Looking to check off a few gift for those hard-to-buy-for people in your life? Look no further than Niagara College’s learning enterprises. Holiday deals abound on everything from wine, beer and holiday cookies to poinsettias, hairstyling packages and more.
Gifts from NC’s Teaching Winery, Teaching Brewery, Benchmark Restaurant, Greenhouse, and Teaching Hair Salon not only make great stocking stuffers, but they also support the unmatched experiential learning opportunities enjoyed by students at the college.
Teaching Winery and Brewery
NC has everything you need to please the oenophile in your life, with gift packages that include some of your favourite NC wines, like 2017 College Red and White, 2017 Sauvignon Blanc, and 2011 Dean’s List Pinot Noir and more, expertly wrapped and presented. Packages range from $15 to $45. Or, up the ante a bit and spring for gift baskets, including NC wines and an assortment of goodies, ranging from $50 to $100.
Until Dec. 31, enjoy a 15 per cent discount on all wines, in-store at the Wine Visitor and Education Centre at the Niagara-on-the-Lake Campus, as well as online, plus get free shipping on all orders over $150. You can also give the gift that keeps on giving, with a membership to NC’s Wine Club for $45 per month.
Don’t forget the cider aficionados on your list; the WVEC also sells multiple single-batch ciders in 750ml bottles, as well as the multiple award-winning Cider 101 in cans.
Call 905-641-2252 Ext. 4070 or visit niagaracollegewine.ca.
Over at the Teaching Brewery retail store, save $15 on a Growler Gift Package, normally $115, now just $100. Package includes a six-month membership in NC’s Growler Club, beer jellies, a bottle opener, an NC Growler and NC pint glass. Call 905 641-2252 ext. 4099 or visit ncteachingbrewery.ca.
Benchmark Restaurant
There’s still time to order holiday cookie tins from Benchmark Restaurant. These decorative tins include approximately 48 cookies, with mouth-watering assorted delights including raspberry crinkle cookies, gingerbread, chocolate sugar, sugar, and cranberry orange biscotti.
Tins are $38 (including taxes) and may be ordered online (while supplies last) through Eventbrite. Two pickup days remain, on Dec. 19 and Dec. 20. Tins are selling out fast, so reserve yours today.
Looking for a way to give a treat that’s savoury rather than sweet? Benchmark gift cards fit any budget – they are available in any denominations. Stop in or call 905-641-2252 ext. 4619.
Benchmark Holiday Cookie Tins are now available for order.
NC Greenhouse/Benchmarket
Don’t forget to stop into the Greenhouse at the Niagara-on-the-Lake Campus for poinsettias, wreaths, dishgardens and other seasonal items. Poinsettias range in size from mini to 10in, and in price from $4 to $17.99. Christmas cactuses, gerbera daisies, kalanchoes and succulents are also available, all for $5 each.
The NC Greenhouse and Benchmarket are located at the NOTL Campus. Call 905-641-2252 ext. 4082 or visit greenhousenursery.niagaracollege.ca
Teaching Hair Salon
Special hairstyling packages are on offer from the NC Teaching Hair Salon at the Welland Campus, ranging from $20 to $35, a discount of up to $26. Call 905-735-2211 ext. 3620 or visit ncteachinghairsalon.ca.
Check niagaracollege.ca/holidaygifts for more deals and information.
