Central Otaga Wineries-New Zealand

We visited four wineries on Saturday afternoon. The great thing about all of them was talking to the people there. The New Zealanders (Kiwis) all seem to be very outgoing and interested in everyone and everything. Every single one we met was so friendly. That was what made the wineries so much fun!

At the Gibbston Winery, we started out touring the vineyards and even tasted some of the grapes. Then off the the "wine cave" for tasings.

The second winery we visited was Peregrine. We didn't take any pictures there, but we did buy a great bottle of dry reisling.

Next on the list was Amisfield. This was a beautiful winery, the setting was great. We had lunch there and the food was the best we've had since leaving Oregon!

The final winery was called Chard Farm. It had a long, single lane road, with a huge cliff on one side of course! I was driving and I think Dave about had a heart attack a couple of times before we got there!

It was a beautiful day! Great wine, great food, great people and perfect weather!!!