Is it a beautiful warm summer day, what should we enjoy on the patio?

Warm summer day,how about a Limoncello Cooler 1/2 oz limoncello, 1/2 oz club soda into champagne flute top off with Crescendo sparkling wine - Gaspereau Vineyards newest wine!

Try some of these tasty treats as well:

White Wine Sprtizer

8oz L'Acadie Blanc into an ice filled wine glass, add club soda to taste, stir gently and garnish. Really easy to make and refreshing too!

Icewine Martini - really tasty treat!

Pour 2oz of vodka and 1 oz of 2008 Ortega Vidal Icewine into a drink mixer of ice. Shake, serve in a martini glass and garnish with frozen grapes. Perfect summer sustanance!

Drop into Gaspereau Vineyards for more summer patio drink ideas all made with Nova Scotia Wines! Tours and tastings are complimentary, tours are at 12noon, 2pm and 4pm daily. Come, relax, savour and enjoy NS Wines with us at Gaspereau Vineyards!

Bras d'Or Lakes Inn Wine Dinner June 27, 2009

Rhoda and Jean Pierre, owners of Bras d'Or Lakes Inn, will be hosting a Wine Dinner on June 27, 2009 featuring Gaspereau Vineyards and Jost Vineyards wines with guest speaker Gina Haverstock, winemaker at Gaspereau Vineyards. For reservations call Rhoda at (902) 535-2200 and for more information visit www.brasdorlakesinn.com.

Menu -Cold puree of avocado withlime juice/zest, spinach, fresh herbs, and a chili salsa paired with Gaspereau Vineyards L'Acadie Blanc. Seafood appetizer of hickory-smoked shrimp on a curry blini with charred corn salsa, dressed frisee and radicchio greens, with a pita crisp paired with Jost Vineyards Habitant Blanc. Palate cleanser of Mango Sherbet. The Grand Entree is marinated whole quail filled with a savoury forcemeat of venison, pork and pine nuts, wrapped in smoked bacon, with a veal demi-glaze, served on a bed of wild rice pilaf; garnished with sauteed oysters and shitake mushrooms, with grilled white and green asparagus and paired with Gaspereau Vineyards 2007 Pinot Noir. Salad of arugula with fennel, granished with strawberry, toasted almonds and orange segments, dressed in a maple vinagrette paired with Jost Vineyards L'Acadie Pinot Grigio. Cheese Trio and then dessert chocolate parfait with cashew praline, carmelized Bosc pear flambeed with Grand Marnier and raspberry coulis, topped with whipped cream and paired with Jost Vineyards Framboise.

Reserve your seats early for this event, you are not going to want to miss it!

Summer Cocktails

It's even warmer today! Here's a look at the new Brickstone products, as mentioned yesterday. To make a great summer cocktail, we suggest filling a glass with 08 Crescendo, and then drizzling some of the white balsamic cream and mix together. Maybe they'd go well with other wines too! Pictured here are our new dessert wine glasses - the perfect size for a little treat of Maple Wine.

Got any favorite summer wine cocktails of your own invention? Share them with Gaspereau Vineyards in the comments section!