Tredwell - The Foreign Affair Winery Tour

Way back in July my family and i were invited by the Armstrong's on a winery tour in Niagara along with a wine-food pairing done by Treadwell. As i love both food and wine, this was an amazing trip. The started off by taking us to the fields to see where the grapes were, there were a few nice whites for tasting along with cheese and fruit. After a visit to the town, we went to the Foreign Affair Winery for dinner.

As we mingled around the table there was a Riesling served along with a few appetizers. there was a pea foam which i did not enjoy, an amazing roasted beet salad served on individual spoons, and prosciutto fresh shaved served on bread sticks. The first course was a pea and fava bean risotto with butter seared sea scallops and preserved lemon. This was served with their 2007 Chardonnay


The Second course was beef, i'm still new to beef, but i decided to try it and i'm glad i did. It was a Slow cooked "Cumbrea Farms" beef short rib with cauliflower puree, and "Koslick's" Mustard. I had never heard of Kolicks and its now my favorite mustard. This was served with two wines!! A 2007 Merlot and the 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon.


The fruit dish was Whitty farms summer berries with chiffon cake, spiced basil sabayon and black olive caramel. I'm not really a desert person, and i enjoyed the berries and sauce, but the cake was made of Cabernet flour and i found it pretty dry. It was served with a 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon Icewine. I had never had red icewine, and i don't really enjoy the white, but this was really good - almost a raspberry flavour to it.


Surprise, surprise, the cheese course was my favorite. This was 5th town Operetta with wild honey comb. Such a unique combo. The most interesting part about this course was that it was served with a barrel tasting of their 2007 Cabernet Franc which was exceptional.