Drunk By Noon and It's Alright

By far the biggest surprise was the wine tour. Seeing as I can't legally drink in the states and I most certainly did not do a wine tour while in Northern Ireland, I really had no idea what to expect on a full day wine tour. Other than being drunk very early in the day. So here is a shot from the first winery, Lawson's Dry Hills:

I've never really been a wine person, but let me tell you, that first sip of unoaked chardonnay was the best thing I've ever tasted. Until I got to the riesling. And then until I got to the late harvest riesling. 

So, clearly, I like the sweet wines. However I also enjoyed the sauvignon blancs, seeing as that is what New Zealand is best known for. I'm not the biggest fan of Pinot Gris, and I thought the Pinot Noir I tried smelled much better than they tasted. I open to more tasting though.

Here are some more shots from wineries:

Bouldevines

Highfield Estate

And now, a list of the wineries I went to:

Bouldevines, 

Drylands, 

Mahi (they say this is NZ's best wine), 

Allen Scott, 

Lawson's Dry Hills, (bought you a bottle of unoaked chardonnay) 

Highfield Estate, 

Framingham

And a list of my favorite wines, in order or most preferred to less preferred:

1. late harvest riesling (who needs cake when you can have this?)

2. riesling (when you can't wait for dessert)

3. chardonnay (tastes like ships sailing on my tongue)

4. sauvignon blanc 

5. the german one

6. pinot gris

7. pinot noir 

I'm looking forward to trying more wines. In the mean time, I have a paper about antebellum trends in post Civil War America to write. 

Up next, Abel Tasman, my second and last tramp.