Wine, anyone?

Home again after a rather strange but exciting adventure yesterday at the winery. It is hidden amongst the rural landscape of Northern Ontario - not hard to find with good directions, but disconcerting when we found the address, and the gate was closed with a sign saying Sorry ,we're closed.  All we could see was a rather rough looking yard, with a barn, a house and haphazard and sundry 'stuff" all around. There was a new building on the grounds so we remained optimistic. I phoned and was assured it as the right place and that the gates would open shortly for the tour. We were also the only vehicle around (but then we are always early for everything) The end result was to enter the new building, and find the huge distilling vats and a very welcoming reception area with chairs and wine racks and shiny glasses.The owner greeted the guests - about 15 of us - and for the next hour and half enjoyed a great introduction to the art wine tasting, and matching wines with chocolate. We each were given a gift basket with two bottles but of course, came home with three more bought bottles. It was fun - he had been in the military so Harry was able to engage in conversation with him and another fellow of like interest.All in all we only consumed 4 or 5 ounces of wine each, but the experience was most interesting for me.  The one wine is made from Haskap fruit - not known commonly but a very cold resistant fruit perfect for this area. It produces a gorgeous red wine and quite tasty in spite of my not liking red wines. The other was a white dessert wine made with apples and maple syrup. Not like a true ice wine in sweetness, but still a lovely rich flavour. 
It was a very good day to get away - the night before we were in the yard in the dark from 11 pm to 2 am covering and moving plants because it got suddenly colder than we had anticipated.It froze hard, and again last night. Maybe tonight will be better but still only forecast for 2 degrees. Then the rest of the week will be OK. Lots of fun!
So when you meet this week, give each other a hug from me, and then later we shall all have a cup of tea from our Duchess mugs OK?  Take care