The Nautilus Napier

... label. Really good nose with good plumy fruit. Big fruit on the palette, soft tannins, long spicy finish and a velvety texture.

2007 Noble Pourriture - quite astringent, malty nose with dried fruit. Rich apricot compot on the palette with some honey. Good acidity.

Trinity Hill ( ) - A great producer who I discovered in London thrugh the Bleeding Heart restaurants which owns this estate. Really ...

... arbeiten jeden Tag circa 4 Stunden und bekommen dafuer eben die Unterkunft zur Verfügung gestellt und Essen. Da das Ganze auch noch auf einer Ökofarm ist nennt sich es sich "wwoofen" (willing workers on organic farms) Von diesen Stellen gibt es in Neuseeland sehr viele und soweit ich weiss sogar auch in Deutschland.

...und jetzt eine kurze Zusammenfassung von den Tätigkeiten auf der Farm:
kleine Plastikringe um die Füße von 20 Hühnern gewickelt
Mandeln sammeln
Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand evatoss

... lah......Steve was a fan of curry as well and want to learn how to cook, we intending to invite him over for dinner on Sunday so he could learn as well. On tue I went for a game of Badminton as well, something I not being doing for 3 months already. Come to know of this club when I saw its ad on the classified section, pretty decent hall about 8 courts, the crowd was not really season player, can see all sort of ...

... Haha!! I got home and the guys just got back from work, the fragrance of dinner filled up the whole house, Chinese food, I went to the kitchen and see what the auntie is cooking. Vegetable fried with oyster sauce, I thought she put wine in it, I told her it will be marvelous if there is, she ask if I have any with me.....haha.....it reminded me of my mom cooking. Nowadays western food do not have the usual appeal to me anymore ...

... a cheak over here though, they seem to have got wise to the tourists and charge a $5 fee for tastings, bugger. Having said that, it didn't stop us! So we are now wine coneseurs(!?) and have bought tickets to a harvest wine festival in Hawkes Bay - the wine making centre of NZ. Two days of tastings, music, food... jolly good fun. Before we head that way, there is time enough to enjoy a further night or two, so we change our plans and head further north towards ...

Wednesday 24 September East Coast of N Island S 41° 07.0' E176° 14.7' Got up a little early, in time to see the Cook Strait. A hill half-hidden in the clouds was all we saw of South Island. As the morning went on, the southeast coast of North Island became more clearly visible and was very scenic. The bad news from the Captain is that we ...

... town was a little disappointing but that could just be due to the rain. We got some biscuits and settled ourselves back into the lounge. Ended up watching "The Kingdom" with some other backpackers in the evening, not a bad film but not a very exciting day. Wednesday 16th April 2008: Another rainy day in Napier. This morning Anne went to see Marine Land, Born Free work, whilst ...

... clear blue river flowing through the vineyards and the pleasure of watching a glorious sunset. Unfortunately with all this overwhelming views it meant I was late in picking up the girls and after seeing off the guys (who were driving down to Wellington) I returned back to Havelock North to receive the silent treatment. Lets say I wasn't impressed after putting myself out for these girls over the last 3 weeks only to be ignored when I did something I wanted to do. Even ...

A good drive down to the Art Deco city of Napier. We stopped off on the way at Huka Falls on the Waikato River. A very impressive site, with opportunities for whitewater rafting but we thought Dylan would only hold us back if we tried it. Actually he was fast asleep as we stopped of at the viewing point. It was a great photo spot and I kindly took a ...

... around the glass to aireate it and then to "nose it" by smelling the aroma. Finally you get to taste it and you should coat your tongue and take at least three sips before you make a final decision. Lauren, Raymond - I drank red wine! The red wines were very young and the tanins were not strong so I was able to quaff red wines and actually enjoyed them. Add that to the beet that I drank in Japan (Kirin) and you have a whole new me.