Tuesday, May 18, 2010
End of the Wine Tour
The Aussies from the 'Granite Belt Wine Society' are winging their way back to Brisbane as I type. We visited a lot of fine vineyards and heard from some very talented wine-makers with rows of gold medal awards.
This winemaker is from Mills Reef at Bethlehem.
After Mills Reef the next stop was at Morton Estate, near Katikati. Neither this one nor Mills Reef nor Ohinemuri have local vineyards, the soil is too rich. They have vineyards in Hawkes Bay and Gisborne but make the wines in the estate and have the cellar door sales.
Some of the places were not designed for buses, like Ohinemuri at Karangahake Gorge. But lunch was very, very nice. The winemaker was a witty German, he said he was actually Kiwi but the wind blowing down the valley makes him sound like a German.
This winemaker is from Mills Reef at Bethlehem.
After Mills Reef the next stop was at Morton Estate, near Katikati. Neither this one nor Mills Reef nor Ohinemuri have local vineyards, the soil is too rich. They have vineyards in Hawkes Bay and Gisborne but make the wines in the estate and have the cellar door sales.
Some of the places were not designed for buses, like Ohinemuri at Karangahake Gorge. But lunch was very, very nice. The winemaker was a witty German, he said he was actually Kiwi but the wind blowing down the valley makes him sound like a German.
# posted by Doug @ 4:55 PM 
