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Default "Great Wine Capital" of the World


"Joseph Coulter" > wrote in message
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| On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:37:44 +1300, "greybeard" >
| wrote:
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| >Bah humbug! Can only agree with your opinion.
| >There's nothing about Christchurch that speaks 'wine' to me.
| >The case for Wellington is much stronger IMO.
| >1. It is the Capital (of NZ)
| >2. The Wairarapa wine region (including Martinborough) is a
reasonable
| >distance
| >away to make a day trip possible, and a large number of
Wellingtonians
| >do so.
| >3. Actually, a large number of the vineyard owners, and wine
producers
| >have escaped
| >govt and/or professional life in Wellington to make wine in the
| >Wairarapa.
| >
| >cheers greybeard
| >
| >
| >Is Christchurch even close to Marlbourough? IIRCX it is a hike to the
good wine country and Wellington as you said is right there.
| Joseph Coulter
| Joseph Coulter Cruises and Vacations
| www.josephcoulter.com

Christchurch - Blenheim (principle Marlborough town) 300+ km, say 3½ - 4
hrs driving.
Travel from Wellington to Blenheim would be quicker, that is ferry
across Cook Strait and
hire car to Blenheim. Or a 20min regular scheduled flight.
There are a few vineyards to the near north of ChCh, and the Waipara
wine region about
an hours drive away.
Auckland has far better vinous claims - Waiheke Island is within the
city boundaries, and there are
nearby wine areas south, west and north of the city boundaries. Shortly
these will also
be within the city boundaries, as the several regional city authorities
are being amalgamated into
a single "super" city.
Just as an aside; the good people of ChCh would likely describe
themselves as "down to earth
beer drinkers" and Aucklanders as "Chardonnay and latte drinking
lawyers, bankers, stock
brokers and property developers." We like a bit of parochialism.

greybeard