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Wineries & Wine Tours

Enjoying Niagara Falls Wine Tours

Niagara is home to more than 50 world-class wineries. Niagara Icewine has become a world leader in quality. Over 90% of Canada's icewine is produced by Niagara Vintners. Tour Niagara's Wine Route throughout the scenic countryside by car, bus, bicycle, or guided tour. Many of the wineries offer wine tours and tasting as well as on-site restaurants where wines are paired with gourmet regional cuisine. After you've sampled and selected your favourite wines, you can purchase them in the wineries gift shop.

For a special occasion, treat yourself to a winemaker's dinner or relax under a starry sky and listen to a musical concert in the vineyard. Even the winter season is a magical place for the Niagara Region Wineries. Icewine harvest takes place when the temperature reaches between minus 10 and minus 13 degrees Celsius. This provides the optimum sugar level and flavour in the grapes. The grapes are carefully picked by hand and often an entire vine only makes a single bottle. This is why icewine can be so expensive and is often sold in half-bottles. It is very sweet and is usually drunk as a dessert wine after being chilled for one or two hours. Niagara Region hosts both a winter ice wine festival and a fall wine festival.

Be sure to include a Wine Tour and enjoy a grand Wine Tasting Party in your next visit to Niagara Falls.