The trip: Head to the Niagara area for winery tours, the fantastic falls, a huge New Year's Eve party or make a date for mid-January and the ice wine harvest.

Holiday shine: Wine and holiday spirit certainly go together. So, what improved way to enjoy a uniquely Canadian holiday than drinking icewine in the scenic Niagara Valley, the world's biggest manufacturer of this sweet dessert wine?

The various wineries in the Niagara Valley suggest tours and tasting all time long, but in the winter, when the cold grapes are hand-picked from the vines and give way one precious fall of juice each, the vintners are particularly arrogant to split their rare and pleasant wines with the public.

It's fun and soothing just on tour around the rural Niagara area or indirect down the tree-lined streets of delightful 200-year-old Niagara-on-the-Lake (N.O.T.L. to persons in the know). Personal companies offer winery visits that comprise tours, food sampling and cellar tasting.

For a whole change of pace, go from the laid-back surroundings of tasting wine to the lively buzz of Niagara Falls. Moreover the amazing falls, the city boasts a excess of attractions, including casinos, the Butterfly Conservatory and a skating rink within view of the falls. During the Winter Festival of Lights, when the city is decked with almost two million lights, there are outside concerts and fireworks - and new for this year, there's even an outdoor rink, right at the edge of the falls.

Excellent For: While Niagara Falls is family-oriented, touring vineyards and wine tasting is not accurately a kid-friendly movement. Build this trip a holiday there for Mom and Dad.

The best moment to go: Particular New Year's Eve actions be plentiful in the region. Peller Estates and Hillebrand Winery are holding New Year's Eve dinners which, of course, contain wine pairings.

Or expend the evening with 30,000 of your neighboring friends at Niagara Falls. Payable as "Canada's largest free New Year's Eve Extravaganza," this happening is televised nationwide and will mark live concerts from STYX and Glass Tiger as fine as two fireworks displays.

If you truly want to celebrate icewine, visit N.O.T.L. between Jan. 15 and 31, through the Niagara Icewine Festival. With the lot from tasting, seminars and winery tours to celebration dinners, receptions and live activity, it's all concerning icewine.