Niagara-on-the-Lake Wine Aft Tour with Cheese from Niagara Falls
Description
Sip, savor, and stroll through Niagara on the Lake's estate vineyards and discover hidden-gem wineries on this 3.5-4 hour winery tour. Explore Niagara on the Lake's beautiful grassroots wineries, meet wine lover's, sommelier's, and even winemakers! Taste Ontario's (VQA) wines in barrel cellars and private tasting rooms, while sampling award-winning white, red, rose, sparkling, and ice wines. Enjoy a market fresh cheese platter, paired with tutored wine tasting while learning more about food and wine pairings. Sample 9-12 wines, learn about Niagara's wine making process, meet passionate wine lovers, and capture memorable moments in wineries and vineyards. Browse and shop each unique winery boutique for new favorites to take home. Typically our group sizes are more intimate; usually 4-10 guests. Although weekends are typically busier, choosing a midweek date allows for more personal attention while on tour.
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Itinerary
Guests will enjoy visiting 3 cottage & boutique estate wineries to sample a variety of Ontario VQA wines at each winery. Guests are picked up either from our tour centre or provide an address from local Inns or B&B's, driven safely by our local, knowledgeable tour guide hosts for the duration of the tour. After tasting a variety of white, red, rose, late harvest, sparkling and ice wine on each tour; guests may purchase wines, culinary and wine related gifts from each winery boutique and tasting room visited. A market fresh cheese pairing is enjoyed at one winery; learn about the food and wine connection by tasting local and artisan cheeses, crackers & preserves paired with 3 wines. Gluten free options available.
Discover the hidden gems that make Niagara Wine Country such a unique destination. Explore its magnificent parkway and country roads lined with rolling estate vineyards and orchards alongside the impressive Niagara River.
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What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
1pm departure Pickups from most hotels in downtown Niagara Falls, Ontario Canada range from 12pm-12:30pm Pickup from Niagara on the Lake, Ontario range from 12:30pm-12:50pm Please ensure your pick up time is re-confirmed 4 days prior to tour departure date.
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- A minimum of two people per booking is required
- Dress code is smart casual
- Drinking age is 19 years old and up
- Minimum numbers apply. There is a possibility of cancellation after confirmation if there are not enough guests to meet requirements. In the event of this occurring, an alternative or full refund will be offered
Reviews(22)
The company never showed to pick us up from the pickup location. I had called earlier to confirm and it went to voicemail. I never got a call back. We drove to the other meeting place and there was no evidence of this your company at that address. Were we just scammed?
We paid in full, received our confirmation and they didn't show up, no call, we couldn't get a hold of them neither could Viator who we book through. After 3 calls, 3 emails and waited an hour and a half viator said they would try to get us a refund. Will see how that turns out. We drove 4 hrs to go on this wine tour for them not to show up and not be able to get a hold of them and mabey get a refund for 5 people. Never will I book with them again.
Tony was an excellent guide and was quite knowledgeable of the area. The drive between wineries was nice with great views and the servers at each establishment were friendly and knowledgeable. My friends and I had a great time. First time tasting ice wine Would definitely recommend this tour with Tony as guide
We are thrilled to see you enjoyed your tour with Tony!! He is an amazing tour host and very knowledgeable about the local area and wine country!!
BEWARE …do not buy a gift card from this company or even support them. We have tried to use a gift card to book 2 tours now … in 2023 and 2024 to no avail. Our gift card does not work for online bookings. I have to book with Karen by phone. I have sent dozens of emails and phoned Karen many times. She finally reached out in February and indicated I should call back end March. I have received the silent treatment ever since. I have notified Niagara tourism and they are trying to help.
Hello JET7406, thankyou for your feedback and bringing this to our attention. We apologize for this frustration you have experienced with our organization. If you purchased a GC from our online booking platform, you will not have any issues entering the GC number and process your booking. If you are running into further issues, please reach out and we will do our best to assist. The only other reason we can surmise is that your GC was purchased prior to our online booking system. We apologize for the frustration you have encountered, and will do our best to rectify this situation for you. Again, our new booking system can process a gift certificate that has been purchased from it and this takes place regularilly for many guests. however our new system cannot process a manual GC provided/processed prior to our online booking platform, you simply cannot merge and manual system and an automated booking system. Please reach out and provide us with your full details of your GC purchase and full contact info and we will do our best to resolve this situation and frustration. Without all of this information, we cannot begin to process your booking request. We look forward to your reaching out. Again our apologies.
Carrie was an incredible tour guide! Amazing winery choices and she ensured the tastings were tailored to our preferences. Will absolutely book again!
Angela, it was wonderful to host you and Ian in wine country once again!! We are excited to have you return with friends this spring!! Customizing a private tour continues to keep your experience fresh and personal for each visit with us!!
This was a long overdue girls weekend. When we got on the van there were 3 other ladies from Toronto. We ended up having a great time with them. Lots of laughs. We had a fabulous time on the tour. Our tour guide, Tracey was, what can I say, FABULOUS! She was very knowledgeable super friendly and went above and beyond her duties of the day. We would highly rank this tour and ask for Tracey to be your guide.
We LOVE Girls weekends!! Our team of women as hosts for your tour always make it extra special!! We know what women want!! Tracy is FABULOUS!! She loves introducing our guests to our fav wineries and adds that perfect mix of fun, information and suggestions; all create such wonderful memories for our guests each visit!! Thank you for the top notch review!! :)
We had a wonderful experience with amazing people Gabriellla our host was incredible She was very knowledgeable and accommodating with us
Thank you for your feedback and compliments, we appreciate your 5 STAR review!! Gabriela is so knowledgeable and very accommodating with her guests, they take away wonderful memories and of course great wine after each of her tours!!
Really nice experience, John always nice and fun.. able to explain everything around the area and the wines!
Thank you for your kind feedback and 5 STAR review of our tour with John!! We are excited to have you both back again soon!! Cheers!
Absolutely fantastic experience! We lucked out with driver John--great tidbits of Niagara history and special places to see between wineries. You can tell this is more than a job to him and that he is passionate about his work.
YOU are so right!! John absolutely loves hosting guests in Niagara. His passion is contagious!! We are thrilled you have such warm and meaningful memories' of your time with us while visiting!!
Terrible customer service and we ended up paying for a tour that didn’t happen, so I advise others to look else where, another company where they will treat you like actual customers. The full story as below: We called the number on the website and left multiple messages for a week or 2 before we got a reply to ask us to email them instead and refuse to provide us with more info on the call, and was told that the info on the website is outdated. We emailed them and waited for another week before we got the info we were looking for, we wanted to stay with this one because the “good” reviews they received. After confirming to book via email we got no confirmation back where we had to call and follow up to realize that they will send confirmation and instructions the night before the wine tour. A month later, the weekend we were suppose to head down to Niagara, we received the email on Friday night that our tour is ready for Saturday. The problem was we booked it for Sunday! We tried to reach the rep from Friday night and scrambling to figure out what to do as this will completely ruin our weekend plans. We reply explaining that that’s not the right date but come Saturday afternoon still no reply or return call even though we left multiple messages. I quickly found another wine tour that actually has customer service and booked a tour on the spot for Sunday because we were not getting any replies and we’re not sure what’s happening. Late Saturday night we finally got a reply saying that there’s no refunds or rescheduling allowed, but they will give us one time exception to rebook it for Sunday for $25/person. As mentioned, we already made other plans since we didn’t get a reply so we asked to change it to later dates (at this time I just didn’t want to waste the booking) so we suggest that they give us a date in the future and we will make it. Because we can always have more wine, however, to this day a month or 2 later we have not heard back or had a call returned. Very unhappy, but it’s a lesson learned that when customer service started off bad we should have known from the start.
