{"id":17005,"date":"2020-01-06T16:44:54","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T21:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=17005"},"modified":"2020-01-06T16:44:56","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T21:44:56","slug":"niagara-icewine-festival-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/06\/niagara-icewine-festival-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Niagara Icewine Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>January 10 is the start of the <a href=\"https:\/\/niagarawinefestival.com\">Niagara Icewine Festival <\/a>that begins with the 25th Niagara Icewine Gala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"324\" height=\"217\" src=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/reif1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17006\" srcset=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/reif1.jpg 324w, http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/reif1-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\" \/><figcaption>Reif Estate Winery participating in 2020 Niagara Icewine Festival<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Niagara icewines rival other sweet dessert wines including: late harvest wines, ice ciders, Port, Hungary\u2019s Tokaji,&nbsp; France\u2019s Sauternes, and Italy\u2019s Vin Santo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you haven\u2019t tasted an icewine from Niagara, Niagara is a great place to visit and discover icewines.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year in 2020, Niagara Icewine participants can purchase a Icewine Discovery Pass for January 10-12, 17-19 and 24-26. The Snow Globe Soir\u00e9e takes place January 16 &#8211; February 16. Wineries participating in the Niagara Icewine Festival are located in Niagara-on-the-Lake and Twenty Valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tickets are available <a href=\"https:\/\/niagarawinefestival.com\/tickets\">online<\/a> as well as at Ontario Tourism Centres, Niagara-on-the-Lake Chamber of Commerce and participating wineries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Niagara Icewine Gala<\/strong> (January 10) includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Icewine from more than 30 producers<\/li><li>Culinary treats paired with the icewine<\/li><li>Ice sculptures<\/li><li>Interactive icewine activities<\/li><li>Video of the past 25 years of Canada\u2019s icewine story<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>General admission tickets are still available for $199 +HST<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discovery Pass<\/strong> includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Discovery Pass is good for the specified nine days (January 10-12, 17-19 and 24-26)<\/li><li>Includes 8 wine and food pairings at the participating wineries<\/li><li>36 participating wineries<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Tickets are available for $45 +HST. Special driver\u2019s tickets are $35 +HST.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Snow Globe Soir\u00e9e Experience<\/strong> includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Pre and post dinner welcome in the Snow Globe Lounge with Niagara VQA wines available and includes a view of the Falls.<\/li><li>A 90-minute dining experience in a heated Snow Globe furnished with blankets and twinkling lights<\/li><li>A 3-course meal with a curated Niagara VQA wine list<\/li><li>A Snow Globe concierge\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Snow Globe Experience takes place Thursday through Sunday between January 16 and February 16. Price: $999 per Snow Globe dome (includes dinner for six and two bottles of premium VAQ wine.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wine Trail Traveler visited many of the wineries located in Niagara. Articles and photos are available <a href=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/canada\/ontario.php\">online<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2020 may be just the year to discover icewines in Niagara!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cheers!<br>\nKathy<br><\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"owbutton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.onlywire.com\/button\" title=\"Niagara Icewine Festival\" url=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=17005\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The annual Niagara Icewine Festival  begins this weekend with a Gala!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[184,43,124,2512,56],"class_list":["post-17005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wine-newscommentary","tag-festival","tag-icewine","tag-niagara","tag-niagara-icewine-festival","tag-niagara-on-the-lake"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17005"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17009,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17005\/revisions\/17009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}