we're gonna taste some pinot noir today so excited i forgot to say what's up guys
akarua is a big deal for lin this is ling's fa they make ling's favorite is
pinot noir right we're gonna head in and uh do a little sample we're in the middle we're in
the middle of new zealand's desert new zealand had a desert i didn't know that stop the virus
how is it like growing like those type of grapes in like a really dry hot area like here yeah
well i mean it works really really well for the pinot noir actually the map behind us here is the
map of all the bang bang wineries so this is all pinot noir all this red wow all the red it's all
pinot noir i love this one 25 steps pinot noir 2018. it's really nice how much is this bottle
that's not too bad 35 bucks really good no more 2018. so we just tried the pinot noir 2018.
i'm still sold on this guy here the 25 steps ling likes the pinot noir in 2018.
i just find it's a bit too crisp a bit too light i'm like more into like the full bodied
buttery so pinot noir is their main grape here they have different varieties of pinot noir
grapes but they also do uh they're their own pinot gris it's inspired by ice wines of canada is it
the vertex it's sweet you taste the manuka okay right you made your choice you went with the uh
the ice wine yeah ice wine that is not at all like they shout out canada because germany and canada
are one of the top producing ice wine countries in the world they can't do that here because
it just gets too hot or it doesn't get cold enough when the grapes are really ripe normally you
would wait till the end of the season and then the grapes freeze over and that's when you would pluck
the grapes versus here it doesn't work because of the climate so what they do is they pluck
the grapes and they stick it in the freezer they stick it in the freezer so that way it maintains
a bit of acidity unlike the canadian ice wines which tend to be sweeter which is why i kind of
like this one because a hint of acidity for a more depth of flavor because they don't sell it
outside of here at their website so that's a handy tip the tastings here
are free this is the first winery we've been to ever that had free tastings yep
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holy crap guys we're actually not new zealand anymore look there's hoodoos
we're officially in drumhell we're in drumheller alberta we're back in drumheller
definitely definitely feels like a desert
we are in the desert the sun is super hot now yeah that's central otago dryness all signed in
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look at that view it's quite nice hey empty vineyards ready for the new season
the new harvest 2020. as bad as 2020 has been hopefully the wine will be better
we got a bottle of the chenin blanc or the chenin blue
it's so dry out here i i absolutely knew nothing about this region of new zealand
bannockburn central otago region dry as ideal for those thick skinned red pinot noir grapes
all of this is just like bad land desert area
i want to see if we can get close to those hoodoos though
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lunchtime got here a steak pee and mash pie i've never had that one before but we're in cromwell
and i don't know what the connection is but it's a steak pea and mashed pie lane got a mutton pie
first time ever and she got a cheese roll as well south island delicacies apparently yeah
it's like a puck inside oh look the lid came off let's see what's inside
steak pee and mash exactly as described i think i understand why she offered me
sauce this is like dinner in a package you got your meat and your mash and your bees in a case
a nice flaky brown case this is mutton older sheep ling described it as having a stronger flavor
yeah it's almost like the aged cheddar of um yes of meats
all right good to go we probably should have eaten before doing the wine tasting
okay let's go outside it's really windy right now windy ass
so i'll give you a pencil i'll get you set up here it's high to get up in there
but once you're up here you're sick all right some more pinot noir chinchilla
you got the cantata the cantata pinot now
while drinking wine loads of dark plum nice soft tannins medium acidity
smooth finish quite nice would go well with a very difference
i have some mutton sense of intrigue and mystery a varietal lift of fresh red cherry and plum
bright raspberry and moments of red currant a moderate intensity of oak and baking spice
i couldn't do it without breaking here you can read that so the spicy oak the sweetness
from the fruits and the acidity kind of meld into one so we're going to try the
verisimo penny noir 2012 superb really complex and sophisticated berry cedar
black olive notes the palette delivers excellent concentration in fine tenons
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all right back in queenstown what and we could see poinster oh imagine i screamed scared i
love these these tvs are like in every backpacker hostel well this is the luxury suite we're at the
hakka lodge queenstown is ridiculously cheap but they must be historically cheap just
because there's so much like hotel after hotel after motel so there's so many accommodations
and it's vacant everything's vacant vacant vacant so when we first came here we stayed at the
pod hostel so instead of 90 it was 36 that's crazy 18 bucks a person to stay to have a bed
in queenstown can i take a post line there no yeah take a take a nap well that's it i
guess links passed out so we're gonna end the vlog here and i'll see on the next one