Weddings, proms & nights out · 2026-09-21 · 8-minute read
Bellamere Winery on Sunningdale Road at London, Ontario's northwest edge - a winery, a tasting room and an event centre in a stone-and-timber building ten minutes from Masonville - is the city's own winery and the anchor of a London-area wine afternoon that LondonLimo.net runs by the hour: Bellamere first, then the cideries, meaderies, farm wineries and farm breweries of Oxford, Middlesex, Elgin and Huron counties within forty minutes, four or five stops over four to six hours in an executive SUV for six at $115-135 an hour, a Sprinter for fourteen at $145-175 or a party bus through the partner fleet, with the chauffeur at each lane. The wine, brewery and distillery tours page has the service, and this article the afternoon - with the honest note that the region's serious wine country is Essex County and Pelee Island two hours west, on the Pelee article.
Bellamere, first
The tasting room's flights of the winery's own and Ontario wines, the patio in summer, the event centre that hosts the city's country weddings and the rehearsal dinners, and a lane off Sunningdale Road the chauffeur pulls into; forty-five minutes to an hour, and the desk books a group's tasting ahead. The wedding venues article has Bellamere as a venue.
| Stop | County | From the last stop | What it is | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellamere Winery | London's northwest edge | from Masonville, 10 min | The city's winery, tasting room and event centre | Book the group's tasting ahead |
| A Middlesex farm cidery or meadery | Middlesex | 20-30 min | Cider from the county's orchards; honey wine | Seasonal hours; the desk checks |
| An Oxford County farm brewery or winery | Oxford | 25-35 min | The county's farm taprooms around Woodstock and Ingersoll | The county roads; the lanes |
| An Elgin County winery | Elgin | 30-40 min | The lake-side wineries toward Port Stanley and Sparta | Combine with the Port Stanley afternoon |
| A Huron shore winery or cidery | Huron | 45-60 min | The Bayfield and Goderich area's tasting rooms | The Grand Bend day's addition |
Four to six hours; the Tourism London and the counties' tourism sites publish the tasting rooms and their hours, which change by season.
The honest note about the region's wine
Southwestern Ontario's serious wine country is Essex County's Lake Erie North Shore and Pelee Island two hours west, and Niagara two hours twenty east; the London-area afternoon is Bellamere, the counties' farm wineries, cideries and meaderies and the breweries between - a pleasant afternoon within forty minutes, not a Niagara day. The Pelee article and the Niagara page have the full days.
The cideries and the meaderies
Middlesex and Oxford's orchards make the counties' cider, and a cidery's tasting room with its orchard walk is the afternoon's second stop in autumn; a meadery's honey wines are the curiosity stop; both have seasonal hours the desk checks the week of the tour.
The farm breweries
Oxford County's farm taprooms around Woodstock and Ingersoll and Middlesex's around Strathroy are the counties' craft beer, with a brewery's kitchen for lunch on a Saturday; the brewery tour article has the city's breweries for a group that wants beer alone.
The Elgin wineries and Port Stanley
Elgin County's wineries toward the lake pair with a Port Stanley afternoon - a tasting at 2, the beach at 4, fish and chips at the harbour at 6 - and the chauffeur's day by the hour touches all three; the St. Thomas and Port Stanley page has the drive.
The Huron shore, for the longer day
The Bayfield and Goderich area's tasting rooms an hour northwest pair with the Grand Bend day, and a group that wants the shore and a winery books the day by the hour with the beach in the middle; the Grand Bend page has the shore.
The vehicles and the per-head cost
Six in an SUV for five hours at $125 is $625 plus HST, $104 a head; fourteen in a Sprinter at $160 is $800, $57 a head; twenty-two in a party bus at $240 is $1,200, $55 a head; and a couple in a luxury sedan for four hours at $150 is $600. The rates page has the figures and the fleet page the cabins.
The rules, and the etiquette
Ontario's law aboard - alcohol in the bus and the stretch for legal-age passengers, none in the SUV and the Sprinter; the tasting rooms serve to legal age with ID; a bottle bought travels in the trunk; and a group that has enjoyed the tastings is driven home with the same care as one that has not. The etiquette guide has the rest.
Bellamere for the rehearsal dinner and the wedding
Bellamere's event centre hosts the wedding itself and the rehearsal dinner's tasting the evening before, and a couple's wedding file with the desk holds the Friday tasting's SUV and the Saturday's stretch; the wedding page has the day.
The corporate afternoon and the visitor's
A company's team afternoon at Bellamere and a cidery on the corporate account, a conference's excursion, a visiting customer's spare afternoon: the same route by Sprinter, and the business page has the companies.
Three afternoons, as they went
A birthday, six friends, September. Westmount at 1; Bellamere's tasting; an Oxford County cidery; an Ingersoll farm brewery for a late lunch; home at 6:30. An SUV; $690 plus HST.
A rehearsal dinner, fourteen, June. The DoubleTree at 4:30; Bellamere's tasting and dinner; the hotel at 10. A Sprinter on the wedding's file.
A company's team, twelve, a Friday in October. The office at 1; Bellamere; a Middlesex meadery; a Strathroy brewery; the office at 6. A Sprinter on the corporate account.
Booking it
The afternoon is one email or call to the desk with the date, the numbers, the pickup and the stops the group wants; a written quote follows and the desk books the tastings; the wine, brewery and distillery tours page has the service.
Three questions the desk is asked about Bellamere
Does Bellamere take walk-in tastings? The tasting room takes walk-ins in season, but a group of six or more is booked ahead by the desk, and the event centre's wedding Saturdays close the tasting room to groups.
Is the winery open in winter? The tasting room keeps reduced winter hours and the desk checks them the week of; a winter afternoon pairs Bellamere with the city's breweries rather than the county's seasonal cideries.
Can we have lunch at Bellamere? The winery hosts events rather than a daily restaurant; the desk books lunch at a farm brewery or a county inn on the route. The FAQ has the rest.
Bellamere's building
The stone-and-timber winery on Sunningdale Road was built as a winery and an event centre together, with the tasting room at the front, the barrel room behind and the event hall for two hundred; the lane is paved, the lot takes the bus, and the Bellamere site has the hours and the wines.
The Middlesex cideries
The county's orchards around Ilderton, Thorndale and Strathroy make the ciders that the tasting rooms pour from September to December, with the orchard walk and the farm store; a thirty-minute drive from Bellamere on the county roads and a stop of forty-five minutes.
The Oxford County taprooms
Woodstock's and Ingersoll's farm breweries and the county's one or two farm wineries sit thirty-five minutes east of Bellamere along the 401's north side; a farm brewery's kitchen is the afternoon's lunch on a Saturday, and the Woodstock page has the drive.
The Elgin wineries and Port Stanley
Elgin County's wineries along the lake road toward Port Stanley and Sparta pair with the beach: a tasting at 2, the beach at 4, the harbour's fish and chips at 6, and the chauffeur's day by the hour; the St. Thomas and Port Stanley page has the road and the Port Stanley article the beach day.
The Huron shore's tasting rooms
Bayfield's and Goderich's tasting rooms an hour northwest pair with a Grand Bend beach day for the group that wants both, and the thirty-passenger bus's washroom makes the ten hours comfortable; the Grand Bend page has the shore.
The couple's afternoon
A couple in a luxury sedan for four hours at $135-165 - Bellamere's tasting, a cidery, and dinner in Wortley Village - is the anniversary afternoon the desk books most, at $540-660 plus HST with the gratuity inside; the hourly page has the sedan's hours.
The rules and the etiquette, in detail
Alcohol in the bus and the stretch for legal-age passengers under the AGCO's rules and none in the SUV and the Sprinter; the tasting rooms serve to legal age with ID; a bottle bought travels in the trunk; and the etiquette guide has the rest.
Booking checklist for the afternoon
The date and the hours; the numbers; the pickup; Bellamere first and the county stops the group wants; lunch; the vehicle; the organiser's card. Seven lines to the desk and the desk books the tastings and sends the quote.
The honest summary
Bellamere ten minutes from Masonville and the county's tasting rooms forty minutes out make a pleasant afternoon, not a Niagara day, and the desk says so; the wine, brewery and distillery tours page has the service.
A worked example: the birthday afternoon
Six friends for a sixtieth in September: Westmount at 1, Bellamere's tasting on the patio at 1:20, an Ilderton cidery's orchard walk at 2:30, an Ingersoll farm brewery for a late lunch at 3:45, and home at 6:30; an SUV for five and a half hours at $125, $690 plus HST, $115 a head, with the bottles in the back and the desk's bookings at each stop. The hourly page has the SUV's hours.
A worked example: the rehearsal dinner
Fourteen of a wedding party from the DoubleTree at 4:30 to Bellamere's event centre for the tasting and the rehearsal dinner, and the hotel at 10; a Sprinter for five and a half hours on the wedding's file with the Saturday's stretch, and the wedding page has the day that followed.
The desk's rule of thumb
Bellamere first; two or three county stops; lunch at a farm brewery or a county inn; the tastings booked ahead; the seasonal hours checked the week of; the SUV for six, the Sprinter for fourteen, the bus for more; and the honest note that Essex and Niagara are the full days. The wine, brewery and distillery tours page has the service.
Booking it, in one line
The afternoon is one email or call to the desk with the date, the numbers, the pickup and the stops; the desk books the tastings and sends a written quote within a working day.
The afternoon in winter
A December afternoon pairs Bellamere's reduced winter hours with the city's breweries rather than the county's closed cideries: the tasting room at 1, Toboggan for lunch at 2:15, Kellogg Lane's distillery at 4, and home by 6; the brewery tour article has the breweries, and the desk checks Bellamere's hours the week of because they change with the season and the event calendar.
