No.99 Club: December 2021

WAYNE GRETZKY’S BACKYARD SKATING RINK Skating reservations are required. Visit myWineCountry.com to reserve your group.

Stop by the Estate for a spin on The Great One’s backyard rink. Take in the fresh winter air and enjoy a warm bite to eat with a tasty cocktail, a glass of wine, beer, a whisky-infused hot chocolate, and non-alcoholic beverages too. Please note that the rink is weather dependent.

DECEMBER 2021

Rink Side Cabanas Enjoy your very own rink side cabana!

This package includes your own cabana for 2.5 hours, rink entry, skate rentals, and a fire table for up to eight guests. Cabanas also include eight take home Wayne Gretzky Estates camp mugs. Food and beverage service is available with your own dedicated server.

RINK HOURS Sun-Thurs 11am-7pm Fri 11am-9pm Sat 11am-10pm

$10 for skating and $10 for skate rentals (limited availability)

Community Skate Days

Saturday DJ Night

Join us for a skate on the second Wednesday of each month. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to a local Niagara-on-theLake charity.

Visit the rink on select Saturdays in December and January between 6 and 9 p.m. for a rockin’ evening skate hosted by a local DJ.

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Please contact us for complete Member Benefits or for assistance with planning your visit.

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Skating Season

Here’s one to buy

Wayne Gretzky Estates Vidal IceWine 2018

$49.95 200 ml

Bright yellow gold in colour with a classic bouquet of peach, baked apricot, mango, and tangerine. Serve chilled before a meal, with your favourite vodka for an Icewine Martini, or during a meal with spicy vegetable rolls, cheese plates and fruit-based desserts.

Available at the Estate, The Wine Shop, LCBO and online at thewineshops.com

WINEMAKER’S NOTEBOOK Icewine season is quickly approaching! Once those temperatures of -8 to -10 °C hit in January, you’ll find us out in the vineyards picking frozen grapes; and celebrating Niagara’s liquid gold at the Icewine Festival weekends in downtown Niagara-on-the-Lake. We hope to see you there.

Spirit Bear Coffee Company PORT COQUITLAM, BRITISH COLUMBIA

Spirit Bear Coffee Company, located in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, is Indigenous owned and operated, fair trade, and certified organic.

Spirit Bear Coffee Co. is a supporter of many social initiatives, including the Indigenous Life Sport Academy and the First Nations Snowboard Team. Their partnership focuses to empower Aboriginal youth across Canada with opportunities to play, express themselves, improve both their mental and physical health.

These healthy sport-based outlets assist in the relief of conscious and subconscious stresses induced by intergenerational trauma within Indigenous communities.

Learn more at www.spiritbearcoffeecompany.com

Eagle Blend is blended from the finest Central and South American beans. This blend is medium roast and brings soaring flavour and superb strength to a full-bodied cup.

Wayne’s Winter Warmer 6.5 oz

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French press, medium roast coffee Wayne Gretzky Estates Old Fashioned Syrup Wayne Gretzky Estates Red Cask Whisky Wayne Gretzky Estates Canadian Cream heavy cream

Combine heavy cream and Canadian Cream and froth until smooth.

In a glass coffee mug, combine coffee, old fashioned syrup, and Red Cask whisky; stir well.

Layer the frothed cream on top, garnish with a shake of cinnamon sugar. For added kick, mix in an ounce of Canadian Cream into the coffee as well.

Wayne Gretzky Estates Red Cask Whisky

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STYLE:

$19.95/375 ml

ALCOHOL:

Ontario Smooth and robust 40%

Distiller’s notes: Whisky made the Canadian way – locally sourced grains are individually distilled, matured, and blended, then finished in red wine casks from our winery. This process ‘polishes’ the whisky, adding rich oak, vanilla and spice, and balancing all the elements to produce a refined and smooth whisky.

Our Ontario climate has an influence on barrel ageing; high annual temperature fluctuations in a non-temperature-controlled environment drives the whisky deep into the oak during warmer periods and draws it out during cooler periods. The location of the barrel within the rickhouse influences how it ages, depending on temperature, air flow and height within the room. This gives our distiller near infinite options when blending, to create the taste profile selected

by Wayne himself.

Flavour profile: Bright straw gold in colour with a ruby red hue. At first swirl of the glass, look for top notes of toasty new oak, almond nuttiness, caramel, and vanilla. Underlying notes appear suggesting nutmeg spice and stone fruit.

After adding a touch of water, notes of sweet spice and dark raisin develop.

The mouth-feel is smooth, round and robust, with a touch of woody tannins for structure, and deep notes of toasted nuts and allspice. The finish is long and lingering with a delicately sweet, smooth texture and flavours of nut and allspice.

Best served: Neat, on the rock, or mixed into your favourite whisky-based cocktail.

CRITICAL ACCLAIM: Best in Class Alberta Beverage Awards 2020 Double Gold Medal San Francisco World Spirits Competition 2021