I don’t do as much wine-country touring in the winter as I do in the summer, rather I have hunkering down in the Niagara Farmhouse down to a fine art. After a busy Saturday of hockey mom duty, Sunday means curling up inside and spending time baking with the kids, whittling away the afternoon on ambitious cooking projects or baking elaborate sweets and photographing the riches. The long day in the kitchen is rewarded with warming up by the fire with a glass of red.  (favourite winter sipper is a Small Lot Gamay from Malivoire – very quaffable!)