Prince Edward County News

Not as well known as the-picture perfect Canadiana of Muskoka or the cool foody destination of Prince Edward County , the very diversity of the Kawarthas region - lakes and forests, charming main streets and farm to table cuisine - has made it hard to pin down.

After a bumpy three-year run - 21 in real restaurant years - Buddha Dog has been quietly put out of its misery.

Wine writer, Natalie MacLean , hosted The Great Canadian Wine Match recently asking for nominations and votes for the best Canadian wines to pair with Chicken, Beef, Pizza, Cheese, Seafood, and Dessert.

Ontarians worried about cuts to the budgets of small hospitals in rural and Northern Ontario took their issue to Queen's Park today.

Kawartha Country Wines has taken a Gold Medal in the All Canadian Wine Championships for their Elderberry Dessert Wine.

Cheese lovers will be able to sample more than 125 varieties made by artisans from across the country at a festival in Ontario's Prince Edward County.

Fluvanna County is taking a run at a program that only two other counties in Virginia have.

It's the current war cry by the voices of those who know. A plea and a calling to Canadian growers and winemakers to plant and bottle more Gamay Noir .

Consuming the first part of Wednesday night's Board of Supervisors meeting was an impassioned discussion on the timetable for the controversial proposition often called "voluntary tax contributions," though county attorney Frederick Payne urged the Board to drop the word "tax" like a hot potato.

When Petra Kassun-Mutch, founder of Fifth Town Artisan Cheese in Ontario's Prince Edward County, stepped down as president in 2011, there was genuine sadness in the cheese community.