AROMAS & BLENDS

The special event of the summer is scheduled for Saturday August 20th from 6:00pm to 9:00pm at Muskoka Boat & Heritage Centre.

“Aromas & Blends” is a celebration of beer, wine and summer cocktails and features live entertainment, food sampling and a steamship art auction. Over 20 exhibitors will join the event and offer tastings throughout the evening. Breweries include Steamwhistle, Sleeman’s, Muskoka Brewery, Lake of Bays, Creemore Springs and Big Rock Brewery. Wineries on hand will include Vincor, Vineland Estates, Lailey Vineyard, Andrew Peller and Legends on the Lake. And, for a festive summer cocktail, Beam Global Spirits and Corby Distillers will be offering some tasty sampling.

MUSKOKA BREWERY

Summer Weiss

Cream Ale

Mad Tom IPA

CORBY 

Graffigna Centenario Pinot Grigio

Graffigna Centenario Shiraz

PELEE ISLAND 

Muskoka Steamships:

  Private Label Chardonnay

  Private Label Merlot

Lighthouse Riesling

Lighthouse Cabernet Franc

VINELAND ESTATES WINERY 

2010 Chardonnay

2009 Riesling Dry

2010 Cabernet Franc

2010 Rose

Vodka Ice Wine Martini

ANDREW PELLER

2010 Peller Family Select:

Cabernet Merlot

Chardonnay

MARK ANTHONY GROUP 

Mission Hill:

Reserve Chardonnay

Cabernet Sauvignon

Five Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc

Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Merlot

STEAMWHISTLE     

Steamwhistle

Pilsner

BEAM GLOBAL

Skinny Girl Margaritas

LAILEY VINEYARD

2010 Chardonnay Unoaked       

2010 Riesling

2009 Pinot Noir

2008 Meritage

SLEEMANS

LEGENDS ON THE LAKE WINERY 

Diva Malbec-Merlot VQA

Diva Semillon

    Sauvignon Blanc VQA

Dare Red VQA

Truth White VQA

Sparkling Rose VQA

LAKE OF BAYS 

Lake of Bays

Pale Ale

Rousse Red Ale

MUSKOKA LAKES WINERY

Oak Aged

Wild Blueberry Wine

Cranberry Wine

Cranberry Blueberry Wine

Georgian Bay Rose

BIG ROCK BREWERY

Grasshopper

Traditional Ale

Gopher Lager

 

VINCOR 

 

OPEN VQA:

Riesling/Gewurztraminer

Sauvignon Blanc

Cabernet

Merlot

CREEMORE SPRINGS 

 

 

Premium Lager

Traditional Pilsner

 

This is a first-come, first-serve event and tickets at only $40.00 per person are limited. This summer’s feature exhibit, The Muskoka Bay Story, has been proudly unveiled at Muskoka Boat & Heritage Centre. This innovative exhibit invites visitors to step back in time and discover Muskoka Wharf through the eyes of the early settlers. With a recreated Wharf Ticket Office, train station and model railway display, the exhibit illustrates the development and significance of tourism in Muskoka beginning in the late 1800’s. To reach Muskoka Boat & Heritage Centre, please call (705) 687-2115




Did you know?

  • The R.M.S. Segwun continues to be recognized by Canada Post as a "Royal Mail Ship" and that mail can be hand-franked or cancelled from the ship as they did more than 100 years ago.
  • In 1974, the Segwun was recommissioned by Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau.
  • In 1996, the Wanda III Steam Yacht was recommissioned by Prime Minister Jean Chretien.
  • The Segwun's coal comes all the way from Kentucky.
  • Muskoka Boat & Heritage Centre opened in 2006 and celebrates Muskoka's steamship era, grand resorts and hotels and the region's rich boat-building history.
  • Wenonah II is Canada's newest passenger vessel combining turn-of-the-century charm with modern conveniences such as air-conditioning and an on board elevator.
  • The Muskoka Boat & Heritage Centre is home to North America's largest in-water display of antique and classic boats.
  • The ship's private label wine is one of the few given permission by the LCBO to be sold in stores throughout Ontario.
  • In 2001 and 2002, the Segwun won the award of "Best Large Attraction" by Attractions Canada.
  • In 1988, the Segwun won the prestigious "Phoenix Award" presented by the Society of American Travel Writers.  Recipients are chosen for their outstanding efforts in preservation and conservation.
  • In years past, a steamship purser used to take tickets as passengers boarded.  Today, our Purser is responsible for all guest services on board including your dining experience.
  • The Segwun used to carry passengers, freight and mail to a variety of ports on the Muskoka lakes before the days of the automobile.
  • Each year, the Segwun and Wenonah II host upwards of 30 memorable wedding ceremonies and receptions.
  • In recent years the shift to air transport for mail has left only three ships with the right to the prefix; RMS Segwun, which serves as a passenger vessel in Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada, RMS St Helena, which serves the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic,[9] and RMS Queen Mary 2. QM2 was conferred "RMS" by Royal Mail when she entered service in 2004 on the Southampton to New York route as a gesture to Cunard's history – The RMS Segwun is the oldest Royal Mail Ship in the world.