{"id":400,"date":"2019-11-17T07:11:09","date_gmt":"2019-11-17T07:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/?page_id=400"},"modified":"2019-11-17T07:49:14","modified_gmt":"2019-11-17T07:49:14","slug":"matakana","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/?page_id=400","title":{"rendered":"Matakana"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"400\" class=\"elementor elementor-400\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-090cdd7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"090cdd7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fcb4f4f\" data-id=\"fcb4f4f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6453fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d6453fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_4052.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-403\" alt=\"Vines in Matakana Estate vineyards New Zealand\" srcset=\"https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_4052.jpg 720w, https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_4052-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_4052-135x90.jpg 135w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0d5e8ef elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0d5e8ef\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b2b36e5\" data-id=\"b2b36e5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fabdce7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fabdce7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">An day of boutique wineries just an hour north of Auckland<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-46b5036 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"46b5036\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4bc1d0d\" data-id=\"4bc1d0d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0bb3c6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0bb3c6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Less than an hour\u2019s drive north from Auckland is another rather picturesque wine region \u2013 Matakana. The area has developed enormously since it\u2019s early day as a farming backwater. With the creation of Matakana Farmer\u2019s Market and the Village complex in 2004, tourism has really taken off. Many of the vineyards pre-date that, with Ransom Wines setting up, and Darryl Soljan creating Ascension Vineyard in early 1990s, and names such as The Antipodean arriving on the market, asking colossal prices\u2026and then collapsing into feuds and oblivion.<\/p><p>Many of the vineyards have changed hands since those heydays of the 2000s, but many are still there in one form or another. Ascension is still an amazing place \u2013 a folly, no doubt, but works well as a destination venue; and although Ransom disappeared recently \u2013 Brick Bay and the Sculptureum have risen to the top of the visitors radar with their sculpture trails and high quality restaurants.<\/p><p>On a bright spring day, it was our intention to have a lunch date at Brick Bay, and an evening nestled in a cabin at Pakiri Beach, but the rest of day was ours to fritter away.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-db9420c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"db9420c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0884d11\" data-id=\"0884d11\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ede638 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7ede638\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_4050.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-405\" alt=\"Bottle of wine at Matakana Estate winery New Zealand\" srcset=\"https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_4050.jpg 480w, https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_4050-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_4050-60x90.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5ee13e3\" data-id=\"5ee13e3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d3545d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d3545d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Matakana Estate has been popping up on my Facebook a fair amount, so I decided we\u2019d head up the hill and see what was going on there as a first stop. Years ago I\u2019d had a splendid Pinot Gris from their Reserve range that was a terrific wine \u2013 spicy, and had a little oak influence, which made it stand out from the crowd in a tasting. The road takes you through a hillside of grapes \u2013 Chardonnay and Pinot Gris, and they also have a little Syrah growing on the slopes too. The tasting room at the top is temporary and not really what I\u2019d expected, but there was a warm welcome and tidy room with a huge counter lined with bottles.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fcc3b8b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fcc3b8b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d8ca9e9\" data-id=\"d8ca9e9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b60e1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6b60e1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mark Griffiths is manning the operations, and is a natural host \u2013 knowledgable, entertaining and gregarious. He took us through a selection of wines. Pinot Gris has been grown here for years, and this was a delicately varietal style of the wine \u2013 not as flamboyant as I prefer \u2013 more in the italian style perhaps, and yet sweet-fruited and mouth-filling with a hint of ginger and peaches.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f4b671f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f4b671f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4b77fb9\" data-id=\"4b77fb9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a87b793 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a87b793\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Next up was a new ros\u00e9, just a month old, and made from Pinot Noir grapes. Again, a dry style, with just a light sweetness. A palate of currants rather than berries; and a fine, acidic and juicy body. This could be a great aperitif, food wine; or mixed into a spritzer any time of the day. The reds were very well received \u2013 the syrah &#8211; from Matakana, a merlot, and a Pinot Noir with fruit from the regions \u2013 all well made and tightly structured with fine tannins and layers of complexity. The wines aren\u2019t easy to find outside of the cellar door, but I\u2019ll keep an eye out for something to review in detail if I come across this label again.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7d8d281\" data-id=\"7d8d281\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88ab790 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"88ab790\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_4046.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-406\" alt=\"Wine Tasting including Ros\u00e9 at Matakana Estate winery\" srcset=\"https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_4046.jpg 480w, https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_4046-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_4046-60x90.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a7e43dd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a7e43dd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9801361\" data-id=\"9801361\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f99a0d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f99a0d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Matakana has plenty to occupy the visitor \u2013 we turned down the road to Snells Beach, heading for Brick Bay, with a free hour to wander through their sculptures before a wine tasting and a lazy lunch. The artworks here are on an ever changing roster, ranging in scale from small and intimate, to the immense, and vary from floating in lakes, to strung through the bush, to a more traditional plinth mount.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e06c143 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e06c143\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-980f1e3\" data-id=\"980f1e3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-168cc11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"168cc11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_4062.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-407\" alt=\"The Glass House at Brick Bay winery Matakana\" srcset=\"https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_4062.jpg 720w, https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_4062-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_4062-135x90.jpg 135w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fc809af elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fc809af\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3deae9a\" data-id=\"3deae9a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9385efb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9385efb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Wine tasting today was al fresco at the entrance to \u2018The Row\u2019 a spectacular vine covered tunnel-shaped pergola. The Pinot Gris is a delightful, fleshy wine; full of cashew, lychee and candied pear. Spicy and waxy in the palate, with a generous concentration and a racily crisp finish. Their Chardonnay is also very crisp and mineral, with smokey overtones and a vibrant textural palate of citrus and cr\u00e8me brulee. I liked this one enough to choose it over the others for lunch.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0bfb42d\" data-id=\"0bfb42d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eaf68cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"eaf68cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_4080.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-409\" alt=\"Tasting wine at Brick Bay Winery Matakana\" srcset=\"https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_4080.jpg 480w, https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_4080-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_4080-60x90.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d71b6ea elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d71b6ea\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-115fb9c\" data-id=\"115fb9c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f43662c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f43662c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_4072.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-410\" alt=\"Wines at Brick Bay winery Matakana\" srcset=\"https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_4072.jpg 720w, https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_4072-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_4072-135x90.jpg 135w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cee8bff elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cee8bff\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-49fcd87\" data-id=\"49fcd87\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca17359 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ca17359\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>They also had a new ros\u00e9 wine on hand; and this was an elegant wine of striking pink colour and riding a balance of sweet berries and a frisson of mineral savouriness \u2013 quite a bold type of wine. I wondered if it had a touch of malbec, but forgot to ask \u2013 it was a busy crowd up in \u2018the Row\u2019. A Petit Verdot was also on show \u2013 a ruby wine of dark flavours \u2013 chocolate, violets and a sweet leathery note. Not really what I appreciated on an afternoon turning humid and hot, but one to look out for \u2013 an unusual variety and well worth following \u2013 I think it is also a component of their \u2018big red\u2019 \u2013 the Pharos (one for another time).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6510d05 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6510d05\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-049a63c\" data-id=\"049a63c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3df6ab9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3df6ab9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_4091.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-411\" alt=\"Wine Tasting at Brick Bay winery Matakana\" srcset=\"https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_4091.jpg 720w, https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_4091-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/winefolio.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/IMG_4091-135x90.jpg 135w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8ea51b9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8ea51b9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-63f08aa\" data-id=\"63f08aa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c05a5fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c05a5fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lunch was a delight \u2013 grilled lamb for me, and cheese topped fries! To spend a couple of hours over here is a treat, I would certainly recommend this to any visitor to the region. 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