(?)Heron's Flight Vineyard
Was the 17th winery on this trip. I was beginning to really taste the difference in wine. Although it was still hard to describe about the taste of wine. Because I have a small vocabulary....

Honey Center
We stopped at Honey Center. There were many kinds of honey products, honey soap, honey cosmetics, honey candy...etc. And we could taste various types of honey.
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A cheerful Japanese, a friendly tour guide, a funny American and a big drinker(I)!

West Brook Winery
Was just off the other wineries and it had a quiet atmosphere.

I heard that 90% of New Zealand wine had a screw cap instead of a cork and New Zealand is ranked first in the world in terms of using a screw cap for wine. Worldwide, the use of a screw cap for wine bottles are increasing. Because screw caps remove the risk of cork taint and they are good to keep the aroma and flavor of wine. I heard that there were lots of other reasons to switch from a cork to a screw cap. However I prefer a cork wine to a screw cap one. I like to twist the cork out from a wine bottle and I love the sound of a cork popping!

Prenzel Kumeu
There were the wide range of schnapps, liqueurs and fruit brandies. I tryed a few strong liquors but I couldn't drink up. I didn't have a stomach for hard liquor. I have never felt that hard liquor tastes good....

As well as those drinks there were lots of food products, jam, honey and mustards, from New Zealand manufacturers. I brought 3 bottles of jam to take home. They were really heavy to take home but they tasted wonderful!