Jer here. Today we are in Napier, NZ. In 1931 the city was hit by a 7.9 earthquake. Nearly the entire city was destroyed and 258 people died. The city decided to rebuild in the European Art Deco style. Thus, there are many Art Deco buildings in the town. This is one of them.
We didn’t get to see many of the buildings in town as our mission today was wine tasting in the Hawks Bay region. We had a private tour for 7 people, and we went to 5 wineries and tasted over thirty wines. But first we visited Te Mata Peak which sits high above Napier and gives great 360 degree views. It was a bit of a cloudy and hazy morning but the views were still spectacular. Note the paraglider in this picture, he jumped off the peak just as we arrived.
From the peak we had a view of the Craggy Range Winery which we were going to visit.
We tasted wine and had lunch at Craggy Range. Jer had the flounder.
Helen had the fresh line caught fish. Both dishes were excellent.
The tasting room at the last winery we went to was a converted horse stable, our guide took this picture of us (have already sampled 25 wines).
Some of the grapes at Ngatarawa Winery.
So, that’s a look at our day in Napier. The wine region was beautiful, I'm sure some of you have had wines from here. This evening we sail for Wellington. We will tour the city in the morning, then we are going to a sheep farm in the afternoon.
Bye for now,
Jer and Helen
1 comment:
What a wine tour.
It's been a while since we've had any NZ wine but we'll have to check them out again.
At Burritts last night for wine tasting ... Charles Smith Vinery out of Washington State....quite good.
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