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by David Sax
Drink
Winery tours and tastings are the reason to visit Niagara these
days.
Inniskillin (905-468- 2187,
www.inniskillin.com)
is one of the specialists in Niagara's sweet ice wine.
Tawse Winery (905-562-9500,
www.tawsewinery.ca) boasts
gravity-fed tanks and classic Pinot Noirs. Daniel
Lenko Estate Winery (905-563-7756,
www.daniellenko.com)
has some of the region's oldest Chardonnay vines. Golf fans
should check out
Mike Weir Estate
Winery (905-562- 0035, ext. 235;
www.weirwines.com), which is
owned by the 2003 Master's winner.
Sleep
The Niagara River and Lake Ontario meet right in front of the
Queen's Landing (888-669-5566,
www.vintage-hotels.com),
a 142-room historic Georgian mansion with an indoor pool. A
2006 renovation transformed the 1824
Oban
Inn and Spa (866-359-6226,
www.obaninn.ca) into a
Zen-centered spa retreat that boasts an outdoor hot spring as
well as holistic treatments.
The Post House
Inn (877-349-7678,
www.post houseinn.com)
is a B&B with classic rooms like Mrs. Connell's Boudoir;
it features fireplaces, four-poster beds, and two-person
tubs. In the nearby town of
Jordan, you'll find
Inn on the Twenty (800-701-8074,
www.innonthetwenty.com),
which puts guests in the midst of wine country and whose On
the Twenty restaurant serves some of the region's best
cuisine.
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