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Half Day Wine Tour with Cheese & Charcuterie Platter - The Reserve Tour ($84.95)
Arriving late in the day or just wish to sleep in while on vacation, the reserve tour is just for you! Fun and leisurely!

• 3 hour half day Tour
• Pick up starts at 11:00-11:30am in Niagara Falls and 11:30-12:00pm in Niagara-on-the-Lake.  PLEASE NOTE THAT TIMES ARE APPROXIMATE
• Includes 3 winery visit
• Taste a minimum of 10 wines or more.
• Tour ends at approximately 3:30pm-4:00pm

Visit and taste at three award winning wineries.

Enjoy an exquisite selection of cheeses from the Upper Canada Cheese Company including their reknown Niagara Gold and Niagara prosciutto  from Niagara Speciality Foods, all paired with the finely crafted wines of  Niagara's newest winery, Pondview Estate Winery, a quaint family owned and operated winery backed by three generations of grape growers.

Tour the largest underground barrel cellar in Ontario and see the complete wine making process at Pillitteri Estates. Taste a minimum of three wines per person per winery, including premium whites, reds and some of the best and rarest Icewines in the world, including the ultimate rare red Icewine, exclusive only to our tours.

Third winery stop could be: Coyotes Run Winery, Reif Estates, Hillebrand or Peller Estates, Stonechurch, Southbrook or Ravine Vineyards

Pickup and drop off with door to door service at your Hotel, B&B or Country Inn. Please note that as we provide door-to-door service pickup times are approximate.  Allow for 10-15 buffer zone with pickup times.
*On rare occasion we reserve the right to change itinerary due to availability.

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Full Day Wine Tour with three course lunch at a Four Diamond Restaurant in Niagara on the Lake - The Appellation Tour ($119.95)
Take a journey with a professional wine educator into Niagara-on-the-Lake wine country and learn all there is to know about the history of the region and how grapes grow. Tour and taste at four of the best Niagara wineries.

• Pick up starts at 9:00-9:35 in Niagara Falls and 9:45-10:15 in Niagara on the Lake. TIMES ARE APPROXIMATE.
• 3 course gourmet, a-la-carte lunch at a 4 diamond dining room
• Taste up to 12 wines, premium whites, reds and the best Icewines in the world.
• Tour ends at approximately 3:30pm.
• Winter hours and itineraries are effective Oct 15-May 15. Itineraries will change slightly due to change in winery hours.

Our Niagara wine country full day experience starts at your door as our professional wine guide will meet you at the lobby of your hotel or B&B. Take a journey into the heart of Niagara-on-the-Lake wine country. Learn about the history of the region and how grapes grow, vineyard techniques and what it takes to make good wine. You will tour and taste at Niagara on the Lake's best family wineries, enjoy a locally inspired gourmet lunch while your professional wine experience guide introduces you to the wines, the wineries and the history behind them.

Enjoy a relaxing a-la-carte 3 course lunch in the beautiful dining rooms at the Riverbend Inn and Vineyard or at the Charles Inn. Choose from our wine country menu, a selection of appetizers and main courses cooked fresh to order with seasonal ingredients. Enjoy your private lunch at one of these classic four diamond restaurants.

Winery visits may include:

Pillitteri Estates - A grand tour of Pillitteri Estates, home to the largest underground barrel cellar in Ontario and the world's largest estate producers of Icewine. Voted Ontario's best winery in 2006! Taste a very rare red Icewine here.

Konzelman Estates - Awarded Wine Spectator Award for the Top 100 wines in the world. The first Canadian winery to win this very exceptional and prestigious award. Stunning lake front property and one of the first wineries in the area.

Coyote's Run - Producers of small batch premium wines. One of the most written and talked about wineries in Canada due to very rare and unique soil conditions, a truly hidden boutique winery. Well known for their Pinot Noir

Peller Estates - Taste at this stunning winery that sits on an impressive estate. Very well known for some  of the best sparkling wine in wine country.

Pondview Estates - Newest family owned winery offering amazing hospitality and three generations of grape growing experience.  Winner of Grape King 2008. Producers of high quality boutique wines.

Reif Estates - Celebrating 25 years in Niagara and 13 generations of winemaking, dating back to the 1600's.  A classic winery!

Hillebrand winery - Californian inspired estate and the larget producer of sparkling wine in Canada, a great portfolio of wines for everyone.

Ravine winery - A winery with a rich history dating back to the1800's. Very high quality red wine and a tremendous property sitting on rolling vineyards

Lailey Vineyards - Small boutique winery with awesome Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, a hidden gem winery,local favorite.

Day Tour package includes: all tasting fees, including a minimum of 12 premium wines in total including rare red Icewines, a sit down gourmet lunch, four winery visit, wine tasting seminar and a professional wine experience guide.  HST and guide gratuity extra. * Beverages sold separately at the restaurant.

Pickup and drop off with door to door service at your Hotel, B&B or Country Inn. Please note that as we provide door-to-door service pickup times are approximate.  Allow for 10-25 minute buffer zone with pickup times.
*On rare occasion we reserve the right to change itinerary due to availability.

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Evening Dinner and Wine Tour, A Californian inspired multi course dinner tour and wine pairing experience ($174.95)

• Great value experience, for an all inclusive wine tour, including dinner with wine pairing. Great choice if staying overnight!
• Visit 3 award winning wineries, try up to 12 wines.
• Highly Recommended first class wine country experience.
• We provide door to door service to your accommodation. Pick up starts at: Summer Hours (May 16-Oct 14) 4:15-4:30pm in Niagara Falls & 4:30-5:00pm in Niagara on the Lake. Winter Hours (Oct15-May15) 2:30-3:00pm in Niagara Falls and 3:00-3:30pm in Niagara on the Lake. PICK UP TIMES ARE APPROXIMATE
• Duration of tour approximately 6-6 1/2 hours

After spending six months in Californian and the Okanagan, Chris Fuccillo, the Founder of NVWT created the the Evening Dinner & Wine Tour to showcase some of Niagara's best wineries and exceptional local cuisine, while providing a professional and educational  wine and culinary experience.

During the dinner experience you will dine at a 4-diamond rated restaurant that follows the farm to table philosophy, using as much organic local produce from the area as possible. You and your guests will enjoy your own private table where you will choose options from a a course seasonal wine country menu. The dinner will include 3 wines to match your dinner choices, including a dessert wine with the final course.

The Riverbend Inn and Vineyard dining room, showcased in Food and Drink magazine, is located on the beautiful Niagara parkway overlooking vineyards. The charm of the authentic Georgian mansion is complemented by the creations of the Chef who uses organic ingredients grown on the property. Enjoy a contemporary cuisine with great balance and panache in their warm and inviting dining room.

The Charles Inn has been known for years to produce some of the finest cuisine in the region. Their classically beautiful dining room is located in a refurbished and luxurious Manor located in the main street of the Old Towne.

DINNER VENUE IS BASED ON AVAILABILITY AND GROUP SIZE. Not optional.

Itinerary includes:

Pillitteri Estates

Go on an educational grand tour of Pillitteri Estates, home to the largest underground barrel cellar in Ontario and the world's largest estate producers of Icewine. Voted Ontario's best winery in 2006! Taste a rare red Icewine here as well as premium whites and reds.

Other winery visits will include any two of the following:

Konzelman Estates - Awarded Wine Spectator Award for the Top 100 wines in the world. The first Canadian winery to win this very exceptional and prestigious award. Stunning lake front property and one of the first wineries in the area

Peller Estates - Taste at this stunning winery that sits on an impressive estate. Very well known for some of the best sparkling wine in wine country.

Hillebrand Winery - One of the original wineries in the region, a Californian inspired property and producers of high quality bubbly aka sparkling wine, made in the Champagne style. Beautiful boutique.

Reif Estates - Celebrating 25 years in Niagara and 13 generations of wine making, dating back to the 1600s.

Coyotes Run - Producers of small batch premium wines. One of the most most written and talked about wineries in Canada due to very rare and unique soil conditions, a truly hidden boutique winery.

Pondview Estates - Newest winery offering amazing hospitality and three generations of grape growing experience from 50 acres of land emphasizing high quality small batch wines only available at the winery.

Lailey Vineyards - Awesome Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, a local favorite.

Ravine Winery - A winery with a rich history dating back to the1800's. Very high quality red wine and a tremendous property sitting on rolling vineyards.

Package includes:
Package includes: all tasting fees, including 3-4 wines at each winery, grand tour, winemakers dinner paired with wine, professional wine experience guide to answer all your questions. HST and gratuity extra.

Pickup and drop off with door to door service at your Hotel, B&B or Country Inn. Please note that as we provide door-to-door service pickup times are approximate.  Allow for 10-15 buffer zone with pickup times.
*On rare occasion we reserve the right to change itinerary due to availability.

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The Ultimate Niagara Wine Tour
Private Tours For Couples or Groups

Personal & Private Tours
Start 9:45 am finish at 3:30pm

Enjoy the comfort of a luxury Mercedes Benz or SUV for you or your  friends while you journey through the heart of wine country. Your guide for the day will be one of our on staff Sommeliers or wine professionals.

This is simply the most exclusive and educational wine tour in all of wine country.  Owner Chris Fuccillo has created the Ultimate Niagara Wine Experience, emphasizing personal service, wine education and rare wine events. Each experience is personalized, advanced reservations is required for each event! The main goal is to have fun and leave with a life experience.

(Read Chris' bio and latest articles in Niagara Today on home page)

Allow us to take the snobbery out of wine while having a blast at each wine event. Learn about the world of wine and how you can enjoy your wine better at home.

This is a great tour for engagements, celebrations,anniversaries,a first date,special holidays or simply the love of food, wine and great company in a private and personal setting!

The Ultimate Niagara Wine Tour!

Barrel Tasting at Lailey or Pondview Winery
Start your day off with a fantastic educational and fun tour of the barrel cellar at Lailey Vineyards or Pondview. Here you and your guests will get a very rare opportunity to 'dip' your nose right into the barrel and taste wines as they are being made. This is an awesome start to the day as you will also taste the wines in their finished state to see the difference.

Art of the Blend at Hillebrand Winery
Walk in the shoes of a winemaker in this behind the scenes experience at Hillebrand Estates. In this fun and educational blending seminar you will have the opportunity to create your own version of Hillebrand`s famous Trius Red. Each guest will bottle their own personal blend to take home as a memory of the day.

Gourmet 3 course lunch
Lunch will be served at the Charles Inn at your own private table. The fresh and creative country cuisine is served in their formal dining room located in their refurbished Mansion located in the heart of downtown Niagara on the Lake.

Blind Tasting at the Reif Sensory Bar
Finish your day off with a flight of either white or red wines poured in black Spiegelau blind tasting glasses at Reif's Sensory Wine Bar. Test your skills, learn how to evaluate wine while trying to guess the wines you are tasting by smell and taste only. This is a great way to explore what makes each wine variety so different.

Package includes:
Package includes: All tasting fees, by reservation only events, 3 course gourmet lunch at one of the region's most regarded dining rooms. Travel by luxury car or SUV Guided by industry professional wine educator/experience guide. HST and gratuity for guide extra.* Beverages sold separately at restaurant

$499.95for 2 people and $899.95 for 4 people (plus tax and gratuity). Custom pricing for groups of 6 or more.

Groups & Corporate rates available upon request with transportation via Limo, Party Bus or Coach Services all around the GTA and the golden horseshoe.

Call our toll free number at 1 866- 628-5428 to book your private tour.

* We reserve the right to change itinerary due to availability. The Art of the Blend is available every day from July-Oct, and only on Sat&Sun from Oct 1-June 30. Alternate event will replace the Art of the Blend during the off times.

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Corporate Groups
Niagara Vintage Wine Tours understands corporate needs.

Supporting your objectives with years of valuable experience, our team is unabashedly relentless about quality. Every detail of your Wine Country tour, conference, incentive trip, executive retreat, division celebration or sales summit is planned with care and precision, in one streamlined resource.

Niagara Vintage Wine Tours strategic relationships deliver the best possible pricing for our clients. The result: one expert resource for your event pre-planning and on-site service, luxury Niagara Wine Country programs, budget management and real savings in time and cost.

From boutique reservations to, private winemaker dinners to breathtaking helicopter tours, Niagara Vintage Wine Tours is the optimum partner to assist you in developing and executing a Niagara wine tasting itinerary elegantly tailored to your needs.

Contact us to plan your next corporate Niagara Wine Country Experience.

Some of the Corporate clients that we have been honored to provide our services include:

• Accenture
• BDO
• Bell Canada
• BMO
• Cisco
• Coca Cola Canada
• Empire Life
• General Mills
• Henkel Consumer Goods
• IBM Canada
• The Marketing Department Inc.
• Ontario Ground Water Association
• RIM
• RBC
• Siemens
• TD
• Xerox Canada

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Toronto & GTA LIMO TOURS
Allow us to pick you and your group up in style! Travel to wine country for the day with friends and family or enjoy a corporate outing and savour every last sip of wine.

We can customize any type of tour to meet the needs of your agenda. Come down for the full day or enjoy an evening out with our dinner and wine pairing tour. Regardless of the event you want to plan we can make it happen! Take advantage of the customized transportation and book a party bus for a bachelor or bachelorette party, or simply get the gang together and make it a day in wine country worth exploring.

Our limo service is a custom tour and pricing will vary to the client's wishes for the day, as well as the date required and length of tour.

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Private Underground Barrel Cellar Dinner- Custom Pricing
This is simply the most amazing dinner venue in all wine country to celebrate the love of food, wine and great company.

Allow us to use our experience to create a private dinner celebration!

Exclusive Private Underground Wine Cellar Dinner
For groups of 10 or more we can create the ultimate atmosphere of authentic elegance with your own private dinner in the underground wine cellar.

This is the ultimate experience to celebrate that special ocassion, Here you can celebrate under candle light, a corporate outing, anniversary, milestone achievements, birthday or simply the love of food, wine and great company!

Winery visits will include:

Pondview Winery - Start your amazing night off with a flight of cheese and wine. Taste award winning wines paired with stellar cheeses from Upper Canada cheese purveyors, including the scrumptious Niagara Gold cheese.

Pillitteri Estates - Go on a grand tour of Pillitteri Estates, home to the largest underground barrel cellar in Ontario and the world's largest estate producers of Icewine. Voted Ontario's best winery in 2006! Taste a rare red Icewine here as well as premium whites and reds.

Hillebrand Winery - Arrive with a toast of sparkling wine to start off your evening on the beautiful grounds at Hillebrand winery as you are accompanied to your private table in the cellar!

Taste premium white wines, red wines and rare Icewines these award winning wineries and discover wines only tasted and sold from the boutiques at the wineries.

Dinner is served in the amazing barrel cellar at Hillebrand winery.

All inclusive dinner package includes:

• Private use of the underground barrel cellar.
• Wine tour and tasting at three of the top Estate wineries
• Reception upon arrival at Hillebrand with sparkling wine.
• Enjoy a multi course winemakers dinner with wine pairing cooked from scratch from the award winning kitchen!
• All courses served with wine pairing.

Pickup and drop off with door to door service at your Hotel, B&B or Country Inn. Please note that as we provide door-to-door service pickup times are approximate. Allow for 10-15 buffer zone with pickup times.
*On rare occasion we reserve the right to change itinerary due to availability.

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Chef’s Table Dinner Series- Custom Pricing
Private dining with the Chef at Peller Winery

Custom private Tour For groups of 10 to 14.

Custom pricing.

This rare intimate and interactive 5 star dinner experience gives you complete access to the chef's kitchen during dinner so that you can view the artistry and culinary skill of one of Canada's leading chefs.

Come behind the scenes at Peller Estates Winery Restaurant and discover how WineryChef and CityLine personality Jason Parsons approaches the art of pairing wine and food. Your dining experience begins with a reception in Jason’s kitchen where he will discuss collaborating with winemaker Lawrence Buhler and his approach to developing innovative food and wine pairings. You will then enjoy a seasonally inspired tasting menu presented by Jason and perfectly paired with wines selected by Lawrence.

Space is limited BOOK NOW!

Itinerary:

Pondview Winery - Cheese tasting and seminar, while tasting the award winning wines with the stellar cheeses from Upper Canada cheese purveyors, including the scrumptious Niagara Gold cheese.

Pillitteri Estates - Go on a grand tour of Pillitteri Estates, home to the largest underground barrel cellar in Ontario and the world's largest estate producers of Icewine. Voted Ontario's best winery in 2006! Taste a rare red Icewine here as well as premium whites and reds.

Peller Winery - Arrive with a toast of sparkling wine to start off your evening on the beautiful and impressive  grounds at Peller winery as you are accompanied to your own private table to be served by celebrity chef Jason Parsons. Taste premium white wines, red wines and rare Icewines these award winning wineries and discover wines only tasted and sold from the boutiques at the wineries.

Dinner is served at the Private Chefs table with kitchen access at Peller winery.

All inclusive dinner package includes:

• Private use of the chefs room with kitchen access.
• Cheese tasting and seminar to start.
• Tasting of one of the rarest Icewines in the world.
• Grand tour of the largest underground barrel cellar in Ontario.
• Wine tour and tasting at three of the top Estate wineries
• Reception upon arrival at Peller with sparkling wine.
• Enjoy a multi course winemakers dinner with wine pairing cooked from scratch from the award winning kitchen and served to you as you watch the kitchen create every dish.
• All courses served with wine pairing.

Pickup and drop off with door to door service at your Hotel, B&B or Country Inn. Please note that as we provide door-to-door service pickup times are approximate.  Allow for 10-15 buffer zone with pickup times.
* On rare occasion we reserve the right to change itinerary due to availability.

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Vineland, Jordan, and Beamsville Bench Tour ($129.95)
This tour is based on 4 people minimum unless otherwise stated.

Visit and taste at some the most cutting edge wineries while you journey through some of the most scenic and historic areas in all Ontario.

The Niagara Escarpment is recognized as one of the world's unique natural wonders and is the most prominent topographical feature of southern Ontario. The Escarpment area encompasses a rich mosaic of forests, farms, recreation areas, scenic views, cliffs, streams, wetlands, rolling hills, waterfalls, mineral resources, wildlife habitats, historic sites, villages, towns and cities.

During this professional and educational wine experience you will:

• We provide door to door service to all accommodations through out wine country.
• Fully narrated & Guided by industry professionals who have studied wine.
• Tour and taste at 4 cutting edge award winning wineries.
• Learn about the beautiful Niagara Escarpment and its rich history.
• Learn how grapes grow.
• The history of our wine region and how Icewine is made.
• Enjoy a stellar multi course lunch prepared from scratch at the Good Earth cooking school and family farm!
• Taste an assortment of very rare white wines, red wines dessert wines and Icewines at all participating wineries.
• Tour runs starts at 9:30 and we have you back by 4:00pm.

Wineries visited are based on availability. Our partnerships consist of the following wineries:

Tawse Winery, Legends Estate, Kacaba, Staff Wines, Cave Springs, Ridgepoint, Calamus, Thirty Benchh, Angels Gate, Daniel Lenko, Malivoire, Stoney Ridge, Foreign Affair, Peninsula Ridge, Flat Rock and Fielding.

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