Chili & Icewine

Hillebrand Estate Winery was serving chili and Vidal Icewine as part of the Icewine Festival's passport event.

Apple Tart & Icewine

As part of the Icewine Festival's passport event, Inniskillin was serving a Northern spy apple tart with the 2007 Vidal Icewine. Yum!

Food on the Road

One of the gourmet food trucks at the Twenty Valley Winter WineFest in Jordan.

Christmas Trifle

We didn't go to Guelph on Christmas Day for our usual family get together because my niece's husband was not well and couldn't face cooking for a crowd. So it was postponed until yesterday. Sue took this English trifle. So good I had two helpings.

Gourmet Grilled Cheese Sandwich

For the Wrapped up in the Valley, passport event, Sue-Ann Staff Winery served up a gourmet grilled cheese sandwich. Not you Kraft cheese slice variety!

Food and Wine Pairing

As a participant in the "Wrapped up in the Valley" event, 13th Street Winery offered thier Red Palette wine and a mushroom soup with herb crouton.

The Pinot Affair

One of the best presentations of the Pinot Affair event was at Hidden Bench Vineyards and Winery in Beamsville. Pinot Noirs were matched with sausage, various cheeses and beef bourguignon .

Great Goumet Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

Fielding Estate Winery was serving gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches from the Gorilla Cheese Truck as part of the Discovery Pass for the Niagara Wine Festival.

Happy 13th Birthday, 13th Street Winery

"The Frosted Cupcake" provided the cakes at the 13th Street Winery party on Saturday. Four new wines were released as well.

Locally-grown Tomatoes

It's great to see ripe, locally-grown tomatoes at the roadside stands not imported unripe tomatoes that are injected to turn red!

More Local Fruit

Local blueberries & raspberries at a market stall.

Fresh Niagara Peaches

There's nothing like fresh, local peaches. Taken at a road stand on Victoria Avenue by the QEW.

Wine & Cheese Experience at Hillebrand

We recently did the wine and cheese matching seminar at Hillebrand Estates Winery. All three pairings were great. Wine served - Artists Series Chardonnay, 2009 Trius Red and Riesling Icewine.

Local Tomatoes

These colourful tomatoes were at a roadside stand in Vineland.

Oyster "Boy"?

I don't eat oysters but I wanted to take this photo of someone from Oyster Boy Oysters Restaurant shucking oysters at the Tawse Winery open house.

Colourful Cookies

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

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.

English Trifle

Sue made this English Trifle for Christmas Day. I thought I'd better take a photo before people started digging in. Looks good enough to eat!