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Niagara | Daniel Lenko Estate Winery | Oban Inn | Mike Weir Estate Winery

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by David Sax
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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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