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Prince Edward Bounty: a hedonist’s guide to eating and drinking in Ontario wine country

Prince Edward Bounty: a hedonist’s guide to eating and drinking in Ontario wine country

Weekend Traveller: Prince Edward Bounty

In Prince Edward County, $1.3 million buys a lot of real of estate—an entire 19th-century inn, to be precise. That’s how much Jeff Stober, the founder of Queen West’s artsy Drake Hotel, recently spent on Wellington’s historic Devonshire Inn, which he will convert into a high-end restaurant and boutique hotel next spring. He’s the latest in a string of urbanites turning the County into a wine country destination to rival Niagara—only smaller, scruffier and hipper. Since 2001, newbie vintners, dreaming of grape-stained feet and sleepy-town life, have set up more than 30 boutique wineries in the County, producing some brilliant wines from the area’s limestone-laced soils. The food scene, too, has rapidly evolved past pick-your-own-berry patches into eclectic farm-to-table dining with a distinctly Toronto edge (wood-burning pizza ovens, charcuterie, fancy-pants cocktails). City escapees—those who can’t ditch their corporate jobs to raise goats—now hightail it to Wellington, Bloomfield and Picton for a weekend’s worth of edenic vineyard tours, tipsy tastings and produce yanked fresh from the dirt. Here, we pick the best (and newest) places to eat, drink and sleep off the hangover, County style.

OUR GUIDE TO PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY

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“I love to stop by Schroedter’s for their sandwiches. They have great gluten-free alternatives, too.” 1492 Hwy 62, RR 1, Bloomfield, 613-393-2823.

Redtail, an off-the-grid winery, makes amazing pinot gris.” 422 Partridge Hollow Rd., Consecon, 613-965-0893.

“I buy the best local asparagus from Green Ridge Farms’ roadside stand.” 1002 Ridge Rd., RR 1, Picton, 613-393-2986.


1 | Six Barrels for Six Chefs
7 | Norman Hardie
2 | From the Farm Cooking School
8 | Sixty-Six Gilead Distillery
3 | The Hubb at Angéline’
9 | Closson Chase
4 | Humble Bread
10 | County Cider Company
5 | Slickers Ice Cream
11 | The Manse
6 | By Chadsey’s Cairns Winery
Prince Edward County | Map

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