Sauvignon Blanc

I was invited on a famil to Portage Resort (in the Marlborough Sounds) and it was a much needed mini holiday for both James and I. We were wined and dined, and enjoyed the winter solitute of an almost empty resort. Oma watched Luca, so we were baby-free for almost 3 entire days....and boy was it nice :-)

After a ferry to the South Island, and a water taxi to Portage Resort, we were whisked to our really luxery rooms that were pre heated for us upon arrival. James and I had just recently been to the Marlborough Sounds for Bruce's 60th b-day in Feb with Dad and Fran....but it was a much different feel during the winter time.

We spent the afternoon walking around the sounds and touring the resort...basically doing nothing....and it was soooo nice!
The resort was amazing, and the the next day they sent us on a personalized wine tour of the Marlborough region. About 65% of NZ's wine comes from this region. This area is famous for it's Sauvigon Blanc and we did our fare share of sampling. James, Dad, Fran, and I had been on a wine tour before but we definitly weren't going to say to another one! We visited a few wineries we had been to before, but many that we hadn't. It would take you several weeks to make it round to all 110 of them.

We had a beautiful winery lunch in front of the fire, and toured wineries, gourment food shops, and a chocolate shop. Gorgeous, sumptious wines that put our el cheapo supermarket wine that we drank in our hotel room the night before to shame......ha ha. Several bottles of wine later, and feeling very very buzzed we boarded the ferry back to Wellington where we met up some friends for the night.

The next morning was spent hanging out in cafes in a very windy Wellington before heading back up to Foxton beach to celebrate James' moms birthday. Luca greeted us with huge smiles, and we heard stories about how wonderfully behaved he was. All in all....a very perfect few days away:-)

The ferry that takes you from the North to South Islands.