Wine, wine and more wine! New Zealand, Day 12

Once again, we woke up and caught breakfast downstairs just before we checked out of the hotel. We had to catch a taxi to the train, which we had about an hour ride or so on. We were in route to Martinborough... The land of fine wines. We weren't quite sure where we had to get off and ended up missing our stop. A very kind man let us use his cell phone and it wasn't a problem contacting our guide to get picked up from there instead. Whooopsie. The area was gorgeous. There were fields and fields of green with sheep all over the place. There were vineyards after vineyards. I was in heaven. I wanted to visit every single one of them! Some were smaller than others, mostly all using different grapes with various techniques when picking. We arrived at our first vineyard of the day and started to taste test right away! It was only 10:30a.m! Haha. What a wake up call! We tried 4 white wines and 4 reds. We had sauvignon blanc, chardonnay,  pinot gris and a reisling for the whites. Then we had 2 pinot noirs aaaand... I don't remember what else, but they were delightful. The finest wines are made in the region. We went around to four different vineyards and sampled many, many kinds. We also had a free glass at lunch along with our cheeses and things! It was a really enjoyable, relaxing day. I thoroughly enjoyed it and learned much more about wine than I knew before. What a complex process it is to make any sort of wine! Our guide taught us so much, I was really pleased with the whole winery tour. So much that I sent a whole case home to enjoy over the hot summer for Ryan and I to enjoy. We were then in route on the way back to Wellington after our long day of taste testing at least 20 different wines. Best day ever, so classy ;) Rotorua tomorrow. Trip is dwindling down...