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Leaving Queenstown, on a trip across to Wanaka, there’s a road choice to be made - through the gorge, or up and over. If conditions are favourable, there’s a lot to be said for taking the high road, following the Crown Range and heading to the Cardrona Valley.
Read MoreA summer visit to Central Otago means summer stone fruit. And so the trip across from Queenstown, through the Gibbston Valley and Kawarau Gorge, to Cromwell. An extremely large fruit sculpture greets our arrival, and we know we're there. Time for roadside stall stops, and stone fruit splendour. Peaches, nectarines, plums....
Read MoreLate summer and autumn is harvest time for many fruits, after their spring blossoms, busy bees pollinating, and hearty summer growth phase. While many fruits are available one way or another through the year, it’s so good to find the sign “new season”, which should mean they are very recent pickings.
In the annual calendar, right now it’s the apple’s time to shine. Keep reading to take a closer look at New Zealand’s apple heritage, and find out who Granny Smith really is…
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