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Skimax New Zealand Winter Holiday Packages
Skimax has been creating well-priced winter holidays to New Zealand’s North and South Island for well over a decade. As always, the competitive cost of its skier and boarder-friendly winter holiday packages to NZ's most popular ski areas is a major factor. However, for this winter there are additional offers that will entice more Australian skiers […]
Australian winemakers may be the losers from decision to cut New Zealand show entries
New Zealand winemakers have reacted to their exclusion from the Royal Perth, Royal Hobart and Canberra National wine shows with a mixture of disappointment and we-were-just-too-good-for-them chest thumping. “I can understand both those reactions and, in a way, I can understand the decisions of the Australian show organisers too,” said Warren Mason, Director of the […]
TRAVEL+LEISURE WORLD’S BEST AWARDS – SOFITEL QUEENSTOWN HOTEL & SPA NAMED BEST SPA
SOFITEL QUEENSTOWN HOTEL & SPA NAMED BEST SPA AT THE 2011 TRAVEL+LEISURE WORLD’S BEST AWARD Sofitel Queenstown Hotel & Spa has been named the World’s Best Hotel Spa in this year’s Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards. Travel+Leisure is one of North America’s most respected and highest circulating travel magazines with a focus on authentic, […]
New 10-day Queenstown Bike Festival Gears Up
Queenstown’s world-class cycle tracks, roads and spectacular lake and alpine scenery are set to take centre stage this Easter with an exciting new 10-day bike festival for all ages and abilities. The inaugural Queenstown Bike Festival, from 16-25 April, will be the perfect catalyst for visitors and locals to explore some of New Zealand’s most […]
DEBBIE’S SUCCESS IS ROLLIN’, ROLLIN’, ROLLIN’….
JUST the drop with abrunch of Eggs Benedict. Wc14Feb11 David Ellis WHILE we’ve still hopefully quite a few more weeks of warm weather to enjoy lazy late Sunday morning brunches, a wonderful drop to share these with is Rolling Wines’ 2010 Moscato. The first frizzante-style (small bubbled semi-sparkling) from Rolling’s innovative young winemaker Debbie Lauritz, […]
Queenstown New Schoolies Haven, as Gold Coast Drops 260%
It is that time of the year again where 1000’s of school leavers wind up their schoolies celebrations around the country and abroad. Many students will be left somewhat hung-over, sunburnt, poor and finding their experience of schoolies was somewhat underwhelming. Gold Coast Schoolies numbers were down considerably, with only 19,000 registrations, down from a […]
Winter Food & Wine Events Planned for Kauri Cliffs & The Farm at Cape Kidnappers
New Zealand luxury lodges Kauri Cliffs and The Farm at Cape Kidnappers will host four Winter Food & Wine Weekends bringing a fantastic line-up of guest chefs, winemakers and wine authorities to the Relais & Chateaux properties in 2010. JOSH EMETT & BLAIR WALTER – SATURDAY 24 JULYThe series kicks of on Saturday July 24 […]
WINE OF THE WEEK: See Saw 2007 Semillon Sauvignon Blanc
ONE FOR LUNCH: SEE-SAW has done something unusual with its 2007 Semillon Sauvignon Blanc: the Semillon component comes from the Hunter Valley and the Sauvignon Blanc from Marlborough in New Zealand – individually iconic regions for these two varieties. The resultant wine made by Andrew Margan and Hamish MacGowan is one of those wonderfully food-friendly […]
WINE OF THE WEEK: See Saw 2007 Semillon Sauvignon Blanc
ONE FOR LUNCH: SEE-SAW has done something unusual with its 2007 Semillon Sauvignon Blanc: the Semillon component comes from the Hunter Valley and the Sauvignon Blanc from Marlborough in New Zealand – individually iconic regions for these two varieties. The resultant wine made by Andrew Margan and Hamish MacGowan is one of those wonderfully food-friendly […]
Rediscovering Aotearoa
Rediscovering AotearoaBay of Islands, North Island, New Zealand New Zealand’s idyllic Bay of Islands is one of the world’s most attractive aquatic playgrounds. How do I know? Well, I’m just back from five nights aboard Coral Princess Cruises’s Oceanic Discoverer where she has completed her short season in the Northland region of New Zealand. The […]
