Hawke's Bay

Hawke's Bay is known as the "food bowl" of New Zealand, according to the local food and wine brochure. This region accounts for a significant percentage of New Zealand's apple exports. There are also over 70 wineries here, which accounts for over 80% of New Zealand's plantings of merlot, cabernet sauvignon and syrah. That being said, we found the 2015 riesling from the Forrest winery that we visited in Marlborough and purchased it to go with dinner instead of a random local wine. We even picked ourselves up a plastic wine glass, which is a worthwhile upgrade from our plastic mug! We will sample a local winery tomorrow or Friday :)