点评:John M., our wine tour guide and owner of this Auckland wine tour was perfect! First off he was able to pick us up at our hotel not too far away from the Sky Tower which was prearranged and messaged before the tour started. This wine tour was 6 hours, visited 3 wineries and the black sand beach to see the Garret birds and included a perfect lunch. John has spent over 23+ years in the tour business and has extensive wine making knowledge, he was the perfect wine tour guide. During the tour, John was able to thoroughly explain the wine making process and how the different regions of NZ had the different climates and grew different grapes.
The three wineries we visited were in the Kumeu area of Auckland. All were smaller wineries but all were different than each other. John had a good rapport with the wineries so everything was taken care of and the pours were awesome (5 different wines, 3 wineries, 15 different wines in total). John even took us on a behind the scenes tour of Kumeu Winery (the best part of the tour)! We had lunch at the Landing at Riverhead and was able to pick a nice NZ steak for lunch (anything extra was on you). The tour comes with lunch and you’re able to choose from a variety of dishes. Even though the weather was a bit rainy, John took us to see the Garret birds at Muriwai Beach (November is egg laying season), before heading back to Auckland CBD. Overall an awesome wine tour, we were lucky to have John to ourselves for the tour. Book this tour, you won’t be disappointed. We are visitors from Los Angeles in Auckland for the Metallica concert.
翻译:我们的奥克兰葡萄酒之旅导游兼老板约翰·M简直完美!首先,他提前安排好行程,并在行程开始前通过短信通知我们,他特地到离天空塔不远的酒店接我们。这次葡萄酒之旅时长6小时,我们参观了3家酒庄,还去了黑沙滩观赏灰背鹭,并享用了一顿完美的午餐。约翰在旅游行业从业超过23年,拥有丰富的葡萄酒酿造知识,是一位完美的导游。旅途中,约翰详细讲解了葡萄酒的酿造过程,以及新西兰不同地区的气候差异和葡萄品种的差异。
我们参观的三家酒庄都位于奥克兰的库梅乌地区。虽然规模不大,但各具特色。约翰与酒庄关系良好,一切都安排得井井有条,而且我们品尝的葡萄酒也棒极了(5种不同的葡萄酒,3家酒庄,总共15种)。约翰甚至带我们参观了库梅乌酒庄的幕后(这是整个行程中最精彩的部分)!我们在Riverhead的Landing餐厅享用了午餐,可以自选一份美味的新西兰牛排(额外消费自理)。行程包含午餐,您可以从多种菜肴中选择。虽然天气有点下雨,但约翰还是带我们去了穆里怀海滩观赏凤头鹦鹉(十一月是它们的产卵季节),之后才返回奥克兰市中心。总而言之,这是一次非常棒的葡萄酒之旅,我们很幸运能和约翰单独一起游览。强烈推荐这个行程,绝对不会让您失望。我们是从洛杉矶来的游客,来奥克兰是为了观看Metallica的演唱会。