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Taste fine wine from premier vineyards - 6 days/5
nights.
Escorted
tour with scheduled departures.
From
the USA, you will need one additional night in
Napier or Auckland, leaving the US 3 days before
the
tour dates below.
We would be pleased to extend your vacation on
an individual basis to any part of New Zealand,
including
the wine regions of Nelson, Waipara, mid-Canterbury
and Central Otago.
Experience some of the best food and wine in New
Zealand’s premier wine regions of Hawkes
Bay,
Martinborough and Marlborough. Experience
the arts of creative chefs and winemakers - you'll
be inspired
by the wines of renowned vineyards and gourmet
dining.
Highlights
include:
~
wine and food matching dinner at Craggy Range,
Hawkes Bay
~ try the winemaker's craft and blend your own
vintage
~ lunch at the Te Awa vineyard restaurant
~ meet winemakers and sample award-winning wines
~ dine in contemporary, leading-edge restaurants
~ cruise Cook Strait by ferry from Wellington
to Picton
~ visit local food manufacturers and cheesemakers
~ breakfasts, one vineyard lunch, four dinners
included
Note: tour content may be adjusted for under 6
persons.
Day
1: HAWKES
BAY (D)
Your
guide meets you at Napier airport, the heart of
this major food and wine region. Heritage winery,
Mission Estates awaits you. Lunch among the vines and
visit Te Awanga’s coastal vineyards. Tonight
we enter food lovers’ territory at Craggy Range vineyard’s
Terroir restaurant for a celebratory dinner.
Accommodation: Napier country house,
2 nights
Day
2: HAWKES
BAY (BL)
Try
the winemakers' craft, learning how wines are
blended before lunching at Te Awa's vineyard restaurant.
Sample wines at vineyards in the renowned Gimblett
Gravels region this afternoon. Hawkes Bay is New
Zealand’s food basket – orchards,
olive groves and market gardens abound. Local
gourmet food producers
manufacture some wonderful fresh products - sample
some of these this afternoon, perhaps concluding
with a visit to Napier and the famed art deco
trail.
Day
3: HAWKES
BAY - MARTINBOROUGH (BD)
We
drive through Hawkes Bay’s orchards and
gardens to the Wairarapa. Indulge in the wines
of
outstanding vineyards such as Palliser and Martinborough Vineyards
in this fine pinot noir region before dining in
Martinborough tonight.
Accommodation: Martinborough boutique
hotel, 1 night
Day
4: MARTINBOROUGH
- MARLBOROUGH (BD)
It’s
just a short drive over the ranges to New Zealand’s
capital city, Wellington. We sightsee in the city
and
visit Te Papa, the national museum, before taking
the ferry across Cook Strait and through the sheltered
waters of Queen Charlotte Sound to Picton. Welcome
to Blenheim, Marlborough, and the world’s
premier
sauvignon blanc estates. This evening enjoy a
fine dining experience at Hotel d’Urville.
Accommodation: Blenheim deluxe boutique
hotel, 2 nights
Day
5: MARLBOROUGH
(BD)
This
morning we sample methode traditionnelle wines
at Cellier Le Brun. Savour intense herbaceous
flavours at Hunters, Cloudy Bay and St Clair and
visit other outstanding vineyards including Seresin
Estate.
Tonight your farewell dinner showcases local cuisine.
Accommodation: Martinborough boutique hotel, 1 night
Day
6: DEPART
BLENHEIM (B)
Your
odyssey concludes this morning with final tastings
in vineyards before we transfer you to the airport
for your onward or homebound flight.
Tour
dates:
2009: 27 Jan-1 Feb; 22-27 Feb; 7-12 Mar; 21-26
Mar; 18-23 Apr.
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In
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PO Box 927136, San Diego Ca 92192-7136
Tel: 858-550 9696 [8am-5pm PST]
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