We went on a Wine Tour with our church on Saturday. The day started off with drizzling rain but cleared up when we got to our first winery. Penisula Ridge was the first stop that we made. We had a brief explanation of the wine creation process and had an opportunity to look at the Vines first hand. Then off to the good stuff "wine tasting". We had an opportunity to sample a white, blush and red. In my opinion and also shared by others, I wasn't too impressed with this wine. I found it very expensive and the taste a little flat. Each winery carries similar wines, but the taste is so different. It's driven by the soil, climate, ripeness of the berries etc. We were able to do a little shopping and then we headed off to Port Dalhousie where we enjoyed a nice lunch. Unfortunately the sky's opened up and it poured. Some of our group got soaking wet. The rain stopped long enough for us to have a walk along the pier though, which was nice.
We then went on to the Welland Canal and stopped to explore one of the locks. Unfortunately there was not shipthere at that time going through, however we did experience a delay later in the day as one went through while we were driving to the next winery. We waited about 10 minutes while the lock filled up and the ship was released to go on to its next destination. I think we were lucky as the lock was most likely almost full of water or we would have had to wait much longer.
The 2nd winery was much nicer. We enjoyed the wine and brought home a couple of bottles to enjoy. We finished off the day with a bbq dinner at the Lindhouts cottage on Lake Erie. It was very windy there and cool so we ate inside. The meal was delicious and it was a nice ending to a fun weekend.
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