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Newfoundland wine is nothing new, as the island may be the Vinland of the Vikings. One thing is certain, however. The Newfoundland winery certainly never had the rows of vines that we know from other parts of Canada. Instead, it's famous for the Newfoundland Blueberry Wine.
In Fitch Bay, Quebec, the scent of lavender fills the air. At Bleu Lavande, lavender is grown to extract the lavender oils. Admittedly, in Canada's harsh climate, treating lavender to survive the harsh winters wasn't easy. But see for yourself.
The first Vancouver Island Wine was grown by farmers in the fertile Cowichan Valley in the 1920s. The climate is favorable for viticulture. Almost 80 vineyards have grown from these beginnings. Wines from more than 40 wineries grow here.
In a region south of Montreal, the vineyards get bigger and bigger until the vines stretch to the horizon. We'll stop at a spot where the Best Quebec Wineries are concentrated in the Eastern Townships. Here you can find out what we discovered there.
Quebec's Manoir Hovey is tucked away from the road in a forest on the shores of Lake Massawippi. The hotel is located in the middle of nature outside the village of North Hatley. Let yourself be carried away into the world of Louise Penny in The Village in the Red Forests.
The best cider on Vancouver Island comes from the Heritage apples that Sea Cider uses to make its wine. You can test this at a cider tasting at the Sea Cider Farm in Saanichton north of Victoria. Let yourself be surprised by the apple wines from Vancouver Island.
What makes American ski resorts so special? We ask travel blogger Christian Jannasch: The Alps have not seen me since I was there for the first time and I kept coming back to the Rockies. So far, 5 ski trips have been booked - Alberta, British Columbia, Colorado, Utah and California.
dr Andrea McCrady has been the Official Chimes of the Dominion of Canada since 2008 and plays a new musical program each weekday on the Chimes in Ottawa's Peace Tower, which she arranges and compiles herself. We visited her in Ottawa.
Killarney Mountain Lodge in Ontario Actually we should have taken a boat tour to Killarney Provincial Park that day in September - as I said: actually. But when we woke up in the morning, the rain pelted the roof of our small, cozy log cabin with constant and steady pounding, and it was difficult to get up. We knew that was [...]
L'Anse from Meadows - Viking settlement and fishing village Even if the small town of L'Anse aux Meadows on the northwest coast of Newfoundland is mainly known for the world-famous archaeological excavation site, where Helge Ingstad and his wife Anne Stine proved that the Vikings around the year 1000 AD actually reached the coasts of North America, the fishing village [...]
