Today the four of us were back at Wellington Airport, this time to fly to Queenstown, and spend a few days together in Wanaka. We have visited Wanaka before and loved it, and Jamie surpassed himself by booking a gorgeous modern house with amazing views of the bay. I say surpassed himself, but in fact he is always very good at booking excellent accommodation. The living room with its huge glass windows and balcony runs the entire length of the upper floor, with the bedrooms downstairs. And as usual, Jamie and Kerry insisted that we have the large master bedroom with en-suite bathroom.
But before we even went there we collected our massive hire car at the airport and set off for some more wine tasting in the nearby Gibbston Valley. Each winery was attractive and beautifully set up to make visitors welcome.
Carrick in the Bannockburn area (so many Scottish names around here!) had gorgeous gardens overlooking a river valley, and we ate lunch sitting outside in the sunshine while James, Jamie and Kerry did their wine tasting.
Akarua was also in Bannockburn and the friendly wine expert told us that they have recently been bought by Ariane Rothschild.
We stopped at the Roaring Meg waterfall at the Kawarau River, where the water is turquoise blue and it has a small power station.
Our last vineyard was Mount Rosa, which had a lovely terrace overlooking the valley and their vines. It also had a winery dog, an Australian terrier called Baz, with whom Kerry fell in love! What a lovely afternoon.
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