Outside the entrance to The Wine Room, a great place to sample the region's wine in Marlborough, New Zealand The Wine Room is a tasting room run by a group of different wineries.  They carry a wide selection of the region’s wines and it was an easy way to find out about a lot

Brookfields Vineyards, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand Brookfields Vineyards was the first winery we visited in New Zealand and we weren’t disappointed.  It’s located in the prestigious and beautiful Hawke’s Bay wine region. …

About 10 minutes off the 101 is the Brandy Peak Distillery.  This is a small family-owned business, and they offer tours and tastings for $5 a person.  The tour took about 15 minutes, where they gave a good explanation of how brandy is made and showed us the equipment and process they