Jobs this morning are washing and Windows and a general tidy up. An early lunch and then we are off wine tasting with Diane and Colin Christie from Gisborne who are down in Arrowtown to see grandchildren and the golf.
First stop: Akarua. This won our vote for the best hostess. She was so efficient in dealing with several groups at once and we even twisted her arm into opening a bottle of their award winning rosé even though it was not on the tasting list.
Second stop: Carrick. Their priority was their lunch customers and we got very poor service at the wine tasting area and consequently only bought one bottle.
Third stop:Mt Difficulty where we got good service and also saw Terry Costello from Gisborne. Some really nice wines here.
Fourth Stop: Mount Rosa which was certainly the jolliest of the tasting areas , and a new brand for us to try. They had a pinot blanc, and when we were growing pinot gris we did notice some clusters of berries were white not grey. We shared a tasting area with a couple who were biking between vineyards. They warned us that they were a bit stinky so we nicknamed them Stinky and Mrs Stinky. They followed us to Brennan.
Stop Five: Brennan. Duncan was desperate to revisit this Vineyard and buy a new cap , as well as buy some more wines as they are outstanding last year when we visited. This definitely earned the award for the most knowledgeable cellar master ( see photo below) and the wines we particularly enjoyed were Trio -a blend of aromatics and also the pinots.
DAY 15
Duncan went off to play golf at Arrowtown with Colin. It is quite an interesting narrow course. I cleaned the bathroom and the stove and kept up with the correspondence and read. A nice relaxing day.
Then we walked into Arrowtown for dinner with the Christies at the Fork and Tap. Slept much better for the walk home , but by early morning it was freezing! We had the electric blankets on again.
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