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Everyone I've ever spoken to about New Zealand either really wants to go or has been and thinks it's fabulous. I'm very curious about this country, birth place of my favorite singer-songwriter Neil Finn (Split Enz, Crowded House). There are also a lot of very good wines coming out of New Zealand. You could taste some of these if you went to New Zealand for the Kia Motors Devonport Food and Music Festival, February 20th and 21st at Windsor Reserve, Devonport, Auckland. This is a fundraiser for their branch of the Rotary Club. Tickets cost $30 per/person, $55 per/family. That's NZ money, of course, so what that means in the northern hemisphere I have no idea.
Fifteen of the top New Zealand wineries will be at this event. I wondered as I read this: 'what are the top wineries in New Zealand?' It's hard to even know what is meant by the word 'top': top-selling? Award winning? I looked for some New Zealand wines and found a few award-winners.
'Melton Estate' produces under this name and also 'Front Row'. This is a boutique vineyard making sauvignon blanc, pinot noir, riesling and chardonnay. 'Waitiri Creek' offers a similar array of wines, as does 'Gibbston Valley'.
Matua Valley Winery is another award winning boutique winery offering the same range of wines as above, plus a few others such as viognier, merlot, and gewurztraminer. They have quite a selection to peruse.
I would go to New Zealand to thicken my CD collection, my wine cellar, and to experience all the rest of that beautiful country's charms. I know what my husband would say: 'if you want to us to be able to afford a trip to New Zealand, you'd better write faster.'

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