Niagara College Canada
Niagara-on-the-Lake
Campus has a Teaching
Winery.
The Teaching Winery grows
grapes for winemaking.
Carol, John, Eric & me
in front of the Wine
Visitor Education
Center.
Local grapes are used in
all the wines made here.
Wines & wine accessories
for sale
Jams & Jellies are made with
locally grown grapes.
Sit on the patio that overlooks
the vineyards & enjoy a
glass of wine.
The vineyard's Weather
Station
Emma welcomes us &
tells us about this
region's winemaking.
Grafted grape vines are
ready to be planted.
Each year there is some "renewal" of grape vines. Damaged or diseased vines are removed and replaced with vines.
Individual grapes are separated
from leaves & stems in this
machine.
The mechanized wine press.
This process takes a lot less time than stomping grapes. Here's a link, with Lucille Ball.
Grapes are fermented in
steel tanks & aged in
Oak barrels.
Emma reviews the Five
See... Swirl... Sniff... Sip
& Savor
Next up... shopping...
Our choice....
... a bottle of 2012
Savant Ice Wine
Eric and I are look forward to sipping this delicious sweet wine. Its purchase helps support Niagara College's Teaching Winery.
No comments:
Post a Comment