Wine and Beer

While in New Zealand we had the opportunity to go to 3 wineries and a brewery. Our group consisted of beer drinkers, wine drinkers, and non-drinkers. We were an eclectic bunch!

In New Zealand we saw several wineries. This one produced award winning wine sold all over the world. The picture was taken from atop a third story tower that overlooked the vines. It was a spectacular view! Down in the basement there were hundreds of casks. Special wine tasting groups could go down there and sample the wines. We tasted wine in the main lobby and then went into a larger room for a delightful lunch.

From there, we went on to the Moa brewery. Dan was the one who really wanted to check out a brewery. The word Moa is the name of an ancient dinosaur bird who roamed the landscape of New Zealand.

You can see from Dan's happy smile he enjoyed the beer tasting. Good thing we had a tour bus taking us around because several in the group were a bit toasted!