Guidance on winery tasting rooms

This week, my wife and I are going to spend a couple of days touring wineries in Ontario's Prince Edward County wine region. With the exception of a guided tour of Niagara many years ago and a visit to the Finger Lakes a few years ago during NiagarCool, we don't have much experience with visitng tasting rooms.

My big question is: how many should we limit ourselves to per day? Though we will both be spitting, I know that one reaches the point where your tongue swells up and your taste buds die. I am thiking we shouldn't try to do more than five or six wineries a day. What does everyone else tbink?

Thanks for your input.

I am thiking we shouldn't try to do more than five or six wineries a day. What does everyone else tbink?

I don't know what winery visits are like up there, but much depends on what kind of interaction you expect to have with the winery staff.

If it's just a tasting bar where they pour tastes and then you move along your way, I'd say it all depends on your alcohol tolerance. (And saying 5/6 wineries is a tough way of gauging alcohol because some wineries produce 2 wines and others produce 20 wines or more, so it all depends on how much wine is being ingested).

If there is an opportunity to hang out with some of the winery staff, potentially take tours of the vines, facilities, etc, I often only schedule one morning and one afternoon appointment, just to make sure I have enough time to let serendipity take its course and not feel rushed to leave a great experience. In France, some of these visits have lasted 2-3 hours. (While of course others have lasted 10 minutes).

Not sure how much that helps.

I often only schedule one morning and one afternoon appointment, just to make sure I have enough time to let serendipity take its course and not feel rushed to leave a great experience.

Excellent advice. In fact it is a good idea to call in advance, and express the desire to spend some time with them.

All good advice. Thanks. I will re-assess our sched.

Many wineries there don't pour more than 3 wines, so it's not like many other wine regions, where each winery will pour 8-10 wines. And many of the wineries are so close togther, that you can hit 6 wineries in about 2 hours. Also, as a new region, I got the sense that the cellar staff didn't know much about their wines (though there were a couple of exceptions to that rule). Have fun in the county!