This month’s feature, The Roost, is a boutique winery located in a place where you may not think of grape growing – The Blue Mountains, near Collingwood. It’s owned by the husband and wife team, Jessica, the winemaker, and Michael, the vineyard manager. They planted their home vineyard in 2013/14 and The Roost opened to the public in 2017. With…
A very different New Year’s Eve is approaching. However, that doesn’t mean that you can’t observe the arrival of 2021 with a great wine and food experience. For example, you could plan to join Wine Journeys and Bacio Trattoria for a New Year’s Eve of delicious food and wine pairings. And with it being virtual over Zoom, you can invite…
This month we’ll take a journey back in time to see who we should thank for the wine we’ll be enjoying this Christmas season. This idea came from a book by wine writer Oz Clarke that proposes the ancient civilization responsible for the “discovery” of wine. The usual suspects are the Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans. There is certainly evidence that…
Join us as we virtually celebrate “Christmas in Italy” with mouthwatering dishes created by Bacio Trattoria, delicious wines paired by Wine Journeys, and travel tips and surprises from Eleanor Dath, Vision Travel. To give back during the Holiday season, a portion of each ticket sold supports Gilda’s Club of Simcoe Muskoka. Plus one lucky guest wins a gift bag donated by Wine…
Join us as we virtually celebrate “Christmas in Italy” with mouthwatering dishes created by Bacio Trattoria, delicious wines paired by Wine Journeys, and travel tips and surprises from Eleanor Dath, Vision Travel. To give back during the Holiday season, a portion of each ticket sold supports Gilda’s Club of Simcoe Muskoka. Plus one lucky guest wins a gift bag donated by Wine…
Experience the food and wine, and virtually explore of the city of Bologna and the Emilia-Romagna Region of Italy. Join Wine Journeys, Bacio Trattoria, Eleanor Dath of Vision Travel, and our special partner, The Barrie Public Library, as we take you to Italy with a delicious 3 course meal for 2 (featuring Tagliatelle Bolognese as the main), 2 fabulous (full)…
Need a virtual Italian vacation? Experience the region, food, and wine of Campania Chef William from Bacio Trattoria, Eleanor from Vision Travel, and Trent from Wine Journeys will take you to Campania. We will take you on an online tour of the region accompanied by: 3 course take out meal for 2 of local specialties (featuring Spaghettini Puttanesca as the…
We continue to focus on local since we have so many amazing Ontario wineries to explore. This month we feature Niagara’s 13th Street. The winery is owned by the Whitty family and their patriarch, Doug, is both the President and the Vineyard Manager. As a 3rd generation grape grower, he takes vineyard management seriously and completely identifies with the philosophy…