$20 pp
Available daily February 2 to March 1, 2026
Treat yourself and your favourite person to a Wine & Chocolate Flight and explore how two of the tastiest things in the world work together!
Includes three wines and three chocolate treats. The best part? You get to choose your wines based on our recommendations!
Swiss Milk Chocolate paired with your choice of:
Dark Chocolate Covered Cherries (from our Vineland neighbours Cherry Lane) paired with your choice of:
White Chocolate Coconut Almond Confection paired with your choice of:
$20 per person. Reservations highly recommended to ensure best service, but walk-ins are always welcome. Reserve now: https://www.sue-annstaff.com/collections/tasting-flights/products/everyday-is-valentines-day-wine-chocolate-flight
$10 pp
Available daily February 2 to March 1, 2026
Celebrate long-lasting love with this sweet treat!
Sue-Ann's grandparents Lula and Lavelle were married for over 60 years and were honoured by having their favourite wines named after them. Enjoy a tasting of both Riesling Loved By Lu and Lavelle's Vidal along with a little sweet treat.
Only $10 per person. Available daily February 2 to March 1, 2026. Reservations highly recommended to ensure best service, but walk-ins are always welcome. https://www.sue-annstaff.com/collections/tasting-flights/products/lu-lavelle-sweet-treat-tasting
$20 pp
Available daily February 6 to March 2, 2026
No one loves making Icewine like Sue-Ann. And that's why we call her the Ice Queen!
This February we are celebrating Canada's liquid gold with The Flight of the Ice Queen, a unique tasting of three of Sue-Ann's finest Icewines, including past, present and future releases!
Your flight includes an ounce of each Icewine, and each wine is perfectly paired with a gourmet tidbit.
$20 per person.
Available daily February 6 to March 2, 2026
Reservations highly recommended to ensure best service, but walk-ins are always welcome. https://www.sue-annstaff.com/collections/tasting-flights/products/ice-flight
$120 + HST pp
Saturday, March 7 or Sunday, March 8
Escape the chill this season with the warm hospitality of the Benchlands Winter Wine Trail.
Visit five exceptional wineries to enjoy five different expertly crafted cheese and wine pairings. To keep the magic going long after the fifth stop, you will be taking home five bottles of specially selected wine—one from each winery—to relive the Wine Trail in the cozy comfort of your home. It’s the ultimate winter indulgence: rich flavours, cozy moments, and unforgettable sips.
With your ticket, you’ll enjoy:
$120 + hst per person. Purchase your tickets online, choosing either Saturday, March 7 OR Sunday, March 8. You can also choose the winery where you'd like to start your day!
https://winetrail.trilogen.ca/
This morning, I had a bit of fun thinking about what wines go with which Christmas cookies. It was especially fun since I was on 105.1 FM “The River” with my good friends Rob White and Tami Jenneret – a pair of exceptional radio personalities … and lovers of great wine!Truth #1 – it was their idea.
Truth #2 – I haven’t slept in a week thinking of the great cookie and wine combinations!
So, what did we come up with?
|
Cookie
|
Wine |
Why |
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Shortbreads |
Sparkling Wines |
Shortbreads have so much butter that coats the palate. The acidity and effervescence of sparkling wine will cleanse and hydrate the palate from the shortbread. |
|
Gingersnaps |
Gewürztraminer |
“Gewürz” means “spicy” in German. The spicy, clove, ginger note that is found in these wines will nicely link with the complex ginger and spice flavours in gingerbreads or gingersnaps. Look for Gewürztraminers with some residual sugar. |
|
Cherry bombs |
Rosé |
Rosé wines have a red berry note that pairs so well with other food with berries like cherries, raspberries, cranberry, etc. Rosés with a smidgen of residual sugar and either zippy acidity or elevated in alcohol will help make this pairing sing due to the similar flavours. |
|
Milk chocolate |
Baco noir |
Milk chocolate has a low cocoa content. Baco has a low tannin level. So, the astringency links up between each. Milk chocolate also has milk solids that coats the palate. Baco has elevated acidity for a red wine that will cleanse the palate. A double win! |
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Dark chocolate |
Bordeaux Reds |
Dark chocolate has a high cocoa content that requires a wine with a higher tannin level to match the astringency. Add to that, Merlot often has a flavour that reminds people of chocolate, so it links up two ways. The dark berry characters of ripe and developed Cabernet francs and Cabernet Sauvignons are a refreshing fruity contrast to the gritty texture of dark chocolate. |
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Figs / dates |
Appassimento |
Dried fruit and highly intense fruit cakes need a wine with impact. Wines made from dried /raisined grapes like Amarone / Appassimento / Vin du Cure wines pair perfectly. They often have a bit of sweetness to match the sweetness of the cake/fruit and similar fruit flavour sensations that complement each other. |
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Peanut butter balls |
Nothing |
Maybe wine doesn’t pair with everything! Peanuts / peanut butter notes in a wine are a major fault / flaw. I can’t think of a single wine that I’d want to drink with a “peanut-butter-dominate” anything. If chocolate wraps around the peanut butter, then see above. If it doesn’t, then get out the spirits. |
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Almost any other cookie |
Icewine |
The wine, in most instances, should be sweeter than the food. Icewine will always make that happen. They are fruity, zippy, rich, seductive with luscious sweetness. We would also pair Icewine with any of the above-mentioned cookies. |
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