A Stage Away Show
St.Catharines local folk group "The Hire Wire String Band" play in the cellar of Henry of Pelham Estate Winery. This is the third in a series of spontaneous musical performances inspired by the Parisian movement, La Blogotheque. Click here for video
Groovy Grapes wine podcast: interview with daniel speck henry of pelham
This month, we caught up with the very busy Daniel Speck, Vice President and Director of sales for Henry of Pelham Winery.
(Video) Harvest with Henry Pt. 1 – September 28, 2007
Ange & Paxton the "Wine Enthusiasts" from iYellow Wine Club, spend a day at Henry of Pelham for their annual harvest fest. In part one they learn about the process, some of the history surrounding the winery, and start to pick some grapes.
(Video) Harvest with Henry Pt. 2 - October 5, 2007
Ange & Pax finish out the day of harvest at Henry of Pelham with an incredible vineyard lunch provided by Chef Erik Peacock of Wellington Court St Catharines
(Video) Sip Ontario- hosted by Angela Aiello & Paxton Allelwell from iYellow Wine Club (please scroll to bottom of newsletter for video), August 3/2007(Video) Wine Library TV- Gary Vaynerchuk, Director of Operations for Wine Library talks about Henry of Pelham 2005 Late Harvest Vidal. (42:35 on minutes bar)
Ontario Wine Review Newsletter- by Michael Pinkus, May 24/2007
Frontier Family- by Dick Snyder, City Bites Magazine, June/July 2005 (PDF) please scroll to page 24 for our article
Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Reserve- Click Here to learn all about the Niagara Escarpment and why it makes our region so unique!
Morning Star Mill
ADMISSION IS ALWAYS FREE Thanks to the work of the volunteers "Friends Of Morningstar Mill" and the generous donations of our visitors.
In 1992 the site was so derelict that it was very unsafe and only a short time from needing to be bulldozed. Mr Gary Konkle approached city council to get permission to form a group of volunteers to be called "The Friends of Morningstar Mill" Once established they began to restore and then operate the mill as the only operating water powered gristmill in the Niagara Peninsula . At the start of the restoration project, much of the machinery and stones were as Morningstar had left them in 1933. The buildings were collapsing or had disappeared altogether in the case of the saw mill.
Over the years there have been hundreds of volunteers who have made the site what it is today. We currently have approximately 18 active members.
We are proud to have such a beautiful old mill and site in our care. We particularly like to demonstrate how the site and all of it's aspects worked for school children, enthusiasts and tourist who come to visit us. On Open House weekends we receive up to 900 visitors from all over the world. Our school tours can run up to 8 per week
The Morningstar Mill Park, Interpretive Center, Museum site is made up of a number of buildings: the gristmill, (more familiarly known as Morningstar Mill) the turbine shed, the millers house, the icehouse, sawmill and the barn which houses the blacksmith shop and carpentry shop. Soon to be reconstructed is a drive shed to house wagons and ancillary equipment.
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