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Monday, March 21, 2011

Blog 4 New Zealand: Show your Support of Earthquake Ravished Island


Found: Kim Crawford Marlborough Unoaked Chardonnay-Sam's Club
Blog4NZ is a grassroots blogging and social media effort to support New Zealand travel in the wake of the Christchurch/Canterbury earthquake.

The earthquake in Christchurch has not deterred my trip to New Zealand. I am planning on attending the International Association of Museum Facility Administrators 2011 Conference in Auckland in November. From there I am taking a flight to Queenstown to begin my tramping (hiking) adventures.

Somehow, I want to fit in some of the world-renown New Zealand Wine Country. And so, I am sitting here in snowy Flagstaff, AZ (I have 7" of the white stuff on my deck railing) sipping an unoaked Chardonnay by New Zealand's Kim Crawford. Unoaked Chard? What's the point? To make it taste like the zingy NZ sauvignon blancs? I like my Chard slightly oaked to oakey... I love New Zealand Sauvignon Blancs. I hope to know a lot more about NZ's fabulous wines before I go. Tell me by leaving a comment below.

Ciao! --Stacey

Blog4NZ is a worldwide blogging event happening on March 21-23, 2011 and you can be a part of it. Sign up here.




Posted by StaceyWittig at 6:23 PM

2 comments:

  1. MaralynMarch 21, 2011 at 9:28 PM

    Very nice post Stacey. We were in Australia when this took place. So many of the people had friends there--it was quite difficult.

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  2. StaceyWittigMarch 23, 2011 at 7:55 AM

    I was on the phone with Air New Zealand hours after the quake. I was watching coverage from Australian TV stations via internet while I was on hold. I was quite moved by the compassion of the NZ and Australian people.

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