Niagara Grape and Wine Festival

Ontario will be celebrating their award winning Ice wines at the Niagara Grape and Wine Festival. The festival is begins on Friday, January 19 and continues until Sunday, January 28, 2007.

There will be many chances to taste the celebrated Niagara Icewine. Area chefs will prepare gourmet foods to complement the wines perfectly. Learn about the terrain and grapes and a lot more about Icewine.

There is a very special package on Friday, January 26 to Sunday, January 28. the Icewine Classic Weekend Package is a fabulous arrangement at an excellent price. During that weekend, transportation is taken care to the various events and back to the hotel, so you don't' have to worry about a thing.

The Niagara Grape and Wine Festival has many events and seminars that are educational and enjoyable. Following are some of the event's highlights:

Twenty Valley Live Auction
Saturday, January 20 and Sunday, January 21
Bid of some of Niagara's Twenty Valley's finest products and services. Join in the fun while award winning wines, culinary delights, local artwork, specialty items, gift certificates and more.

Winterfest in the Square
Saturday, January 20 7 pm to 10 pm
Market Square Downtown St. Catharine's
Free Admission
Meridian Credit Union presents the third annual "Winterfest in the Square. The fund raising event is held indoors, so it is out of the cold. Niagara wineries, cuisine and live entertainment will be featured.

The Gordon Halloran "Painting Below Zero" Exhibit
Saturday, January 20 to Sunday, January 28
Shaw Festival Theatre
Niagara-on-the-Lake
$5 CAD per person
Art exhibit by internationally recognized artist. Gordon Halloran's paintings were featured at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Torino, Italy. Halloran invented a new art form in the early nineties, frozen paintings. On the outside terrace at the Shaw Festival Theatre is completely new and unique installation of Paintings Below Zero will be created, using copper piping in addition to the freezer plated system that keeps the ice frozen. These paintings can only be viewed during the festival, as they melt.