Tasty Tours for Epicures
Sharon Stephenson sustains herself with a gourmet meal ahead of a search of a hunt for endangered kiwi and tuatara.
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Looking for something special for a long anniversary or birthday weekend? Or perhaps just a special luxurious weekend get away?
Feast & Vine is pleased to offer competitively priced weekend packages exclusively designed for our clients alone at the following luxury accommodations.
Packages include two night accommodation, special wine match meals with menu tasting notes, sommelier commentary, wine purchase discounts, chef recipes, winery tours hosted by a wine maker or family member and so much more.
Walk on the Wild Side Wine Safari at Zealandia: The Karori Wildlife Sanctuary Experience. This is organised as a completely unique New Zealand experience and private hire venue.
Enjoy a stroll through the new world-class visitor complex. Each exhibit immerses you in 1000 years of environmental history with unique state of the art interactive exhibits and an extraordinary sound and light show.
"I didn't really know what to expect since I don't know much about wine and food matching. It was all fabulous and the knowledge of the wine maker and sommelier added a lot to the evening."
- Carly Andrew, Wellington, NZ
"I'd been looking forward all week to trying a new wine tasting experience and the Feast & Vine program met my every expectation. I made some great new friends and learned a lot about wine as well as wine and food matching through the use of seasonings. The boat ride in Karori was fantastic and the naturalist added a lot to my overall knowledge about the wildlife at the bird sanctuary. An overall 5-star experience."
- Charles Swartz, Lower Hutt, Wellington
"Most memorable feature of this event? Hard to say - awesome food and Nicola Belsham was terrific. And, Pam -the naturalist, was a surprise and most welcomed!"
- Suzi Quatman, Wellington NZ
“I really liked the wines and the question and answer portion was my favorite part of the evening. I learned a lot since the material was presented in a straight forward and simple manner”
- Myra Sheppard, Wellington, NZ
“A great learning experience, really interesting and expanded my knowledge of food and wine pairing. Surpassed my expectations.”
- Ian Landers, Inflight Magazine, National New Zealand Manager
Capital Time
Columns - Wine Press, 4 February 2009
A Feast and Vine "perfect pairing" wine and food tasting at Finc last week reminded how much fun it can be to focus on your taste buds for a while.The wine and food matching event kicked off without wine or food. Instead, the bustling café crowd was instructed to taste accompaniments - salt, sugar, lemon, pepper and black tea - in order to focus their minds on the essence of flavours.
Feast & VineWe all like something new, and Feast & Vine is not only new, it’s fascinating….
Last night I attended a showcase for a relatively new company in Wellington, Feast & Vine (www.feastandvine.com) who presents wine and food pairings while exploring the whole arena of flavour.
"I'd been looking forward all week to trying a new wine tasting experience and the Feast & Vine program met my every expectation. I made some great new friends and learned a lot about wine as well as wine and food matching through the use of seasonings. The boat ride in Karori was fantastic and the naturalist added a lot to my overall knowledge about the wildlife at the bird sanctuary. An overall 5-star experience."
- Charles Swartz, Lower Hutt, Wellington
