Blenheim in the Marlborough Wine Region

On December 26 we drove to Blenheim, which is in the Marlborough wine region. There are vineyards and wineries just about everywhere. Unfortunately, many of them where closed in observance of Boxing Day--a day when employers "box" gifts for their employees and servers. But fortunately we found a few wineries open to visit. We went to two: Cloudy Bay and Hunters. At Cloudy Bay we did some red wine tasting for a fee while at Hunters they were pouring wine tastes for free! We also drove around some of the other wineries, which have spectacular views to vast fields of vineyards as far as the eye can see.

Lodging: The Marlborough Vinters Hotel. It's a beautiful, small hotel situated in between vinyards. We have a very nice one bedroom suite with views to the vinyards from all windows.



Food: We ate at the Herzog Restaurant, which is located inside the Hans Herzog Winery--a beautiful farm and vineyard where they make excellent organic wines. We enjoyed two of their red wines with our dinner.






And, of course, adorable sheep everywhere. They look at you as if saying "Do I know you?"