We drove to the east today to do some of the Points East Coastal Trail that we bypassed a few days ago, starting in Georgetown where we walked a bit along a portion of the Confederation Trail....
....but then it started to drizzle and it was only in the low 60's, so we thought, "Hey, time for some hot coffee and a sweet!" and went to the local bakery, The Maroon Pig.
One word: YUM! 😋 There were lots of options ~ we ended up ordering two different blondies: a s'mores and a skor ~ they were both great, but in our opinion, the skor blondie edged the s'mores blondie by a skosh.
We walked the small town for a bit and ended up at the Shoreline Design Artisan Studio....
...where they make all of their products in their shop backroom, offer classes, and drop-in jewelry making. When we arrived, a young girl had just finished making a necklace and two women had just finished creating their wedding bands for their upcoming wedding.
Brad ended up chatting with Peter, the owner, for quite a while in the shop about many topics - careers, politics, retirement, so on.
We then made our way back to Montague and ended up having lunch at the same place we did a few days ago ~ Copper Bottom Brewery. Maybe it was what we ordered, but we enjoyed the food more the previous visit. 😕
We heard music and saw people gathering down the street, so headed there and happened upon the DiverseCity Festival where there was a variety of booths, food carts, and dancing exhibitions from around the world.
We then drove to Newman Estate Winery and tried five wines ~ one white. three rosés, and one red while chatting with the owner and wine-grower Mike.
It is a very small, young vineyard and all of the grapes are grown onsite. The tasting is complimentary ~ we enjoyed three of the five wines we tasted and ended up buying one bottle of rosé.
Then we were off to Rossignol Estate Winery ....
....where the tasting was a bit different. For $12, one chooses three of their many wines to enjoy - and the pours were generous.
We decided to try a variety of types of wines:
- L'Acadio Blanc ~ a white wine aged in whiskey barrels. Yep - the finish tasted a bit like whiskey. Actually it wasn't all that bad.
- High Bank Red ~ a medium dry table wine that was rather tart and tasted like cranberries. Brad liked it the more he drank it; Suzanne did not.
- Maple Wine (fruit wine) ~ made with late harvest maple syrup, it was good, but tasted a bit more like prunes more than maple. Not too sweet, which was nice.
