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...says Steve Skinner, the assistant winemaker at Trinity Hill Vineyard in Hawke's Bay, as he swirls a sample of almost vermilion liquid around his glass. "But I'm seeing the savory side of the bottle aging?a certain leathery character and a lot of lanolin." Travel in New Zealand and you had better learn to speak the language of vintners and wine tasters. You might find yourself chatting about Cabernet with a cabbie, and Pinot Noir with a parking attendant...
Twenty years ago wine connoisseurs scoffed at the idea of anything good coming from the antipodes. Australia's extraordinary oenic successes proved them wrong, and now New Zealand Pinots and Sauvignons are on some of the world's most fastidious wine lists. For about $2 you can taste six or eight samples at many of the regional wineries, then weave?or wobble?your way back to a luxurious lodge for a bottle of your favorite...
...viticulture. The winery is at the heart of the Gimblett Gravels, a 850-hectare triangle of stony ground that was first planted with vines nine years ago. The gravel reflects heat back onto the grapes, helping them ripen even in a wet year, something all too common on New Zealand's lush North Island...
Central Otago, at the southern end of the South Island, is New Zealand's fastest-growing wine area?mostly producing Pinots and Rieslings. The Gibbston Valley vineyard sells nearly half of its acclaimed Pinot Noirs to some 125,000 tourists a year, many of whom come to the tasting rooms on day excursions from the nearby adventure sports capital Queenstown. Visitors can tour the vineyard and the cool, concrete-lined cave where wine sits in racked barrels before sitting down to lunch in a shady outdoor restaurant...
...cover headline "Can We Stop the Next 9/11?", I thought America had finally realized that it needs to address the problems of the world created by U.S. foreign policy. Then I read the story and found it was mostly about increased spying. GRAEME MCLEAN Dunedin, New Zealand...