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Day 26 started in Havelock North. My aunty gave us some herbs and veggies from her garden. Sadly it wasn’t
These are
We left Havelock North and headed towards Gisborne.
We drove through Napier where they had a 40km courtesy zone. I’d never seen that before.
Napier’s famous for its art
Most of the buildings in central Napier were destroyed in an earthquake in 1931 which was around the time that the art
Just outside of Napier, we stopped to buy some
A bit further up the road we stopped to watch planes landing at
This is an Air New Zealand plane. Air New Zealand is New Zealand’s national airline.
See the logo on the end of the plane? That’s a stylized
We stopped briefly at a camping area to stretch our legs. It looked like a nice place to stay.
This is Lake Tutira.
This is one of those
In Wairoa we went to the supermarket and then found this nice place to have lunch.
In Gisborne we visited a vineyard and did some wine tasting. This is Wrights Vineyard & Winery.
Geoff Wright started making wine in the year 2000. And I asked him how he got into winemaking.
I was based up in Auckland, and I was working as an accountant. And I was going to a lot of wine clubs and really enjoying wine and just learning about it. So
And I remember one time, sitting down with my
And I’d studied, you know, four years and
So I left Auckland and I came down to Gisborne and enrolled into the winemaking and viticulture course. And haven’t really returned. And, you know, I didn’t know anyone when I first came down here and I just had my car and a few clothes in the back. And, you know, and loved Gisborne. For
And Gisborne is kind of small and really friendly community so I guess that’s what I really found a connection to. And the lifestyle and the beaches.
Yeah, and then after I did the course, I found out from my mum that my great-great-grandfather was one of the original winemakers up in Kumeu in the 1930s. So in some ways it was running through my blood I never really knew.
Geoff Wright
Wrights Vineyard & Winery
Geoff and his wife Nicola bought this land in 2005. They live here with their sons Noah and Elijah. The winery is currently set up inside two shipping containers. And they’re in the process of building a straw bale house.
Nicola showed us around the vineyard and winery and told us about how the grapes are grown and processed.
Noah showed us his swing.
They make sparkling wine using the traditional method. The wine sits in these riddling racks for at least a year while it’s fermenting. Then this machine is used to freeze the sediment in the neck so it can be removed before the bottle is corked.
These are Sémillon grapes. They weren’t ready to be picked, but I decided to try one.
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Nicola said they crush the red grapes by foot.
The reason you do that is for a gentler crush. And also it leaves some whole grapes or berries left behind. So that what happens is that during the fermentation the pressure builds up
Nicola Wright
The Wrights also grow olives to make olive oil and
That’s all certified organic, that garlic as well.
Geoff said Gisborne has a good climate for winemaking.
This valley, particularly, has a unique micro climate to Gisborne. It’s intensely hot during the day - like, really hot - and that allows us to get the grapes really ripe, nice flavours come through.
And at
And also this particular valley, it has an old
The Wrights wine is all grown organically and it tastes divine.
That night we stayed at a camping ground by Waikanae Beach. It was so nice going for a swim after such a hot day.
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In Napier we saw some of the buildings listed in this Art Deco Inventory.
1m05 Ranui Flats pg272
1m16 Masonic Hotel pg28
1m22 Bryant’s Building pg67
1m23 Market Reserve building p64
1m25 Criterion Hotel p60
* Wine tasting is by appointment + highly recommended by tdes . Contact here.
* Wine available here in New Zealand.
Wrights Vineyard and Winery featured on this episode of NZ TV show Country Calendar
* Wine available here in New Zealand.
Wrights Vineyard and Winery featured on this episode of NZ TV show Country Calendar
Read about the Country Calendar episode here
Geoff Wright - EIT story
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artist: Still Playing Guitar
track: Grunes Land
album: Fairy Tales
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artist: Bruce H. McCosar
track: All I'll Ever Be
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artist: Mariana Contreras
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photos
Feijoas - Su Yin Khoo
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Air NZ Koru - Andrew Sullivan
Fallen Koru - Gregory Bodnar
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Koru balls - Aidan
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Fern - Brian Gratwicke
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