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TRENZ is New Zealand’s premier tourism trade event and your chance to build your New Zealand tourism business. TRENZ showcases the very best that New Zealand has to offer our visitors and offers representatives of the international travel trade fantastic opportunities to experience New Zealand for themselves.

TRENZ 2013 will feature a brand new waterfront location, within easy walking distance of Auckland’s hotels, bars, world class restaurants and fabulous shopping. You will experience Auckland’s unique mix of cultures and excite your senses in this urban oasis.

Over four exhilarating days at TRENZ, you can meet and mingle with some of the most important people in the business. Strengthen established relationships and kindle new opportunities.

TRENZ is a proven event for generating new business and discovering new aspects of the New Zealand experience. We look forward to seeing you there.

Madeleine Pierard: Rising international star soprano Madeleine Pierarad won the 2005 Lexus Song Quest before pursuing an MMus at London’s Benjamin Britten Opera School and she was the Jette Parker Young Artist with the Royal Opera in Covent Garden from 2010 to 2012.
Anna Pierard :The sister of Madeline, mezzo-soprano Anna holds a BMus and MMus from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London.
Don McGlashan: A New Zealand music legend from such iconic bands as The Plague, From Scratch, The Whizz Kids, Blam Blam Blam, The Front Lawn, The Mutton Birds and 2009’s The Bellbirds.
Julia Deans:From honey-sweet falsetto to menacing growl, the voice of Julia Deans has offered light and shade to a variety of musical endeavours over the years.

For further line up and announcements check www.nelsonfestivals.co.nz

Diane & Chuck – USA: Fabulous setting, outstanding service and beautiful villas. This is our second visit, we will be back!

Kyra & Tom – USA: Thank you Daniel for a outstanding and wonderful stay.

Nicole & Mark – Australia: Beautiful location and wonderful service. Everything was perfect!

David & Madeline – Australia: Wonderful place to stay with all those little touches. Great holiday – look forward to returning one day!

Thank you to everyone who has supported Bronte Country Estate in 2012, we wish you all a prosperous and healthy 2013. The Fraser Family.

Waimea Estate Sauvignon Blanc $20

Zesty and racy, this lovely example of Nelson Sauvignon has aromas of gooseberries, green apple and citrus combined with a flinty, mineral complexity. It is balanced by a full and textured palate, giving the wine depth and concentration. It makes a perfect accompaniment to fine New Zealand seafood.

Orinoco Nelson Riesling $25

Harvested at just 19 brix with a pH of 3.0, the fruit had fantastic flavours and a crisp acidity. Ferment took 4-5 weeks at cool temperatures, and was stopped with residual sugar at 23g/L. The finished product has layers of delicate aromas, an inviting sweetness finished off with a refreshing acidity.

Orinoco Nelson Piont Gris $25

A rich and rewarding wine with bursting with aromas and flavours of Stonefruit, Peaches, Pears, Vanilla and Butterscotch. Fermented under controlled cool temperatures in stainless steel with regular lees stirring the resulting wine has delicious aromas, a rich and weighty palate complemented by a little residual sugar which gives the flavours a lift and encourages the drinker to come back for more.

Neudorf Chardonnay $110

Succulent; a whorl of flavours race around the palate before settling down to a persistent, refined finish …….which carries through and through and through. A mouth-watering blend of mineral characters, apple and lemon, with subtle bran and roasted nuts

Red Wines

Rimu Grove Bronte Pinot Noir $30

Nelson Tasman’s cool maritime climate is perfect for growing Pinot Noir. This wine is reflective of the climate and terrain. Sweet ripe red fruit aromas (blackberries and bing cherries) showing hints of earth and spice. Generous sweet ripe fruit flavours with juicy acidity and fine-grained tannins that linger on the palate.

Orinoco Nelson Syrah $45

Beautiful ripe Syrah grapes were handpicked and gently guided through the evolution from grape to wine. Wild yeast fermented and matured in French Oak barrels for 12 months, this wine is full of concentrated and complex aromas which will continue to develop over the next 5+ years.

Neudorf Moutere Pinot Noir $110

Wonderfully deep nose of visceral, dried blood notes with a hint of licorice and spice, larger red and black fruits and very fine tannins. The wine flows across the palate with ease towards a refined and elegant finish
Overall impression is of a full yet sleek wine of great structure and integration.
Vintage 2010 was a great one for New Zealand Pinot Noir and this Neudorf wine will not disappoint.

Abel Tasman Coast Track: “This 51km, three-to-five-day track is one of the most scenic in the country, passing through native bush overlooking golden beaches lapped by gleaming azure water. Numerous bays, small and large, are like a travel brochure come to life.”

Nelson Lakes National Park: “Located at the northern end of the Southern Alps, and with a dramatic glacier-carved landscape, it’s an awe-inspiring place to get up on high.”

Takaka: “Boasting NZ’s highest concentration of yoga pants, dreadlocks and various types of dropouts, Takaka is nevertheless a largely down-to-earth town and the last ‘big’ centre before the road west ends at Farewell Spit.”

Source: The Nelson Mail

Nelson’s Craft Beer Trail has been singled out as one of the country’s 12 new favourite recommendations in the latest edition of the traveller’s bible The Lonely Planet New Zealand.

The newest and 16th edition of the guide book says that “Nelson has a bad (read:good) case of craft beer fever, so if your budget allows it, hoppiness awaits.

“The Nelson region lays claim to the title of craft-brewing capital of New Zealand. With world-class hops grown here since the 1840s, and a dozen breweries spread between Nelson and Golden Bay, it’s got a pretty good case.”

The book advises picking up a copy of the Nelson Craft Beer Trail map and meandering between brewers and pubs.

Its top picks for a tipple are The Free House in Nelson, the Moutere Inn, Mapua’s Golden Bear and Golden Bay’s Mussel Inn.

It also plugs the Sprig and Fern and the Vic Brew Bar, and says cheaper establishments are on Bridge St.

Source: www.stuff.co.nz