*** CANCELLED *** This tour has been cancelled!
Sunday Dec 1, 2013
Prince Edward County "Wassail" All Day Wine & Food Tour
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How to bookTo book online, click on the Reserve A Seat button above.
If you prefer to make a reservation over the phone, please contact Marville Travel Ltd. at (905) 891-0111 |
What's IncludedThe price of this trip includes the following:
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Price$89 per person, HST extra.
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Trip DetailsPrince Edward County is the up and coming wine producing region of Ontario and now consists of approximately 40 wineries. The Prince Edward County Winegrowers Association puts together an annual Wassail festival in early December to celebrate another harvest and the laying of vines to rest.
Our tour includes a visit to 4 of these wineries. Each winery will offer a tasting of at least 3 wines including the special mulled wines and hard ciders to celebrate Wassail. The wines will be accompanied by an assortments of foods at each winery. Harwood Estates Vineyards
Our first stop will be the Harwood Estates Vineyards where we will get a brief tour of the winery followed by a tasting of a few of their wines including mulled wine and mini tourtieres.
Harwood is a completely solar-powered winery, and the tasting room is situated right inside the winery amongst the barrels. Their adventurous winemaker creates unique and memorable wines and in addition to all the standard wines they also make Marquesa (a port-styled wine) and their multi-award winning Just Desserts. Lacey Estates Winery
Our next stop is Lacey Estates Winery. During our visit, in addition to the wine tasting, they will be offering pulled pork sliders with apple slaw and baked treats. Wine jellies, chutneys and holiday gifts will also be available for sale.
It was Charles and Mollie Lacey’s dream to own their own winery. They first purchased a house and some land in Prince Edward County in the 80’s with the intention of retiring there and later added the land beside them, where their dream would come true after Charles and his son Kimball attended a grape seminar at one of the local wineries. In 2003 the first vines were planted. More vines followed over the next few years, and today Lacey Estates has about 9000 vines growing. In 2009 they opened the winery and have never looked back. Their wines have received critical acclaim from noted wine writers such as David Lawrason, Michael Pinkus, Tony Aspler and Patricia Dinsmore, and also received several medals in the Intervin International Wine Awards. Lift Haus Winery
Out third stop is Lift Haus Winery. Again, we will be tasting some wines including their famous Pinot Noir and trying some finger foods accompanied with the wines.
Lift Haus winery is a family run "farm" vineyard located in Prince Edward County. Real "roots" in the County, the Evans family heritage extends back 4 generations. The idea to start a vineyard, and ultimately a winery took seed back in 2002. What started as a dinner table discussion soon became a quest to find the perfect piece of land that would be ideal for growing grapes. At Lift Haus winery the old world meets the new. They grow, nurture, harvest, age and bottle their wines on site in order to present us the best of our terroir and have invited us to stop by and "lift our spirits" with their wines. Stanners Vineyards
Our final stop will be Stanners Vineyards. In addition to tasting some of their wines, we will be treated to mini turkey and vegetarian pot pies, mulled wine & ciders.
Wine jellies and preserves will be available for purchase and if the weather co-operates, we may get to enjoy an evening bonfire as it gets dark. Stanners Vineyard is a small family vineyard and boutique winery dedicated to producing premium Pinot Noir. Cliff and Dorothy work side by side with their son Colin and daughter-in-law Mary and they look forward to welcoming us during our tour. Wine Tote Bag
Every passenger on this tour will receive this lovely reusable 6-bottle wine tote bag with compliments from ShortTrips.ca! That should make it a bit easier to carry those wine purchases home with you.
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Pickup LocationsWe have 4 pickup locations in the Toronto area.
Departure & Return TimesWe leave at approximately 10:00 AM. Actual pickup times vary by stop and will be sent out in the final email to all registered attendees, 2 days before the trip.
We return to Toronto at approximately 10:30 PM. Travelling With ChildrenSorry but this trip is restricted to adults 19+.
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