
WSET Wine Touring in PEC
What’s WSET you ask? WSET the Wine and Spirits Education Trust offers educational programs for people in the wine and spirits business. My cousin Paul has a WSET Diploma Level […]
Veronica Leonard is a business and travel writer with a passion for wine tourism.
What’s WSET you ask? WSET the Wine and Spirits Education Trust offers educational programs for people in the wine and spirits business. My cousin Paul has a WSET Diploma Level […]
We had to get away for a few days to heal. It had to somewhere not too far away, on water, quiet and comfortable with food and housekeeping included ...Elmhirst Resort on Rice Lake.
Please visit my blog on the Bay of Quinte Tourism website on the Great Wine Weekends in Prince Edward County. It all starts with Terroir May 14
Mark Rashotte, realtor, owner of the Empire Theatre, and entrepreneur extraordinaire who has made Belleville a centre for avant garde movies and highly sought after musical acts was a little […]
2015 was a year of discovery while wine touring in Prince Edward County and beyond. I emerged from winter cold storage in May for Terroir in the County and my […]
It’s a scientific fact that women have more taste buds than men. In fact 35% of women qualify as ‘super tasters’ and only 15% of men but most of us […]
Back in 2004, I visited the newly opened Sandbanks Estate Winery in Wellington, Prince Edward County.. It was a hot summer day and so instead of using the small tasting room […]
Please visit my blog Quest for Canadian Oak at the Bay of Quinte Tourism Website
Please visit my blog Spring Offerings at Prince Edward County Wineries at the Bay of Quinte Tourism website
42 splashes of wine in the glass 42 splashes of wine Another splash and I’ll fall on my … “You don’t spit?” Dan asked incredulously. Dan Tweyman is the nearly […]
Canadian Oak and other wine barrels have been rolling across Prince Edward County, Ontario, this past year as Pete Bradford moved from his previous location next to 66 Gilead Distillery near […]
Treat yourself to a real wine tour this year – the kind with a bus, a guide and an itinerary. It’s worth the cost in terms of information, safety and […]
Friendship more than wine brought me out to Prince Edward County this Wassail. The news of Richard Karlo’s death last week on November 26 had stunned me and I needed […]
Vintages Essentials Magazine from the LCBO is out. This classy magazine tells Ontario wine lovers the essential top 130 wines to have in your wine cellar. There is not a single Prince Edward County […]
It’s South Africa’s National Braai Day today Sept 24. Braai means Barbecue. You might ask why we are celebrating Barbecue Day now when winter is just over the horizon, but […]
In 2014, I participated n the Great Canadian Wine Challenge. The rules of the Challenge were simple: you could only drink Canadian wines for a full year. There were some […]
Melnik Castle, a thousand years of history, the largest vineyard in Bohemia, impressive barrel cellars that may once have been dungeons, and massive oak wine barrels built on site emblazoned […]