Salvare Estate Blog

Last weekend was "Mission" weekend here in Hawke's Bay and we were inundated with visitors from all over New Zealand and around the world.

It was great to see so many people out trying Hawkes Bay wine.

It was also nice to find this feedback from a couple of groups in my inbox when I got into work on Monday.

I would like to once again thank you for your hospitality on Sunday. We were stuck in a very bad situation and with your support were able to rectify this. Once we arrived out at Salvare I was finally able to relax and enjoy the day after having our planned winery pull out on us at the last minute (so to speak). Everyone enjoyed the time we spent at Salvare and were very interested in what you were telling us about the process of grapes becoming the enjoyable taste of wine. Once again thank you to you and the other staff who were working with you on Sunday.

It is always great to get feedback like this and to know that the hard work we put in is appreciated. 

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Ten Twenty Four is featuring a different winery each week and Kent has matched one of our wines with each of his menu items.His focus is on good fresh produced, prepared and presented well, at a good price.

Check out the menu and then give them a call and book a table. They are at 1024 Pakowhai Rd, Hastings.

Bikes seem to be the wine tasting transport du jour this season with a mix of people doing one day to five day cycle tours. We are on great circuit here at Bridge Pa where, depending on how you feel you can do between 9 and 12 wineries on a lovely flat ride around the vines.

We get lots of groups associated with the many summer weddings in Hawkes Bay who do these rides. This was a group we had in on Waitangi Day who were with On Yer Bike. There were 38 of them out and they were a great group.

In the past week we have had a couple of groups through who are on 5 day cycle tours organised by Takaro Cycle Tours. Today we had a group of 14 in who were on day 4 of the tour. The stopped for lunch in the vines while they were here.

Obviously it was all a bit much for one of them so he lay down in the vines and Zoe decided to join him.

One of the focal points at the cellar door (especially for the guys) is our 1958 Morris Oxford Traveller. With our philosophy being to "Slow down and enjoy the journey" the morrie is a perfect fit as there is no way its going to go fast.

Today we had some visitors to the cellar door who brought a friend for our Morrie.

A guy walked into the cellar door the other day with a framed photo under his arm. It was of our cellar door and vineyard. He had taken it recently while taking photos in the area from a small plane.

It was a little odd that he just showed up but the picture is great and it is now hanging in the cellar door.

It was lovely the meet Joan, Christine and the rest of team from San Diego today. They are travelling in New Zealand on a golfing and wine tasting tour. Looked like they were enjoying the wine tasting part of the tour.

The nice thing was they are neighbours and all live in the same street. We look forward to seeing them back in Hawkes Bay again some time or catching up when we go to San Diego.

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It was great to see some sun yesterday. It bought the visits out to the cellar door. Only challenge was the major power outage but the nice thing is you don't need power to sit in the vines having a platter and tasting wine.