Waipara Wine Tour Pt. 1

Caught a rainbow as we were leaving port and heading to wine country.

First winery today was Waipara Hills. It was started in '96 by an American radiologist who had money but not any knowledge of starting or growing a vineyard. Though he sold it 6 years later, the growers have remained the same. They primarily grow white wine grapes being more of cold climate growers. The vineyard is a total of 500 acres now from the 100 acres it originally started with. We sampled their premium line Saving Grace.Read more