Historical Book

The Grimsby Archives donated over 100 copies of this book to the Ontario Wine Society. It was written by Wm. F. Rannie in 1978 and it's an interesting account of the Ontario wine industry from 1811 to 1978.

The Little Chef

While viewing some model homes in Stouffville with friends, I spoted this figure of a chef on one of the kitchen counters.

Vineyard Lamb

One of the lambs that will be used to eat the lower down grape leaves but, unfortunately, will end up on someone's dinner table next Fall.

The Sheep are Coming Back

At a special event at Featherstone Estate Winery last Saturday, they were showing the sheep that gave birth to some of the lambs that will help trim the grapes leaves this summer.

Tasting at Tawse

We had a special tasting of 2010 barrel samples and 2009 pre-release samples of Tawse Pinot Noirs yesterday. Great wines but very highly priced.

Sunset on Lake Honeoye

One of my Flickr contacts makes frames and other special effects so I thought I would add one of my photos to one of his frames.

Butterfly on Flower

My photo blog buddy, Photoshopplake, posted a shot from a photo seminar we did back in 2007 at Angels Gate Winery. I thought I would re-post a photo I took on that same day.

Memories of Summer

Taken by the docks in Port Perry, Ontario last summer.

Christmas Cactus - Another View

Since it's snowing today after Spring-like weathe for the last few weeks, I thought I would post another shot of the Christmas Cactus in our kitchen.

Calamus Late Harvest Vidal

I photographed this bottle for the Calamus website. Clear bottles are the hardest to photograph but with a little help from Photoshop, I managed to get a decent shot.

Stonechurch Wine Bottle

Some of the wine at Stonechurch comes in an unusual-shaped bottle. The sides go sraight-up and not slanted as most traditional bottles.

Wine Barrels in Winter

These barrels were stacked up outside Megalomaniac Winery.

Tasting in the Wine Cellar

The wine cellar at John Howard's Cellars of Distinction was all set up to do a private tasting of his reserve reds.

Entrance to Megalomaniac Wines

We had a private tasting of reserve red wines at John Howard's Cellars of Distinction last Sunday.

Christmas Cactus - A Late Bloomer

Our Christmas Cactus bloomed this week - 2 months after Christmas!

Megalomaniac Winery in Winter

We were invited to a private wine tasting at Megalomaniac Wines yesterday. John Howard was there to talk about the wines. All reserve wines were great. We especially liked the Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon.

Interesting Artwork at Stratus

I don't know how much Stratus paid for this "art" behind their tasting bar but I think a monkey could do much better. Or maybe I just don't understand modern art???

Paintings at Pilliterri Winery

These three unusual paintings are hanging in the retail area of Pilliterri Winery in Niagara-on-the-Lake.

Another New Winery

PondView is another new winery in Niagara-0n-the-Lake. It opened last June.