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Pinot noir country: a tour of Central Otago vineyards and cellar doors 4 Apr, 2021 02:00 AM 8 minutes to read Wooing Tree vineyard, Central Otago. Photo / Central Otago NZ Herald By: Phil Parker Over the past 20 years or so, Central Otago has established itself as New Zealand s pinot noir wine region. The area was previously better known as a winter sports playground, but now wine is a major drawcard in addition to the ruggedly beautiful alpine scenery, stunning mirrored lakes, and numerous near-death experience adrenaline sport options. Read More As with most overnight successes, Central Otago has been many years in the making. Frenchman Jean Desire Feraud planted the first grapes in Clyde in 1864, winning a prize in an 1881 Sydney wine competition. In 1885 an Italian viticulturalist, Romeo Bragato, visited Central Otago and pronounced it suitable for grape growing. ....
Luxury Escapes Guide to Queenstown Dazzling in winter and equally spectacular in summer, action-packed Queenstown is New Zealand’s premier tourist town for a very good reason. Featured escape Travel guides Draped alongside lightning bolt–shaped Lake Wakatipu and ringed by jagged mountains, Queenstown offers the kind of scenery that expectant visitors to New Zealand fantasise about. If your appetite for the country was whetted by the Lord of the Rings/Hobbit movies, you’ll find things strangely familiar – a lot of it was filmed around the top of the lake. While the vibrant town centre and beautiful setting is enough of an attraction in itself, it’s as the base for a breathtaking array of outdoor pursuits on which the town has built its reputation as the ‘adventure capital of the world’. Commercial bungy jumping was born here, and it’s now just one of a multitude of adrenaline-pumping activities on offer. If the mood takes you, you can fling you ....