In a winery at the Niagara Penninsula

a sign in an ice cream parlor



Shows how old some of the wineries are



Grape vines as far as the eyes can see. Original owners of the land were the victors of the British-French wars.In principle, Canada is still "under" the British Empire. Now the monarchy are just figureheads who receive some money from the Canadian government..



An old machinery used in the wine production trade. Now a days everything is modernized but some kinds of grapes for expensive wines are still hand picked..


Have you ever visited a winery in the Niagara penninsula which is about an hour drive from Toronto? I have been staying in Toronto for more than 30 years already and it was only last week that I entered a winery ( with other visitors of course, a whole busload of them )

Before we entered the wine distillery, the tour guide brought us first to a nearby row of grape vines. It is the kind which produces a semi-dry white wine called Reisling. After the half hour explaination, I found out that making wine is no easy task, it entails so much time, money, patience and knowledge of grape vines...

Then we entered the winery itself. We saw silos containing grape juice that someday will be bottled in the same area. There is already a bottling paraphernalia in the same building which could produce some thousands of bottles in 24 hours. That is lots of booze, I heard someone comment..

Then we had some wine tasting before we left the building to proceed with our bus excursion.