The winemaker

Sip, cycle, repeat

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November 29th 2007
Kia Ora: There can't be a better way to see a place than from a bicycle. I hooked up with Bike De-Vine for a wonderful day-long trip. I was on my own and for $60 NZ got pick up and drop off at my hotel, water, map and a route they custom-designed for me to let me get to Te Mata Winery, which was one I was keen to taste at. The day was like all the others have been, clear, cloudless blue sky, bril ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Hawkes Bay » Hastings

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more