Here’s a picture from my recent trip, which really captures the wildness of the Central Otago wine region. It’s an aerial view of a winery in the Central Otago region. I think it’s in the Gibbston district (and suspect it may be Chard Farm). Can anyone help with a positive identification? Wish I was still in New Zealand. It’s cold, wet and grey here in London.
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This is an aerial view of the Winehouse and Kitchen Restaurant which also doubles as the cellar door for Van Asch and Freefall Wines amongst others. Was lucky enough to enjoy an awesome long lunch there over the Christmas break.
Henry Van Asch teamed up with AJ Hackett to start the NZ bungy jumping caper many years back. Their flagship Bungy site is just 200m back down the highway out of shot.
Yep – definitely looks like Chard Farm to me; amazing drive to get there.
New blog looks good Jamie – well done
Type this google maps search into your browser.
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=-45.010458,168.903869&num=1&t=h&sll=-45.009431,168.903551&sspn=0.010134,0.01929&ie=UTF8&ll=-45.009924,168.904817&spn=0.005256,0.009645&z=17
Chard farm is about 2 km or so to the west, but I’m afraid I don’t know what is the name of the place you have photographed.
Try contacting someone from
http://www.otagowine.com/
Cheers Russell.
Hi Jamie,
That’s not Chard Farm. Chard farm is back further from the water’s edge. I think that’s “The Winehouse and Kitchen” which is right beside the AJ Hackett bungy bridge complex.
In fact google maps agrees with me http://tinyurl.com/yhqy25h
Cheers
Adrian
although I don’t fly to work, that looks like the winehouse and kitchen to me, and Chard Farm’s driveway is across the road there
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Séb
Think you’ll find it is actually the Winehouse and Kitchen – A Cafe just up from AJ Hackett Bungy
Thanks for all the comments – I guess that’s where it is then!
I’ve done that bungy jump as well a few years ago along the Karawau River gorge…breathtaking
Your pics, especially of Gibbston brought back some fond memories
The Winehouse is right – ate there 2 weeks ago