To conclude our wonderful weekend in Niagara, we drove around to as many wineries as we could before they closed for the evening.

First stop, the Ice House Winery. They had free tastings of most of their ice wine and we ended up buying two bottles. A little pricey, but definitely worth it!

Look at all of that ice wine!

Next was Riverview Cellars. Not sure why I didn’t get a picture of the building. I think it was really windy when we arrived and we just wanted to be inside!

We enjoyed most of their wines and ended up purchasing a bottle of 2007 Fontana Dolce.

Inniskillin was next. We only stayed for a few minutes and looked around. They had an impressive collection and we sampled a few but weren’t really impressed.

The Reif Estate Winery was next on our list.

A few minutes down the road and we ended up at Strewn Winery.

I loved the modern look on the inside!

We tasted a few different wines and purchased two bottles of their ice wine. I already have one open bottle in the fridge.

They even have cooking classes!

Our last stop was Peller Estates Winery. It was after 5:30pm at this point and all of the wineries were closed, except this one that was open until 6pm.

There were so many people at the tasting section and a few people waiting so we just looked around and checked out the wall of different corkscrews. They even had another display on the other side. Who knew their were so many different kind?

Dinner was simple. We headed back to the hotel and found a little restaurant, called Falls and Firkin that was part of the casino. Plus there was only a 5 minute wait which made it even better! Another restaurant we checked had a 3 hour wait! I understand it was Valentine’s Day, but it was already 6:30 and we knew we couldn’t wait another 3 hours for dinner.

After looking at the menu, I had a hard time trying to decide between a Vegetable & Goat Cheese Wrap or a Veggie Burger. I chose the burger.

We were all starving by this point so I happily ate this delicious burger. I may have also eaten the onion rings that came with it. I have a weakness for onion rings.

On Monday morning we left a little early to get a start on our 8hr drive back home. It was a great weekend, even though it was cold.

The wineries. Oh, the many wineries of Niagara. They were so unique from each other and we had a blast driving around and visiting as many as we could. I think we ended up going to 12 different ones, but I didn’t get pictures of all of them.

The first one we went to Caroline Cellars. Which we all agreed was our favorite one! All the tastings we had were free, the staff was friendly, and it was some of the best wine we tasted all weekend. We walked away with three bottles. Two 2006 Cranberry Winter Harvest, and one Plum Wine.

Next up, was Joseph’s Estate Wines. They had tasting fees, but we went ahead and tried a few.

Despite all the medals they had won, none of us were that impressed with what they had and walked away empty handed.

After getting back the hotel, Todd and I explored all the shops around the Casino and I wanted to go into this one shop because of the name.

Instead of Cotton Gin, Cotton Ginny. Ginny is one of my nicknames so I was happy when I found a gorgeous sweater that was also on super clearance.

Todd and I then walked to a place called Young Garden for dinner. We were told it was only a few blocks away. I’m guessing the guy at the hotel was thinking of another place because it was more like 14 blocks, it would have been a nice walk if it hadn’t been so windy!

I wanted to try something different and got the Age Dashi Tofu.

It was delicious! The sweet sauce paired with the seaweed and onion worked well with the tofu. It was a huge potion though, four big pieces! Todd doesn’t eat tofu so it was all up to me. I only had two pieces though because I wanted to save room for the main course.

I actually ended up ordering the dish next to Bi Bim Bab because this dish was served cold and I wanted something hot.

Yum! Lots of veggies with a few pieces of beef underneath the giant egg. It also came with a sauce that was extremely spicy! I only used a little because I can’t handle spicy very well.

When we got back we played some card games with our friends while watching the falls’ light show. Here’s the view from our room.

Hard to believe we did even more on Sunday!