DAY TOUR IN NAPANEE ONTARIO | Avril Lavigne, Wine Tasting, Historic Sites, Goats!

Good morning from We're Keith and Deb our goal is to make the most of each day with adventures big and small This past year. We've been exploring Canada from Vancouver all the way to Quebec City and today we're in Napani Like this and they all just like Holy crap, so many geese. We're in the car. It is too cold outside for the fingers We're not used to the cold Canadian weather yet It's not even that cool. It's just you know, harden the fingers. So we're in the car gonna warm up. We're gonna get some coffee There is no indoor seating Fair enough, we're still in the pandemic. So you're probably wondering why are we in Napani today in November? That is true. The first reason is it's a beautiful Saturday and it's really close to Kingston So we wanted to explore a new town and a second reason Keith is Because we've been told by so many people to come here for the Christmas lights when they say there's some pretty intense Christmas lights They mean it. They weren't kidding and maybe do some Christmas shopping while we're here In Napani So although Napani is a small little town here It's got quite a bit of history and right here is City Hall for example Completed in 1856, it's a lasting symbol of the development of local government in the 19th century It's dual function as a town hall and market was a popular arrangement in Ontario before 1870. How's that Sun treating you Debbie? I feel warm for the first time in like 10 minutes And that coffee is doing it for you, it's kind of cold somehow but it tastes yummy still So have you had one coffee today or more than one? What did you have today? Well, we got up early this morning. So I may have had two shots of extra. So before we left and a coffee I Have an issue. Okay, I Have the same issue This post office was made or designed or built built in 1888 and it was an optimistic sign that this was going to be a prominent town This is a great good place really good place We made it to the Falls This is in fact why Napanee is here because there used to be a sawmill that was built in the 1780s And then one of the first grits mills was actually built here first between Kingston and the Niagara Falls Peninsula So that's why this town exists. Another really awesome cool fact is that this is the town that Avril Lavigne is from You know, chill out, watch you yell, lay back, it's all been done before Pretty much the music I grew up watching from this town Another reason to come here is because of the wineries. Yes, there's wineries really close to Napanee So we're gonna go check it out. See if they've got some Christmas vibes going I think we might be the only people. When is it not time to taste wine though? Yeah, what's going on? Oh, you should wine taste in November just because the vines are dead Doesn't mean that they don't have wine. Exactly. Shall we? We'll get the place to ourselves. Thank you It's so beautiful in here like I can't get over this I have to guess. Oh no. That's the Chardonnay 2013 and you wouldn't have guessed it for sure Wow, that was amazing. That was Like I'm blown away the inside of that barn is gorgeous. Also the wine was really good Very unique. Very unique. They're all so different. Yeah Curtis. Thank you so much for the tasting. That was awesome They've done such a beautiful beautiful job with the place They got it in 2019. They bought it from an old vineyard and then it was shut down for five Abandoned sort of thing bought up again and they've been building it up and it's looking good. Gorgeous Definitely, almost done upstairs. If you're doing a Prince Edward County wine tour definitely stop here. What's next Keith? What's next? We can either go to another winery or we can go to the trading post Should we go to Bergeron winery? Since we're doing winery stuff Let's go to the other one We made it to the next little winery literally two minute drive away from the last one This place is called Bergeron Estates or Bergeron I guess Yep, maybe French, maybe Well, that was great another great winery just down the road, thank you very much Josh and look what we got Oh, is this gonna be a gift? We can't show people here. We can we got some cabernet No, we'll show you sorry it was maybe it was gonna be a gift but not anymore it's wine jelly How cool is that? I know the thing off to the trading post Which used to be a general store we learned and is now like a nice store with fun artistic thingies in it So maybe we'll find some Christmas gifts This is so cool, so Sandy was telling us the story She's the owner of the Loyalist trading post that her and her husband who met in high school They took a trip to Tofino and she saw a little country store across the country with two goats or goats on the roof and She told she has a picture of it and she told her husband if they ever got a country store That they would have goats on the roof. And now they have goats on the roof and it's looking at me Hey, buddy Are you scared? There's also a Christmas event running at the lowest rating company stores, so there's a hot My goodness we're spoiled See, this is why I love small towns because you just come across these random things that are so cool Yeah, this is like goats on the roof It's so good So this thing has batter in it and a fresh piece of apple all this beautiful cinnamon and sugar mmm Fun fact, there's some cool specs about goats over there goats have four stomachs like a cow goats are also the most consumed meat and Or most milk and meats in the world actually come from goat. What but these ones aren't eaten But in general goats pretty sure If I read that wrong, I'm that's really interesting if that's the case Another fun fact is that you know how coffee was discovered the Ethiopian legend has it that it was a goat herder And he saw his flock of goats Frolicking and being super stimulated all of a sudden after hanging out by a red berry bush turns out it was a coffee bean bush Thank you goats, then I really appreciate your existence because of the goats that we have coffee. Thank you goats. I owe you one Wow, it's nice being warm and cozy, isn't it nice being inside somewhere? Yes. It's been cold all day Yeah, I have I'm not used to this cold weather yet. We're at the waterfront Waterfront River Pub, it's really cute and really nice and there's a lot of options on this cute little menu So Yeah, we're gonna take a look at it. We ordered our food So I was reading this little poster behind me about the history of this place of the waterfront River Pub started as a brewery in 1857 or so in the 1850s and then passed down another brewer and Marina, it was abandoned in 2011. They made it this beautiful No, like for real this is a massive holy crap, this is a good this is a really good bang for your buck You When they say there's some pretty intense Christmas lights they mean it they weren't kidding. This is impressive. It's really beautiful It's so cool. All these buildings have their entire top half covered. It looks really beautiful. It's beautiful That just about does it these lights are phenomenal, I'm really happy we came yeah, not only for these lights but for this day Especially on a cold day in November, there's still so much to do wine tasting goats on it on the roof Good food. It was a lot of And the apple fritters. Yeah, it was a lovely wonderful day. So if you're in the area, thanks, Anthony Thanks so much for watching. Thanks for watching Was that a good wink? No, what happened? Oh no Mom dad I need a new jacket. I'm happy we stumbled upon this place. What's next? You see I get stuck in my nose. Look Sometimes I think we spend too much time together