Don Ziraldo

Don Ziraldo was one of the speakers at the opening ceremonies of the Niagara Food & Wine Show at the new Niagara Falls Convention Centre.

1812 Wine

Palatine Hills Winery has come up with two wines to commemorate the 200 anniversary of the 1812 war or 200 years of peace with the Americans.

Skylon View

Taken from the new convention centre in Niagara Falls. The background colour is untouched - just the colour of the sky that day.

Colourful Cookies

Taken at the Niagara Food & Wine Expo. Cookies by the Niagara Casinos.

Somerset Sunset

Sue is in England for a month's holiday so I thought I would post this photo from our trip in 2008.

Inside Aure Winery

View inside the retail shop at Aure Wines in Beamsville.

Great Cake

Bethany's First Communion cake - delicious!

Calamus New Label

Calamus Estates Winery has a new label for thier "Cosmic" blend.

Family

My great niece Bethany, my niece Susan and my great nephew Matthew.

Pat and Fred at the Beach

An old friend who now lives in Florida sent this photo to me today. It was taken on Lake Ontario probably in Niagara-on-the-Lake where she lived before moving to Lakeland.

More Tulips on Aberdeen

Aberdeen Road Tulips this Spring

Giggle Juice?????

Aure Wines opened in Beamsville last weekend. They've chosen to call their red blend "Giggle Juice" which seems like an odd name. It would be a good pizza wine.

Reflections

Taken at the Aberfoyle Mill.

Bethany's First Communion

My great niece, Bethany, had her First Communion on Saturday, May 14th, 2011.

Tulip on Aberdeen Road

Each spring I always like to go over to Aberdeen Road in Beamsville to photograph the tulips.

Spring Seeds

Some of the 40 seed packets we received as part of the "Get Fresh in Twenty Valley" passport event. Every winery gave out a packet of seeds as part of the event. Click on photo to enlarge to be able to see the varieties.

Angels Gate Winery

Taken during the Get Fresh in Twenty Valley passport event. I liked the way the sun lights up the entrance way.

Tawse Winery Sign

This sign at the entrance to Tawse Winery is on a huge block of stone.

Delicious Food Pairing

As part of the "Get Fresh in Twenty Valley" passport event, Sue-Ann Staff prepared this dish to pair with her Pinot Grigio. This gets my "best presentation" award.

Metal Work Art

This grapevine was created in metal by Floyd Delzinga of Artifice Studio in Beamsville. He had an open house yesterday.

Colourful Quilt

This is a section of a quilt that covered a car. Taken at the 13th Street Winery.

Spring in the Country

While walking at the back of Calamus Estate Winery to take photos of the daffodils, I shot this photo. Unfortunately, because of the wind that day, the flower shots were not clear.

5th Birthday Cake

I guess my great nephew, Matthew, likes Toy Story!

Let Her Eat Cake!

My great niece, Bethany enjoys a piece of Matthew's birthday cake. Sue forgot the ice-cream though!