After touring the wineries, we went to Deluca's Wine Country Restaurant as a part of our wine tour & dinner with Niagara Vintage Wine Tours. Since Paul and I are both vegetarian, we inquired ahead of time about a vegetarian meal. On the menu, there were vegetarian options for us, and we were able to fully enjoy everything as there were meatless options for every course! Also, each course was paired with a wine from a local Niagara winery that fully complimented the food.
We were brought an Amuse-Bouche to begin, which was some sort of apricot-rice mouthful with many other ingredients which I can't remember. It was absolutely delicious - incredibly flavorful and all of the ingredients came together so well! I always see the Amuse-Bouches being prepared on the Food Network and various cooking shows at fine dining restaurants, so it was really fun to be able to try one!
Next, we were brought some freshly baked bread with an olive oil balsamic vinegar dip. Mmmmm... I wish that I could eat this all the time! I could have easily just filled up on bread for the rest of the evening!
We each chose to try the salad (even though the soup was vegetarian, too, and sounded delicious) - this was easily the best salad that I've ever eaten! There was a wine salad dressing that tasted delicious and topped a very complex and yummy salad! It had salad greens, radish, beets, pickled asparagus, and a sweet pepper relish underneath, as well as feta cheese. Oh my goodness....it was so good! I could have eaten this salad for the rest of my life!
Yummy....wine! We had a white wine with our salad, a red wine with our dinner, and an ice wine with dessert! For dinner, we had a handmade pasta with a tomato sauce, topped with fresh ricotta and grated parmesan cheese and fresh parsley. This was so incredibly delicious, too! It has been since our cruise that we last ate at a fine dining restaurant of this caliber and it reminded us of the delicious cruise food...perhaps on par or even better!
For dessert, we had a fresh peach cobbler, as peaches just came into season here in the Niagara region. It was warm and delicious! Paul was even impressed with the fact that I don't normally eat raisins, but I gobbled them all up in this tasty dessert! Yum!
After dinner, I enjoyed a great cup of coffee and then we were back in the shuttle van with the tour company and taken back to our bed and breakfast. We were greeted by a friendly neighborhood kitty on the front lawn - apparently, there are lots of friendly neighborhood animals that live in the area, as there are plenty of trees and areas for wildlife to enjoy. Although we never "met" him, Maddie (who owns Copper Lane) told us about a red fox that is fearless and only walks around on the sidewalks of the neighborhood!
When we arrived back at Copper Lane, we were ready to go to sleep as we had another adventure ready for us the next day!
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