no let's do that let's do it here hey guys  how's it going how is everyone doing i have  

a cowboy seated next to me and i just can't stop  laughing i like playing mr dress up over here huh  

what else is there to do when you're at home all  day long right sam has quite the had collection  

yeah and now that we are back in lockdown he's  going through different hats every day yeah  

it's like a different phase every day yes are  you wearing my scottish cap one day and then i'm  

wearing a french beret another day and a cowboy  hat and i got a show on a wednesday yeah anyways  

enough giggles we just wanted to check in see how  you guys are doing say hello hello and before we  

went into lockdown guys we managed to squeeze in  two little day trips yeah from toronto yeah we  

did so lucky us we went to niagara niagara falls  yeah so we're going to share that footage with you  

today it's a good thing we traveled when we did  because yeah we are locked down for a whole month  

oh boy exactly yeah i'm going to start practicing  my lasso in the basement i mean what else is there  

to do anyways anyways niagara we're talking about  niagara so yeah we went on a little spontaneous  

day trip to niagara yeah and honestly this was our  second attempt trying to get there we had tried  

to go with my dad probably like a week prior car  broke down two cars broke down on the same day if  

you can believe that what are the chances so we're  like you know what it just wasn't meant to be  

yeah so we went a week later and we had beautiful  weather oh my gosh i think it was like the last  

taste of fall summer weather it was so nice out  the sun was out above temperatures above zero  

it was just fantastic and i mean this is a  place that we both visited a long time ago  

especially like you got to dial the clock back  to the 90s when did you go different century  

i was really young then i actually used to have  relatives who lived in saint catherine which is  

so close to niagara like yeah it's probably the  closest big city ever in fact and so i went there  

when i was the a wee one did you do any of the  activities at niagara nope just before you looked  

at the fault yeah that's exactly what we did this  time okay so we just arrived in niagara falls  

we sure have and look behind us we've got  the iconic canadian geese yes canada geese  

a lovely welcome a lovely welcome yeah these guys  are here uh around uh this time of the year they  

arrived in uh southern uh ontario they stay here  for a while and then when it gets really cold  

they fly off to the southern united states  yeah they make it pretty far down there yeah  

they go to uh georgia and the carolinas and all  those parts yeah and they spend the winter there  

and then they come back uh the end of the winters  yeah they look very tame but they are mean  

they hit when you try to approach them or or  push them to go you know like faster yeah if  

they're crossing the road or something like that  they'll they'll come at you i have a funny story  

there's a place where i actually get groceries  in brampton the no frills nearby our house  

and there was a bunch of them hanging out and  they blocked the sidewalk i couldn't get by  

they were defending their territory and they  wouldn't let me get by so these guys are not  

a pushover no so we uh we know about them and we  respect them yeah so whenever you see them that  

they cross the road people they just wait and okay  but sometimes they take their sweet time you know  

they do right let's go explore check it out so  audrey how do you feel being back in niagara falls  

good it's nice to be visiting again i think the  last time it was here was maybe 10 years ago  

wow do you remember who you came with  i think with my sister and some friends  

oh cool summer time in the summer so you've  never been here when it's been the cold huh  

yeah bundled up all bundled up yeah you  dressed the warmest yes your dad has no  

hat you've got like a winter hat on and you've  got your gloves it's like five degrees okay

hello hello blinding it is sunny but we wanted  to tell you some of the things that you can do  

when you come to niagara um right now it's kind  of quiet chill because 2020 pandemic so normally  

some of the things you can do are there's a really  impressive boat ride yes which allows you to get  

up and close personal with the falls yes you  get the mist right in your face have you done  

that before once upon a time and then aside from  that you can also do the tunnels behind the falls  

which is a pretty cool experience as well yeah  you can see the water coming down like kind of  

right up close and personal so that's a  pretty cool experience yeah and i think  

a lot of married couples come here i mean  there's like casinos there's lots of hotels  

there's like a ferris wheel there's an  observation deck there's just uh there's a lot of  

tourism going on in the area then of course  you've got the vineyards nearby you've got  

niagara on the lake and so yeah we're gonna just  basically walk around a little bit more and then  

what we're hoping to do in the afternoon is visit  a vineyard that's the ground do a little bit of a

tasting

beautiful place beautiful place we are right at  the border this is the border between canada or uh  

ontario and the state of new york over there is  the usa here is canada just the river that is  

across the bridge across the bridge yeah that's it  a river they also have the water inlet that they  

take from this river to produce electricity they  have two plants in the united states and they have  

one in canada and in 1950 they signed the treaty  between these two countries because they they  

need to take almost 50 percent of the water that  comes in the river and if they don't do something  

the falls are going to be almost right right so  in the 1950s they signed the treaty the niagara  

river treaty between canada and the united states  saying that during the month of uh april to the  

end of the tourist season that is the end of  uh october they can only take water from this  

river to produce electricity at nighttime during  the day they cannot touch it because we need to  

have the flow of water necessary so the falls are  uh impressive right you cannot drive the river  

and people come to see the falls and there's  nothing falling there's no water now we're  

gonna go and we're gonna go take a look from  the front yeah let's get a better view yeah  

do the better view for the for the big one  for the check it out the horseshoe let's go

so

so after walking along and soaking in beautiful  views surprised we worked up an appetite we sure  

did good and once again lunch  options were limited because  

no dine in it was takeout or delivery  only so we're like you know what  

classic tim hortons does it get any more canadian  than that yeah i think not we ate it in the car  

to drive drive through style i know and uh yeah  we wanted to do that we wanted to have some a  

little bit of something in our in our bellies and  our stomach so that we could go and try some wine  

okay here we are in the tim hortons parking lot  we are having a quick lunch before we continue  

onwards to the vineyards um the restaurants  are still closed for dinan at the moment so  

it's only delivery or takeout so yeah we went for  something simple timmy's i got a biscuit biscuit  

sandwich breakfast biscuit with an omelette some  bacon cheddar cheese and a little hash brown  

so now let's talk about visiting the vineyards in  niagara i think the biggest lesson we learned that  

day is to make reservations don't just show up  especially on a sunny weekend when other people if  

it seems like a good idea to you it probably seems  like a great idea to everyone in the gta yeah  

so the first place we wanted to try was the wayne  gretzky estate famous canadian hockey player so  

we thought you know what let's go there jam pack  like the parking lot was full yeah like we got  

there and they had a sign that said sorry no more  tastings or tours available fully booked for the  

day so we're like okay no gretzky so over one then  the next one we went to was i believe it we went  

to peller yes yeah um beautiful property and again  we marched on in there hey can we do a taster  

and they're like no no they're like where's  no the first thing they didn't say no was  

like what's your reservation or that oh you feel  like a heart thank you yeah so but you know what  

some vineyards do have restaurants so even if  you get there and there's no availability to do  

an actual tasting you can go in the restaurant  and drink a glass of wine so that's what they  

suggested but we wanted to do a tasting so we  were like we'll try our luck elsewhere then  

on the third attempt lucky three it was a lucky  third attempt but let me tell you it almost wasn't  

because we went to the door and it was basically  the same story it's like you know we're fully  

booked blah blah blah but if you wait a few  minutes there might be a cancellation or something  

and we did and i don't know how we got so lucky  but we ended up getting in for a tasting so that's  

how we got to try wine at the two sisters vineyard  which apparently i later found out it's been voted  

the best small winery in canada yeah yeah yeah  very high quality wines very very good like some  

of the best we've ever had to be perfectly honest  but also very it's also high-end too oh yeah yeah  

so um yeah we were really fortunate to to find  a place and to have such good such a good wine  

tasting so just kind of the perfect way to cap off  a day in that that area it just shows you that if  

you're just going to niagara falls for the views  you do have time to go to also niagara on the lake  

for the wine tasting yeah no if you were to do all  the other excursions the helicopter tour the boat  

tour the there's a behind the tunnel behind the  tunnel tour that would take up the whole day for

sure

all right guys after driving around we  finally found a vineyard to do a tasting  

saturdays are very busy let me tell you no  reservations no reservations we just kind  

of showed up we're at two sisters and we're  all doing a tasting it's twenty dollars per  

person and you get to try four different wines so  we're starting with their wrestling yeah 2018 and  

some will you i've got a chardonnay in french oak  for seven months i think barrels yeah okay salute  

it's very good salute very refreshing yeah oh yeah  it's a good one to start off with huh nice and  

light very soft you were saying it kind of tastes  like granny smith apple granny granny smith apple  

yeah kind of but we are having a beautiful  day it's a super beautiful autumn day we are  

around this little town that is called niagara  on the lake downtown it looks like something  

out of a picture okay if you ever have a chance  to come and visit this little town it's really uh  

it's impressive huh impressive and it's worth the  effort to drive it's very close to niagara falls  

so you're not that far away so we recommend  it highly yeah salute round two round two

so we're going with their  they're the specialty red  

grapes that they grow here yeah so sam and my  dad got bone eagle stone eagle a safe reserve  

a 78 bottle of wine yeah okay we're  getting thank you what's the grapes  

okay so interesting fact the blend of grapes used  for their red wine is the same one used for my  

rose so it's merlot yeah cabernet frank cabernet  sauvignon yeah it's an excellent wine it's velvety  

it goes down it's like liquid velvet in this area  they're producing some really good quality wines  

yeah the niagara region here in uh in ontario this  one is uh really uh impressive yeah top 10 yeah

so yeah we were saying this is one of the  top 10 wines we've had not just this year  

but ever and that's saying something because  at this point we've made a point of trying  

probably a new wine every week for close  to two years plus all the stuff we did in  

argentina and all the other travels we've  probably i'd say like we've tried at least  

two three hundred wines so to be in the top  ten that's saying a lot salute round three  

we all went red to number three all  red three i am drinking the merlot  

cabernet sauvignon cabernet franc this  one is from 2015. yeah yeah 66 a bottle  

it's a very good wine this one with  a steak bbq you know when you need a  

heavier wine to help you with the with the  fat of the meat yeah right the beauty that  

would be like a ring to the finger yeah perfect  i think it's the best canadian wine i've ever had  

yeah yeah yeah actually absolutely good quality  wine yeah on the drive-in didn't it say this has  

been voted the number one small vineyard yeah i  don't doubt it i don't doubt it it's that good  

yeah all right dessert wine dessert one i've  already had half of mine same here exclusively  

take four yeah four five got take four so we moved  on to the ice wine oh these are so good so i got  

the riesling a white ice wine and my dad and sam  went for i i got the cabernet sauvignon yeah first  

time to try that the red red ice wine very unique  i never knew that the ice wine was made in the red  

also i always added wine right yeah and for  those that don't know about the ice wine  

this is the wine that is made with the grapes when  they are left on the uh on the vines until the  

extreme cold weather arrives and  they freeze the grapes they freeze  

and with those frogs and grapes they make this  kind of wine okay that's why they call it ice  

wine honey honey and i would like to try yours  before yeah mine tastes like uh strawberry jam  

yeah it's like a liquid strawberry jam yeah  yeah yeah it's awesome it'd be so good with  

a with a dessert wow do you like that i like  being i like to text them isn't that good  

with these i could have a whole bottle  to myself no problem it's just so easy  

to drink you want more and more beef with  a slice of cheesecake yeah yeah oh that is