Day 6 – Today is the much-anticipated Marlborough Food & Wine Festival. Unfortunately we did not know the festival was on until we tried booking accommodation and the tickets were all sold out….weeks ago so we were told laughingly when we asked where we buy tickets. However not all was lost as we woke up to a beautiful sunny day. …

  Day 4 – We are up first thing today for an early start to a full day of tasting.  Today is rainy and cool…perfect day for wine tasting! Marcus and I drink a lot of Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc back home in Canada so we are excited to taste and find some amazing small producers not currently available for our …

Day 1 – Arrived in Christchurch to an overcast day. The temp is cool around 20 degrees. We were feeling pretty tired and jet lagged after a long trip. We stayed one night at a hotel in Downtown Christchurch to adjust to the time and catch up on sleep. We arrived to our hotel after Dark so we are excited …

February 1 – Another day of work and play so we headed down to the beach for some more surf and swimming then off to taste some more wine…we are waiting for wines that really JUMP out at us before we buy it so we will keep tasting until that happens. First stop was Gemtree Vineyards and Dowie Doole. They …

January 28 – Today is 45.7 degrees out and trust me it feels hotter if that is possible with that northerly breeze blowing steady…feels like you are standing in front of a clothes dryer while outside! Today was the perfect day to work on emails and logistics with Rob to start the ball a rolling. We also started to make some more …

January 24 – First day of tasting was a busy one. This is one of the busiest week-ends in the area being Australia Day week-end (January 26th), as well as the Tour Down Under professional cycling event (with Lance Armstrong). We did find some great wineries however. This first was Lloyds where the wines were very tidy and reasonably priced, their …

January 20 – Arrived in Adelaide South Australia after 35 hours traveling door – door. We stepped off the plane to beautiful blue skies and a hot sunny day. Blue skies are something we don’t get very much of in the cold Okanagan winters in Canada. Went straight over to a fresh fruit market and purchased a case of mangoes, we …