The Second Glass

Since wireless has been sparse, and its hard to impossible to find an Internet café that lets you use USB ports, my posts are going to be limited. So the new plan is to write as I go, and post everything I have whenever I can!

The road trip from Adelaide to Melbourne was successful, and Australian wine was drank at every stage along the way, from a bottle of Coonawarra shiraz at the top of a mountain in Grampians National Park, to a bottle of Halls Gap Cabernet Sauvignon while overlooking the coast line on the Great Ocean Road, to a bottle of Australian sparkling wine to celebrate my 26^th birthday. The Halls Gap appellation was an interesting one, a vineyard in the valley floor of a mountain range producing mostly shiraz (of course) and cabernet sauvignon.

A last moment car sale gave us few options, so yesterday me and my friend sold our 1985 Nissan Pulsar to a junk yard for $100, and promptly spent the money on a 1997 bottle of Laurent-Perrier Champagne. With the car sold we flew off to New Zealand today, and have arrived on the south Island in Christchurch. No wine news today, as it was a much needed break from vino with some pints of beer in an Irish pub. Tomorrow we hit the road for mountains, a hike on a ice glacier, and of course — Sauvignon Blanc!