January 29, 2013
After Shipwreck Bay, we went to check out the local winery, Okahu Estate. I wasn’t expecting much of this winery on the remote, windswept west coast, but I was pleasantly surprised. We had ten tastings in all, including vintages of syrah, chardonnay, pinotage, chamborcin (which Okahu pioneered in Northland), a port, a dessert wine, and the limited-supply sherry.
All the wine was good, except the sherry. Please don’t try the sherry. OK, if you have to try it, please don’t buy it all. Legacy will be back late in the fall ‘13 season, and there had better be some sherry left! If you ignore this warning and buy all the sherry, keep in mind that New Zealand is not that big a place. We have a boat and a car and we will find you. –Cyndi
