Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of my wine loving friends!
This week it’s all about my New Zealand wine and food trip that you can be a part of…We depart on Sunday April 25, 2010 and enjoy seven days of first class touring from Auckland south to Marlborough. We’ll see many of the essential tourist sites in addition to learning all about the wines of the many growing regions as we traverse the entire coutry. My guest is our host for the trip Bert Queenin, a New Zealand based travel expert and wine and food enthusiast.
Prospect Vineyard, Hawks Bay NZ
Fresh and vibrant, New Zealand’s wine and food is amongst the best in the world. Taste is paramount. Talented and innovative chefs combine ingredients freshly harvested from garden, land and sea. Pacific influences, organics and indigenous foods make it unique.
New Zealand is a premier new-world wine country, producing award-winning wines that reflect the clean air and sunshine. Top quality wines are exported to cellars worldwide. Leading wine regions include West Auckland, Gisborne, Martinborough and Hawke’s Bay in the North Island and Marlborough, Central Otago and Canterbury in the South Island.
The Basics:
- First class accommodations as listed or similar
- All transfers and tours by private charter motorcoach
- Sightseeing at some of NZ’s must see attractions
- The services of experienced, English-speaking driver/guides
- (1 lunch includes wine and 3 of dinners include wine)
- Round-trip coach excursion airfare from Wichita, Kansas
Click here for all the details
The Good Life wine of the week, available at Jacob Liquor Exchange…
2008 Whitehaven Sauvignon Blanc
winemaker’s notes:Mid straw, with lemon tones. Vibrant currant-leaf, citrus and gooseberry aromas, with freshly cut herb undertones. A full flavored, medium bodied wine, with an abundance of archetypal currant and gooseberry flavors, that linger on the dry, clean finish.
Summer salads, poultry and shellfish, such as Marlborough’s famous green shell mussels, as well as lobster and white fish.
“Pale lemon yellow hue. Lively aromas of yellow fruit and stone fruit with soft herbal undertones. Bright acidity and a fine balance of minerals with green and yellow fruit. Cool-climate acidity and lovely, well-balanced citrus notes. Neatly melds New and Old World qualities.”
92 Points
The Wine News