Lobsterfest

Saturday August 23

We drove out toward Niagara on the Lake, to Stonechurch Vineyards, which offers a self-guided walk through the vines.
Nice wines, though painting the bottles to look like low-class margarita mix is probably a bad idea. But the nice man who presided over our tasting told us that if we drove only a couple of miles farther on, we could also hit Caroline Cellars for their famous annual Lobsterfest.

Though it was only about 4:30 PM, this was the perfect opportunity for an unforgettable dinner. You can't beat two freshly-boiled PEI lobsters for $22. Add to that unlimited sweet butter-and-sugar corn on the cob, redskin potatoes in meaty juice, pasta salad, and mesclun with raspberry vinaigrette, and you've got a bargain - we certainly did. We sat down under a tent in the vineyard with a glass of Momentum white wine, and splattered and splashed and sucked each salty little particle of lobster out of its shell. And then, with the sun still high in the sky and the local garage band blasting out Rolling Stones favorites, we rolled towards home.