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Wine-tasting at Hester Creek
visits with Hoodoo Adventures. A Kayak Wine Tour starts at £47. Other add-ons include yoga on the beach, a creative painting session with a local artist or a sunset beach barbecue. Those who want to pedal around the vines but save their energy for tastings should try Heatstroke’s electric- powered Pedego Classic Cruiser bikes, which have silent engines. A four-hour tour visiting seven wineries along Osoyoos’ Golden Mile starts at £77. High-end clients may enjoy chartering a Harbour Air floatplane from Vancouver to British Columbia’s wine country.
l PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY The smallest, but fastest-growing, of Canada’s best-known wine regions is Prince Edward County, found on the northern shores of Lake Ontario in the so-called Golden Triangle between Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal. Wine writer Tom Firth says: “A fairly new wine region for Ontario wine lovers, the relatively shallow soils over limestone bedrock and the cooler climate evoke a number of similarities between Prince Edward County and Burgundy. Naturally then, we see the best successes with the cooler-climate varietals such as chardonnay, pinot noir and gamay.” Stay: Book clients into the Inn at Huff Estates Winery, so they can stay within a cork pop of its award-winning vines. Suites feature private gardens and vine- side patios and fireplaces (from
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£64 plus tax). Voted one of the 25 best small hotels in Canada by TripAdvisor for the past two years, the Merrill Inn in Picton has many rooms with fireplaces and boasts a restaurant with an acclaimed chef (from £96 plus tax). See: Explore a handful of the small region’s wineries on a half or full-day tasting experience with Prince Edward County Tours, with travel options ranging from a passenger van to a limousine. Prices start at £44. TW
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1st Class Holidays’ six-day Ontario Wineries and Resorts self-drive tour visits the Niagara region vineyards, as well as Toronto and Muskoka. Prices start at £500, including five nights’ accommodation and six days’ car hire, but excluding flights.
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Bridge & Wickers’ 12-day Grapes and Peaks self-drive itinerary spends a day in the Okanagan Valley as well as visiting Vancouver, Whistler, Sun Peaks, Jasper and Banff. Prices start at £1,570, including 11 nights’ accommodation and 10 days’ car hire. Flights are not included.
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