SOUTHERN BELLES—MICHA’S VINEYARD, ANDY & MISHA WILKINSON. We’ve taken a couple of days out to write up some more of the travels as we are getting a lot of really good stuff backing up – too much visiting and not enough reporting!! Having looked at all things ‘Hayden’ last time round, … Continue reading
SOUTHERN BELLES—TARRAS ESTATE, HAYDEN JOHNSTON Apologies for the late reporting, we have been a bit like the swallows flying ‘South’, so busy travelling, no time for stopping and thus no time to write up events. We have now reached Picton and have a three hour crossing, time to hunker down … Continue reading
When we were last with the relatives at Matarangi in 2003 we visited some wineries down the East coast through Tauranga down to Hastings and Napier. Not realising that it would be 12 years before we would be here again we selected just over a dozen bottles for aging to … Continue reading
Travel can be such a frustrating business, so we began our first Odd Bottle Travels with the usual trepidation! This journey however was clearly blessed, we had Brian’s Mum with us, everyone should travel with an 88 year old, it opens doors (and security checks) with an alacrity that Ali Baba would have been proud … Continue reading
