Winery Experience - Tours

Desperate House Wines!
Gather your girlfriends together for a spirited wine tour and tasting at EastDell Estates followed by lunch, dinner or Sunday Brunch at The VIEW Restaurant. Have fun in wine country and enjoy some time out in a beautiful escarpment setting. Mystery vineyard tour is approximately 60 minutes.

$10 per person.
This tour is offered daily June 21 through October 15, 2010. For more information email us at EDretail [at] eastdell [dot] com or call 905-563-9463.

A Tutored Tasting
Let us guide you through a private tasting of three wines that let you appreciate the colour, clarity, aroma and taste of wine with new insights. 20 minutes. Minimum 12 guests.

$2.50 per person (additional charges apply when you taste a specialty wine. Reservations required).
This tasting is offered daily at EastDell Estates, 20 Bees Winery and DeSousa Wine Cellars, year round.

The Walking Vineyard Tour
Join our guide in an invigorating hike through the vineyards, hills and dells of EastDell or DeSousa for a hands-on look at why the Beamsville Bench is a prime grape-growing region, while sampling our award-winning wines in the vineyard. Discover how the underlying rock formations, water paths, and air flow of the Escarpment – itself a prehistoric relic - have made our properties ideal for grape-growing. The tour finishes up in the Bench Boutique. Comfortable walking shoes recommended. 45 minute tour.

$5.00 per guest.
This tour is offered at 2pm on weekends from June 21 through to October 15, 2010 at EastDell Estates Winery.

The Educated Palate
"Great legs, great body, great finish!" "High tannins; fuzzy teeth." "Humour your wine." Join our wine expert in this entertaining journey into the arcane, romantic and often downright silly language of wine. Participants will enjoy a selection of wines and fresh breads while learning the essential ingredients to conducting a successful wine tasting at home. 30 minutes. Minimum 8 guests. Additional charges apply when you taste a specialty wine.

$5.00 per guest.
This tasting is offered daily from June 21 through to October 15, 2010 at EastDell Estates and DeSousa Winery.

The Tasty Palate
Our wine expert will demonstrate how the tastes of sour, salty, bitter and sweet flavours work with wine with an array of bite-sized treats. A perfect way to start a corporate evening or add a much-needed break to a day of winery visits. Additional charges apply when you taste a specialty wine. 35-45 minutes. Minimum 8 guests. Additional charges apply when you taste a specialty wine.

$8.00 per guest.
This tasting is offered daily from June 21 through to October 15, 2010 at EastDell Estates and DeSousa Winery.