Wineries

It doesn’t seem all that long ago that friends and Waiheke neighbours Chris Canning and Bryan Mogridge began their winegrowers’ dream to make the definitive wine. It’s the mid-life fantasy of most oenophiles, but these two are no Johnny-come-latelies: Canning founded De Redcliffe Winery and Hotel du Vin in Waikato; Mogridge has held executive roles [...]

If your idea of a nature hike involves driving an elusive ball over acres of meticulously manicured greens, then bookmark this list of premier putting destinations created with golf enthusiasts in mind, hand-picked by the boutique hotel experts Mr Mrs Smith. Fore! Reuters has not endorsed this list: 1. Primland; Virginia, USA Pristine Primland hotel [...]

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I told a winemaker friend of mine I was writing about New Zealand sauvignon blanc this week and his response was not uncommon: “Cat pee on a gooseberry.” But don’t let that turn you off or make you turn the page. Sauvignon blanc is the grape that put New Zealand on the wine map. Other [...]

“Before Midnight,” the third of Richard Linklater’s Aristotelian bulletins from the field of Gen-X solipsism, finds them in Greece, at the end of a summer vacation that has been pleasant, though not entirely carefree. These two have never been terribly easygoing, despite their efforts to keep things casual and cool. For their Peloponnesian sojourn, they [...]

Hazel Hawke, left now, was prolonged a life of a party; a saviour when a chips were down for her husband, Bob. During a 1990 election, a parsimonious competition opposite Opposition Leader Andrew Peacock, Prime Minister Bob Hawke organized a puzzling provide for a travelling media. Flying opposite Australia, he organised to have a VIP [...]