New Zealand Day 3: Marlborough Wineries

Today started with another sleep in and some confusion over the start of daylight saving in New Zealand. When we did finally get going, it was a spectacularly shambolic start. First stop was the Blenheim Sunday market. An absence of stalls taking cards meant our short stay was followed by a trip to the ATM. Cashed up, our first winery was... closed. As was our second. A stop at a crowded "food festival", actually turned out to be a mini duathlon. Finally we made our way to Cloudy Bay winery. Open. Hurrah.

Cloudy Bay was a great location. We sat down to taste in a nice outside courtyard. Sam enjoyed sniffing each glass, obviously it didn't spoil the taste of his ice cream.

Next stop was the chocolate factory, and then a gallery. Our next tasting choice was booked out for some function or other. No loss because Allan Scott winery proved to have some nice whites in a funny, unromantic but practical wine dispensing machine.

We decided to stay for a light late lunch which ended up being an inspired choice.

We decided two generous tastings was enough for the day and headed home early in preparation for a big day tomorrow.

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