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Cheers: Niagara Route of Vélo-Québec’s 2014 Grand Tour

To Your Good Health and Cycling Vélo-Québec has announced details including map and itinerary of its Grand Tour for 2014 (Aug. 2-8) taking cyclists through the bountiful wine country of the Canadian shore of Lake Erie and the Niagara Peninsula.

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Vélo-Québec’s Grand Tour Desjardins cycling event heads for Niagara wine country August 2-8

Cyclists are known to work up a big thirst during a long hot day in the saddle. And the 2,000 or so who will take part in Vélo-Québec’s annual Grand Tour Desjardins will be in for a special treat next

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Making wine in Upper Laurentians

I don’t drink a lot of wine before noon, but duty called when I saw a sign for a vineyard near Labelle while pedaling south last week on the P’tit Train du Nord, Quebec’s most beautiful bike path. The sign

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Posted in Laurentians, P'tit Train du Nord, vineyard, wine