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Situated on the coastline of Hawke’s Bay, the Te Awanga sub-region enjoys a warm, extended growing season with the benefit of cleansing sea breezes in a virtually frost free microclimate.

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Askerne Estate Winery is a single estate winery. We are committed to producing elegant fine wines that reflect our unique site and our winemaking philosophy and passion.

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Exquisite flavour profiles and wonderful service What a delight ! We’ve eaten at Down Thyme twice this week and all of our meals have been exquisite!

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Come and join us for a great night out on Valentine's Day, 14th February.

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We want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a great 2019! We will be closed 25th, 26th and 27th of December 2018.

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We are now moving into the 7th year of our monthly meeting from March to November on the last Wednesday of the month. The last Wine Club meet for 2018 was on the 21st of November. It was another successful...

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We left New Zealand with a real sense of purpose to our trip: to explore the foods, traditions, flavors of the Mediterranean coast. So yes it was a work trip - we just happened to have a great time as well...

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On our trip, course we had a great amount of leisure time to explore the Mediterranean and Aegean sea board from Izmir, Bodrum, Dalyan, Fethiye, Marmaris, Kas Kalkan back to Antalya (Mufide is from Antalya).

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