Delheim

We had originally planned lunch at Delheim for our first day, but the organising and settling in took longer than we expected so it had to wait until day two.

After a quick trip into town to pick up my new bike – more on this later – we made it to Delheim in time for a tasting followed by lunch. Without doubt, this is our favourite winery and we have probably been here at least half-a-dozen times. As we arrived we bumped into August who has handled our tasting visits on at least 4 occasions – including our last visit in September. He claimed to remember us but I’ll bet he says that to all the girls!

August was even more impressed when I produced my tasting notes from September and alongside some of their standard wines, treated us to a tasting of some of the exclusive range including a couple which were not even on the tasting list.  We bought a few bottles to last us through the weekend and headed off for lunch in the restaurant. Excellent as ever and despite our best intentions, we succumbed to the temptation of three courses and accompanying wines.

It really is a magical location – one I will be happy to return quite regularly – although as Linda points out, there are quite a few other wineries with restaurants that we haven’t tried yet. It is a rough old life as Jimmy C is constantly reminding me.

Thankfully we remembered to collect our two boxes of wine as we left the restaurant and returned home for a well-earned siesta. 28C on the deck – with some shade when we got home and a pleasant cooling breeze – understand it’s cold and damp back home and even colder in Mississauga.