After a day in the rain on a boat to Doubtful Sound a day wine tasting sounded great! But first a visit to the Lord of the Rings film set!
The sun decided to come out, and we were treated to snow capped mountains
and even the sight of a glacier..... in the distance!
... ending with a little dress up in the actual spot where a lot happened! Had I seen the film I obviously would have realised/appreciated this!
Then on to do some serious wine tasting! In the Otago Valley.......
...where our first tasting was in a wine cave......
We tasted quite a number of the Gibbston Valley wines in there......
Then on to Kinross winery where a lunch/wine pairing had been arranged.....
Here we got to actually taste at least 6 wines.... 3 of theirs
and then 3 from surrounding wineries!
Here, I think as it was getting towards the end of the day, we had about 10 tastings!!!!
However by now our ability to differentiate and judge had gone! Liked their lavender however!
The sun decided to come out, and we were treated to snow capped mountains
Apparently at the same time as road to Milford Sound was washed out this river overflowed and people were on the wrong side of it for over 10 hours!
Then on to Kinross winery where a lunch/wine pairing had been arranged.....
and then 3 from surrounding wineries!
The Grant Taylor Valli winery has won a lot of prizes and it was certainly very good.... but my bet is on Coal Pit for the future! This has a 28 year old female winemaker from Ohio!!
...and then on to another winery, our last......... Mount Rosa......
However by now our ability to differentiate and judge had gone! Liked their lavender however!
Hope you are able to bring some samples home! Safe travels.
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