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Our Vineyard

Sue and Robin will be more than pleased to take you on a tour of the vineyard and garden during your stay, glass in hand!

Our Wine

Wine tastings can be arranged at Clearview Lodge for larger groups, with the cost depending upon numbers. There is no charge for in-house guests and, as responsible hosts, we serve a variety of tasty treats including cheese platter with homemade Pinot Noir jelly and quince paste, nuts and fruits which we grow (in season) and bread served with our olive oil and home made Dukkah.

Tasting Notes

For Clements Estate 2006 Clearwater Ave Pinot Noir - courtesy of Michael Hasler from Wanaka Lakehouse (www.wanakalakehouse.co.nz).

Colour: Light-medium blush red.

Nose: Fresh aroma of strawberries, violets & beaujolais nouveaux/carbonique esters with a slightly earthy sweet hay complexity.

Palate: Sweetly fruited with a youthful acidity which, combining with oak tannins, provides a meduim weight palate and a somewhat puckering finish; the overall balance is good and needs some years to harmonise the slightly austere structure.
A pleasant after taste of citrous & strawberries.

Wine Tours

As hosted accommodation we are happy to help you with your activity plans and can provide maps, brochures and advice. If you have a keen interest in wine, we can arrange for you to be picked up from Clearview Lodge and tour the vineyards of the Waipara Valley for the afternoon (bookings essential).

Our guests have enjoyed tours with Discovery Travel (www.discoverytravel.co.nz), Adventure Canterbury (www.adventurecanterbury.co.nz) and Canterbury Wine Tours Ltd (www.waiparavalley.co.nz). There are four tours to choose from depending on the time available and budget. Each of these companies visit a number of different wineries and all include wine tastings and some include lunch.

Alternatively, you could visit one or two vineyards on a self-drive day trip to Waipara and maybe on to Hanmer (90 minutes drive North) or Akaroa (also 90 minutes drive but East). If you wish to drive yourself, we have information from the Waipara valley wine growers (www.waiparawine.co.nz) and the North Canterbury Food and Wine trail
(www.foodandwinetrail.co.nz).

If you are venturing further around New Zealand you may find Wines of NZ (www.winesofnz.com) a useful resource.

Vineyard Dining

We can recommend places with delicious food and wines in our region or maybe you just want a vineyard lunch close by:

• Hintons are 5 minutes drive (www.hintons.net.nz)
• Morgan's Vineyard Cafe is 15 minutes drive (www.morgansvineyard.webs.com) or
• Rossendale Country Restaurant is 25 minutes drive (www.rossendale.co.nz)
• Melton Estate, winery restaurant and event venue, 25 minutes drive (www.meltonestate.co.nz)

Vineyard Accommodation

We work with a number of other hosted accommodation providers throughout New Zealand. If you would like us to recommend other vineyard accommodation, feel free to email us or go to www.heritageinns.co.nz or www.5staraccommodation.co.nz.

Some Examples

• Cardrona Terrace Estate in Wanaka (www.cardronaterrace.com)
• Old Saint Mary's Convent in Blenheim (www.convent.co.nz)
• The Peppertree in Blenheim (www.thepeppertree.co.nz)
• Matahui Lodge in Katikati, the Bay of Plenty (www.matahui-lodge.co.nz)