Wine Country
24 vineyards. 140 kilometres. Most of Québec’s wine production.
Weekend No. 03
Townships Wine & Wellness
Vineyards, villages, and views — all in good time.
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An hour east of MontrealWine-trail territoryNordic spa countryBest Jun–Oct
The Short Take
Come for
Country roads, farm stands, cold lakes and very good wine.
Best for
Groups who like their weekends a little outdoorsy.
Ideal length
2–3 nights.
Best months
June–October. Harvest is the show.
Why this weekend
New England, better wine.
An hour east of Montreal, the Townships look like New England with a wine list — Loyalist villages, round barns, lake towns. Quebec's vineyards grew up here, and the local wine trail now strings together twenty-odd wineries along back roads made for a slow afternoon. Add the province's best Nordic spas and inns that take dinner seriously, and you get the anti-city weekend: nothing to line up for, nowhere to be, and a long table waiting at the end of the day.
Local intelligence
The lay of the land.
The four stops
Dunham — an hour and change east; where the vineyards cluster.
Knowlton — 75 minutes; storybook Anglo village on Lac Brome — boutiques, antiques, cafés.
Magog–Orford — 90 minutes; the lake and the mountain. Spa density.
North Hatley — a scenic 1¾ hours; the prettiest village — come for a long lunch, stay for the porch.
Country roads hit different.
The shape of it
The Townships our way…
Every weekend is built from scratch around your group.
Friday.
Morning
Ease out of the city, back roads east.
Afternoon
Check in somewhere lovely, porch hour begins.
Evening
Dinner downstairs, candles already going.
Saturday.
Morning
Market pastries, then the first tasting room.
Afternoon
A picnic between vineyards, then the Nordic spa.
Evening
The long-table dinner — set menu, candles down.
Sunday.
Morning
Breakfast that takes as long as it takes.
Afternoon
A cheese stop for the road, one last village.
Evening
Home easy — or a bonus night in Montreal.
The Edit
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What to do
Countryside, well curated.
Good wine, better weekends.
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Farm to Table
Michelin Green Star tables that cook what the farms next door grow.
Cheese Country
Abbey cellars and small fromageries with World Cheese Awards to their name.
The Great Outdoors
Cold lakes, big views, and six parks’ worth of trails.
A destination
worth the detour
worth the detour
Wine country. Michelin-recognized tables. World-awarded cheese. Six parks.
All within one very good road trip.
You’ve met the countryside.
Now make a weekend of it.
We know what’s worth booking, what comes next, and how to keep the whole weekend moving. From the first reservation to the last glass at the vineyard.
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