It was a rainy day … what to do on a rainy day? Originally I wanted to go for a good hike up the mountain … but maybe not in the rain … – – so what to do? Easy – stop whining, go wining … – a wine tour – already worked back in Argentina …

So around lunch time Sue (Sussy-Sue – not tourleader-Sue) and myself found ourselves on a wine tour bus heading out for the Gibbston Valley winery – followed by three further wineries.

For me the tour was pretty interesting as the climatic conditions down on the South Island are not too much different from my home country – and the grape varieties are more or less the same as my favorites from home … pinot gris, pinot blanc and riesling for the whites – pinot noir for the reds. It was amazing for me to see what quality those wineries down here manage to produce.