February in Canada may be synonymous with snow, chilly winds and freezing temperatures. But don’t let that fool you. Canadians still find ways to heat things up for Valentine’s Day.  

From coast to coast, ice and snow offer a backdrop for romantic adventure. Here are five uniquely Canadian experiences sure to spark a little heat. 

The hotel bar is a critical amenity: a gateway to the city where jetsetters and residents meet and mingle on neutral turf. The best of the bunch offer an intoxicating mix of local flavour, international sophistication and just a bit of fantasy. 

It’s almost time to harvest the grapes – and that means time to celebrate, sip and dine. Here are four of the most popular wine festivals in Canada

No less an authority than The New York Times has declared British Columbia’s Okanagan wine country a Napa North. Dotting the valley are hundreds of wineries, clustered between mountains and shimmering glacial lakes.

For the first time ever, a Bordeaux wine festival will be held in Québec City.

If Mick Jagger’s drinking it, it’s got to be pretty special.

There are plenty of happening, bars and clubs across Canada where gay travellers can shake winters chill and flirt the night away.

While Ontario and British Columbia have their Icewines – sweet, luscious nectars squeezed from frozen grapes – Québec has turned the province’s harsh climate from a curse into a blessing and created ice cider, a tart alcoholic concoction coaxed from frozen apples.

Like drops of frozen liquid honey, Icewine is a rare sweet gift of Canadian winters. The consistent cold guarantees an annual crop of frozen grapes that produce a luscious dessert wine that has become a Canadian icon.