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Renwick
Travel Blogs from Renwick, New Zealand
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Lobster and Wine on the E coast
This is a top pick! ... . We then drove into Blenheim (the main town here) and to the information place (which are all fab here) before going out to Renwick which is actually where most of the wineries are. We found a great place to stay, Watsons Way, is a backpackers but has ...
Marvellous Marlborough
This is a top pick! ... of sea birds up close and at the same time got a really good workout. Next stop for us was the capital of New Zealand, Wellington and to get there we had to cross the notoriously rough Cook Straight by ferry, car and all. We'd heard many stories ...
Its Wine O'Clock
This is a top pick! ... the east coast has led to a big improvement in the weather, perhaps not surprisingly as this is the largest wine producing area in New Zealand. Marlborough is home to some 25-30 winneries, all within a stones throw of each other. One of the more well ...
Blueberries, Plums and Peaches...oh my!
... to share with my Aunt Donna and Uncle Ian after I had a lovely dinner with them last week. They are on a 3-week trip to New Zealand, and I am lucky that their tour could include a brief stay in Marlborough...quite fun to catch up with family in such a ...
Cycling through the vines
... here I come! This is a lovely part of the country that is definitely worth visiting. I stayed in the tiny village of Renwick at the lovely Watsons Way Hostel (highly recommend) but you can all visit the vineyards for the larger town of Blenheim 10 km ...
Hic!
Today was wine tasting day. Borrowed the bikes from the B&B and went to the vineyards using pedal power . It gets a wee bit windy in the valley as there are no trees left, cut down to make way for the vines. This made it quite hard work, so ...
Vamos!
... back to the river the next morning and then after a while we missioned back towards Blehneiim.. got some juice for the van in Renwick.. Oh yea, the following day in Blenheim there was a river race on - you make your own boat or whatever and race ...
Viineja Marlborough'ssa
Etelasaari, Marlborough. Loistavat sauvignon blancit ja rieslingit. Siina onkin ollut teema eiliselle ja talle paivalle. Eilen aamulla jatimme sateisen ja tuulisen Wellingtonin ja ylitimme Cook Straitin lautalla, joka saapui Etelasaaren Pictoniin. ...
The day after
This was another day of talking to the relations of both families. It was a great day too, with plenty of good food and drink to be ...
Ferry, Picton, Blenhaim i "dziwny" autostop
... zostal na trasie. Przy pozegnaniu wyjela cala torbe ziola i dala mi pokazna czesc mowiac, ze to po to, zebym i ja wiedzial ze "New Zealand is green" :D. Kurde musze zapytac moja babcie, czy ona tez od czasu do czasu przypala, czy to tylko w NZ sa takie ...
Picton
... local beer! We rounded up the day with a delicious self-cooked dinner and some reading. I had swapped my previous book to a new one from Frederick Forsyth ("The Fourth Protocol"). It was such an exciting book that reading it took me only 3 days ... I ...
Two Bikes, Twenty Wines & One Scorching Hot Day
... one day of non-stop rain which held us captive in the van, the next was all blue skies and baking heat. Make up your mind, New Zealand! Paul got our bikes out and saddled us up with helmets and wine carriers. "We're not going to need these!" we said, ...
South Island: Tramps, Beauty and Deja-Vu
... without doing any of the many things it is famous for: whitewater rafting, bungee jumping or sky diving. Australia, Fiji and New Zealand have taken their toll on our budget...and while we are still doing fine with the finances we can't splurge ...
Wine tasting in Renwick
Stayed in Blenheim but hired bikes to do a cycling wine tour. Now this was the way to do it. There are over 55 wineries in one small town. We managed to go to about 5 in one day. We had panniers and everything to put our wine in! Some places were a bit ...
Wines!!
Wines, wines and more wines... after the KK adventure, time to chill with LOTS of wine!! Phil and I drank. Claire drove ...
Wine country
... . Blenheim was a little detour to see what there was to offer there, a few shops and nice sunshine. Then back along the road to Renwick, dead in the heart of all the vineyards. A small place but quite sweet and a lovely B&B again. Plan is to bike the ...
New Zealand VI
... and sheep pastures. Watch your step! At lest we got to see some seals as well as some of the most spectacular views in New Zealand (or at least that's what the sign said). That night we stayed at a backpacker place in Renwick and decided to check ...
Wine and Stock Cars
... to the south island, I became aware that I had been dropped of in the heart of New Zealand wine country. Doris and I decided to hitchike to Renwick. Renwick is a very small town with one nice little backpackers hostel. Nothing was really special ...
Winos on bikes
... the day, we visited about 10 wineries, all of which offered free wine tasting, and they seemed very keen to boost the reputation of New Zealand wine. We must have tasted between 50 and 60 wines and all were delicious, more so as the day went on (although ...
A very good year....
... . We had appropriately beautiful weather for the occasion and ended up visiting about ten different locations. Whites dominate wine production in New Zealand and Sauvignon Blanc seems to be the wine this region is famous for. I had done a bit of tasting ...
Riding around Renwick
Our last stop in the South Island was at Renwick. Renwick is a small town just outside Blenheim and is located in the Marlborough wine region. During our day there we hired some bikes and rode out to the vineyards to do some wine tasting. At our first ...
Blurry Blenheim
... ; "Tastes fine as long as you cook the shit out of it." Or, "I have a burning sensation when I pee." Stopped in Renwick long enough to sleep and make toast. That said, the hostel was way nice. Totally spotless and super super friendly ...
One more for the road?
... we would of course do the opposite and head east - unfortunately this takes us to the Marlborough Wine Region, and a little place called Renwick, some 45 minutes from Picton. It is getting late and the DOC site we had read about appears to be hiding ...
Wine Tasting by Bike
Our ferry from Wellington to Picton was a fantastic 3hr ride. We met some New Zealanders going for a long weekend fishing on their yacht, spent some time upstairs in the sun, as we passed cooks straight. We were surrounded by water, rolling green hills ...
The Fruit of the Vine
... whiplash. We survived and are better men for it. We continued our journey and finally entered the region of Marlborough, New Zealand's premiere winemaking region. The scenery flattened out a bit and we were now surrounded by field after field after ...
marlborough heaven
... to picton. beautiful blue skies over the north island. dreary cloud over the south. not a good start! me and c jumped off the bus at renwick - helen stayed on to get to abel tasman. had a 45 min walk in the midday sun with our packs to get to the hostel. ...
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