Niagara Wine Trail to celebrate harvest

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The Niagara Wine Trail will host its Harvest Fest on Sept. 28-29. As guests visit the members of the wine trail, they will enjoy a wine and food pairing at each location. With the variety of foods offered, it is a progressive dinner.

Presale tickets are $30 a person and includes the food at all 11 wineries and a tasting of three wines. Designated driver tickets are $20 each. Tickets will be available at the door for $35 per person. To purchase the presale tickets and select a starting winery, go to www.NiagaraWineTrail.org.

The current participants and their food selections are:

√ Anthony Manor Winery

√ Bella Rose Vineyard & Winery: Cheesecakes paired with wines

√ Black Willow Winery

√ Honeymoon Trail Winery: Ham and cheese sliders paired with Tropical Honeymoon wine and pina colada wine slushies

√ Long Cliff Vineyard & Winery: Pumpkin lentil soup, made and paired with "Winter Reverie" – a brand-new semi-sweet red wine making its grand debut this weekend!

√ Mayer's Lake Ontario Winery: Fall harvest flatbread paired with harvest wine (semi-sweet) and hard ciders (choice of cider will be available)

√ Schulze Vineyards & Winery: Hiller's fresh corn dip paired with suggested wines: chardonnay (dry), Vidal Blanc (semi-dry) or Siegfried (semi-sweet); dip made with locally grown corn from Hiller's Sweet Corn Farm in Burt

√ Victorianbourg Wine Estate

√ Vizcarra Vineyards at Becker Farms: Sugar and cinnamon hand-rolled doughnuts paired with spiced apple wine and hard ciders

√ The Winery at Marjim Manor: Chicken and broccoli over rice (or just broccoli and rice for a vegetarian option), served with a choice of Plum Dandy and Treasure Beyond Measure