Part of my dreaming over recent years has been a hankering to grow vines and olives – very cliche I know but there you have it. Before coming to New Zealand I was very excited about the prospect for doing this as one of the finest wine growing regions (the Wairarapa) is about 80km (50miles) [...]

View from our room porch door Views across the vineyards to the mountains beyond Olives basking in the clouds!