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‘New Zealand's vineyards: Five to visit’

Wine expert Robert Joseph picks five of New Zealand's most enticing vineyards, from Auckland to Otago.

Daily Telegraph 26/06/2008

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‘Let the good vines roll in New Zealand’

By Raymond Whitaker for The Independent.

First published 16th November 2008.

There is no more sublime way to travel than in a hot-air balloon, I thought, as we drifted towards the town of Martinborough, on New Zealand's North Island. But to the sheep munching weeds in the vineyard below, the appearance of this monster was the signal to scatter in panic.

A decade or two ago, there would have been no vines in view, only sheep, but the arrival of New Zealand wines on the world stage has transformed the district. As we glided above the town, laid out in the shape of a Union Jack by Sir John Martin in Victorian times, we skimmed the roof of the Martinborough Hotel, where we had eaten sumptuously and tasted one fine local wine after another the night before...

See the full article in The Independent, 16th November 2008

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