Wine World: Kiwi wines worth the arduous trip

One of the best wine trips I’ve ever had was an expedition to the ends of the earth – Hawkes Bay New Zealand to be precise. It begins with 17 hours in a 777 where you are assigned less space than was allocated to slaves on slave ships. (I exaggerate. Economy class offers you 17 inches where most slaves were crammed into 16.)
That is followed by about six hours by car over hill and dale until you reach the Pacific east coast of the north island. The plants are different. The scenery i