We had planned on a full day in Martinborough but our timing was poor. The ferries to the South Island were fully booked in the afternoon of the following day so we made the call and decided to catch the 8.45am the following morning. Rather than having to do this from Martinborough which would have been an indecently early start we decided to move on that day. So moral here 'book your ferry early'.
We did go for a run before breakfast though and we had time to walk round (yes it's small enough to just walk round the vineyards here) a few vineyards before we had to leave.
We tried Tirohana, VynFields (try their Mad Rooster), Schubert (these guys really know what they're doing and the chardonnay and cab sauv were excellent) and finally Voss (great sauv blanc and pinot noir).
Ate at James Murdoch (recommended by B&B) for lunch. Excellent views and location with pretty good food. Didn't think much of the wine though.
The drive to Wellington saw the first pass for us in the little van (boy they do big hills round here). The Hutt Top 10 site just out of town (NZD 26.10) was all we saw of Wellington I'm ashamed to say but the bottle of Matariki Quintology with our picnic-dinner was lovely.
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