It’s Wine & Cheese weekend along the Niagara Wine Trail as participating wineries offer a pairing cheese with their wines, ciders and meads this Saturday and Sunday.
A $27 ticket buys your way in to any 10 of the participating wineries (listed below) and allows you to sample three beverages at each, along with a specially selected Yancey’s Fancy NY Artisan Cheese to go with each. Each paying visitor will also leave with a commemorative glass that they pick up at the first winery on their way.
Participating wineries and their selected cheeses include:
- 810 Meadworks: XXX-Sharp Cheddar – White (aged 18 months)
- Arrowhead Spring Vineyards: Naturally Smoked Cheddar
- A Gust of Sun Winery: Fresh Killer Dill
- BlackBird Cider Works: Garlic Buffalo Wing Cheddar
- Black Willow Winery: XXX-Sharp Cheddar – White (aged 18 months)
- Chateau Niagara Winery: Sharp Cheddar – White (aged 9 months)
- Eveningside Vineyards: Smoked Gouda
- Flight of Five Winery: Gouda
- Freedom Run Winery: Chipotle & Habanero Cheddar
- Honeymoon Trail Winery: Peppadew Cheddar
- Lake Ontario Winery: Smoked Gouda with Bacon Cheese
- Leonard Oakes Estate Winery: XXX-Sharp Cheddar – Yellow (aged 18 months)
- Long Cliff Winery & Vineyards: Steakhouse Onion Cheddar
- Midnight Run Wine Cellars: Maple with Bacon Cheddar
- Niagara Landing Wine Cellars: Garlic Buffalo Wing Cheddar
- Salamaca Winery: Strawberry Chardonnay Cheddar .
- Schulze Vineyards & Winery: Bergenost triple cream Norwegian Cheese
- Schwenk Wine Cellars: Peppadew Cheddar
- Spring Lake Winery: Roasted Garlic Cheddar
- The Winery at Marjim Manor: Naturally Smoked Cheddar
- Victorianbourg Wine Estate: Bacon Cheddar
- Vizcarra Vineyards: Natural Smoked Jalapeno Cayenne Cheddar
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