Icewine Weekend
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This event is now SOLD OUT
This Event Includes:
Marynissen Winery tour and tasting, plus dinner and accommodations at White Oaks Inn & Resort
SPECIAL for Niagara Chapter Members: Winery Tasting & Dinner at White Oaks only - $135 per member including taxes and gratuities (SPACE IS LIMITED)
The Ontario Wine Society is again offering a mid-winter pick-me-up to Society members and their guests. The annual Ice Wine Weekend is a wonderful way to brighten the dull, frigid days of February. Spoil yourself with some great wine, great food and great accommodation!
This year the host winery is Marynissen Estates, the creation of John Marynissen. He came to Canada from Holland in 1952 and began growing grapes with his wife Nanny. Realizing the importance of vinifera grapes for the production of quality wines, John switched to planting vinifera vines in the 1970’s and was the first to plant Cabernet Sauvignon in Canada in 1978. As a young amateur winemaker, John received several awards for his winemaking. For his vineyards, he was awarded the title of Grape King in 1978. His 1987 Riesling won the Best Estate Bottles Wine Award at the American Wine Society competition in 1989 in Pittsburgh.
Establishing the winery in 1990, John was able to boast having some of the oldest vinefera vines in Ontario. These vines, combined with Niagara’s unique micro-climate, provide the infrastructure for Marynissen Estates Wines. In the fall of 1990, John won the Best of Show Award for his 1989 Chardonnay and the Konstantin Frank Award for Best Vinefera Wine at the American Wine Society competition in Philadelphia.
Enjoying more leisure time now, John has passed the reins of Marynissen on to his daughter Sandra and her husband Glen.
Dinner as well as accommodations will be at White Oaks Inn & Resort. This hotel, just off the QEW at Glendale Avenue, is renown for its dining facilities and menus. It also features luxurious, well-appointed rooms, a fabulous fitness and recreation centre as well as many other amenities. Valet parking, use of the pool and work out facilities and breakfast are all included. For dinner, a pre-selection of the entrée will be required.
This event sells out each year and again space is very limited (maximum 50) and will be reserved on a payment received basis. Please complete the form below and return with payment (payable to the Ontario Wine Society) by Friday, January 5, 2007 to The Ontario Wine Society, c/o Wendy Muir, 58 Newdale Place, Brampton, Ontario, L6S 5Z3. Our guarantee of numbers must be given to the hotel at this time so there will be no refund after this date. An additional night’s stay at the White Oaks Inn & Resort either Friday or Sunday is available for $137 per room, including all taxes and fees, and must be booked by the member directly with the hotel at 1-800-263-5766. Please mention you are with The Ontario Wine Society.
For information only (reservations will not be taken over the phone) - call the Wine Line at [416] 921-9798.
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Please reserve _____ space(s) for the Icewine Weekend event, Saturday/Sunday February 3/4, 2007.
Members $405 per couple based on double occupancy or $255 per person based on single occupancy.
Members may bring one couple for double occupancy or one single for single occupancy at member’s price.
After that couples are $450. Niagara Chapter Supplement is $135. Priority will be given to
members and their guests. Enclosed is my cheque for:_______________________________________________ MEMBER NAME: ___________________________________ (GUEST NAME: ____________________________________) MEMBER ADDRESS: ___________________________________________________________________________________ CITY: _______________________________________ POSTAL CODE: _________________________________________ TELEPHONE: (DAY)________________________________ (EVENING) ________________________________________ I understand and accept my personal safety responsibilities when attending an Ontario Wine Society event. SIGNED: __________________________________________ DATED: ___________________________________________ DINNER ENTREE PRE-SELECTION:
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