to the estate’s old vine Shiraz. Old age is much respected in this world, the world of wine. These smaller concentrated fruit will deliver little in yield yet intense and concentrated flavours in the glass. Where one may drink history. The estate was once comprised of over 500 acres but over time has been diminished to just 12.  These grapes, we learn will contribute to the iconic Penfolds Grange.  Grange, Penfolds flagship wine, the most collectible wine on the continent is a multi-vineyard, multi district blend, yet it has a unique personality, flavour, structure, experience coveted by wine lovers the world over.

The good Doctor, perhaps ahead of his time…

The Penfolds, Christopher and Mary, immigrated to Australia at the ages of 33 and 24 and were supported by their family members on what was approximately 500 acres of land. Doctor Penfolds a believer in the medicinal properties of wine cultivated a portion of the land with plantings of French grape vine cuttings brought over from England. Initially fortified wines were the choice prescription but in time, responding to increased demand the winery expanded in output and selection of varietals planted until 1844 when the winery was officially established. Over the years, under the direction of Christopher up until his passing at age 59 and then under that of wife Mary Penfolds the winery continued to grow and prosper. By 1903 Penfolds was the largest winery in Adelaide.

It is Max Schubert, Chief Winemaker for Penfolds in the forties and fifties who must be greatly credited  to the development of the iconic wine, Grange, originally   called “Grange Hermitage”. It was he, after travelling to Europe and spending time in Bordeaux who created and ultimately became responsible for the development of this iconic wine.

To the tasting room!
And an extraordinary experience featuring a perfect blend of Penfolds offerings.

Penfolds produces a range of wines that come from a variety of regions, whether they are blends, or singular varietal. They also produce estate wines of single vineyard. All the wines however showcase the Australian heritage including the diversity and the great history.

Our tasting included a blend of all of the above.

One of our personal standouts on this day was the 2008
St Henri Shiraz.

Penfolds Danielle

A multi district blend including fruit from the Barossa Valley and Eden Valley. St Henri Shiraz differentiates itself from high quality Australian reds by not relying on any new oak.
Maturing instead in large old 1460 litre vats the wine’s character develops with little impression of oak. We comment on the seductive nose of intense blueberry and blackberry layered with dark chocolate. With a deep rich flavour of more dark fruit and chocolatey notes, it is rich and opulent with a long lasting finish! Drinking window suggestion is 2016-2035. Available on occasion at the LCBO and/or featured at Winemaker’s dinner as recently as October 26th of this year.

We tasted  the 2011 Cellar Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon from the Coonawarra, exceptional! And to start the 2008 Yattarna Chardonnay, also multi regional.

The crescendo of our “Ultimate Penfolds Experience” was of course Grange.

Suffice to say an ethereal taste experience. Where wine is not simply a drink, it is history, it is place, it is magical, on this day it is Grange.
Of this wine says Chief Winemaker Gago, “Aromatically captivating/convincing— similar to the 1987 in its formtive years, stronger than the 1997!”
At the conclusion of our tasting, as we sipped on what little treasure remained in our glasses. Danielle shared with us Penfolds’ latest unique and extraordinary offering to its most devoted fans.

This most recent project allows one to purchase their own personal barrel of Penfolds wine for $198,000. Magill Estate will house your barrel under 24 hour/day security. Your wine will be available for you to check in on at any time from anywhere in the world. The custodian of this barrel is invited at any time to taste, assess the wine and determine when and how it should be bottled under the guidance of course of Chief Winemaker Peter Gago.

Gago who started at Penfolds in 1989, is himself a celebrity winemaker, in high demand internationally, only the fourth custodian of iconic Grange. Peter succumbed to his love of wine and as he puts it “the grip of the grape” … we guess was just too great!

Penfolds Grange , 2008

 For those of whom we have whet your appetite, the 2008 Grange is available here at the Tasting Room in the Olde Oakville location. Here we ponder the purchase of one of three remaining bottles priced at $499.00.

Finally, there are a number of Penfolds wines available at varying price points, something for everyone. Note to Heather, one of our favorite consultants, we’ll be back!

Georgia and Susanne
The Wine Ladies

We also had the opportunity to meet Peter Gago in 2008 at an exclusive media tasting in Toronto. Check it out here.

Canada's 150th Birthday Frisky Beaver winery, winemaker Peter Graham.

Canada’s 150th birthday is plenty reason to pop a cork…with wineries from coast to coast!

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Strewn Chocolate Tasting Jan 26,2018

Oh what a time was had! Highlights!The Wine Ladies VIP Niagara Icewine Tour Jan 2018

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ENTER TO WIN! VIP Wine Tasting Tour to the Niagara Icewine Festival withThe Wine Ladies and 6Na Limousines!

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Enter to Win a VIP Wine Tasting Tour to the Niagara Icewine Festival with The Wine Ladies and 6Na Presidential Limousine Services!

You could be one of 6 lucky people to join us on our private wine tour during the Niagara Icewine Festival this January 2018.(Prize tour to take place between Jan 12th – 28th) For three weeks in January the Niagara region is transformed into a wintry wonderland, in celebration of one of Canada’s most cherished products, Ontario Icewine.

We have created a very special VIP experience for you.

Spend the day with us! Travel in style and comfort in our stylish, sleek and shiny 6Na Presidential Limousine and visit 3 special award winning local wineries Vineland Estates Winery, Lakeview Wine Co and Strewn Winery). An exclusive experience created especially for our group including samplings of some of Ontario’s best Icewine, sparkling and premium VQA wines.

Everything for your day is included from wine tastings and special winery experiences, gourmet lunch and snacks, to a VIP limo transport and a complimentary gift bag filled to the brim!

 Here’s how to enter!

It’s as easy as 1-2-3 !!!!!

1. Follow us on Twitter @TheWineLadies @6NaLimo or Facebook TheWineLadies or Instagram #TheWineLadies  #6NaLimousines 

You choose your favourite social media! Examples entries included below.

2. Answer the following question.
Which Canadian iconic wine is considered “liquid gold”.
Answer: Icewine

3. Tweet/Facebook/Instagram out your answer as much as you like!

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Please Enter me to Win a VIP Wine Tasting Tour to the Niagara Icewine Festival with The Wine Ladies and 6Na Presidential Limousine Services for me and 5 guests! Looking forward to tasting Canada’s iconic wine, Icewine plus sparkling and VQA wines at 3 award winning wineries, (Vineland Estates Winery, Lakeview Wine Co, Strewn Winery) !

Example Instagram Posts to #TheWineLadies #6NaLimousines

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Contest Rules
1.Make sure that you follow us on Twitter @TheWineLadies @6NaLimo Facebook and Instagram

2.Enter as many times as you like from Wednesday, November 15th, 2017 at 11:00am until Wednesday, December 13th, 2017 at 5:00 pm tweet and re-tweet and follow @TheWineLadies @6Nalimos

3.Each time you tweet (or re-tweet our Tweets) using the hash tag #IceWineTour6NaLimo

The winners will be randomly selected at noon on Thursday, December 14th, 2017 and will be notified via TWITTER and FACEBOOK and Instagram

Must be 19 years of age or older to win.

Your prize will include the following: Prize Value $1500 ( 6 persons)

Round trip exclusive limo service from the Burlington GO station to Niagara wine country with 6Na Limousine Services. (Eight passengers including The Wine Ladies)

Visit to 3 participating Award Winning Wineries

Vineland Estates Winery – A tutored tasting of iconic wines and champion cheeses conducted by one of their wine experts.This guided sensory experience will demonstrate match and balance pairings and showcase the versatility of contrasting options. Cheese please!!! We will also leave time for wine shopping for the group too!

Lakeview Wine Co – a paired tasting of a selection of 3-4 wines and delectable lunch at this stunning new facility. Of course time for wine shopping for the group too!

Strewn Winery – Two of life’s greatest pleasures together, wine and chocolate! A private wine and chocolate tasting in the barrel cellar. Of course time for wine shopping for the group too!

All tasting fees

All pairing fees where applicable

A complimentary gift bag filled with wine related goodies

Cellar and facility tasting

Delicious light lunch at Lakeview Wine Co

Length of tour 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM traffic dependent

Coffee, tea and fresh pastries for the trip down

Bottled still & sparkling water throughout the day