I ka nānā mua ʻana, ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻike i nā mea like ma waena o Gisborne, New Zealand a me nā mokupuni ʻo Cook Islands. Eia naʻe, ke nānā pono ʻoe e hoʻomaka ʻoe e ʻike i nā ʻano like ʻole; ʻO nā kahakai one keʻokeʻo lōʻihi, kahi ʻano leʻaleʻa o ka lā, nā pae mauna kupaianaha, a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, nā kamaʻāina aloha e hana mau i kā lākou mea e hiki ai ke hōʻoia i kahi ʻike āu e poina ʻole ai i ka wikiwiki.
Ma ke Kai Hikina o ka Mokupuni ʻĀkau o Aotearoa, ʻo Gisborne ka ʻehā o ka ʻāina e ulu waina ana; home e hui pū ai i nā mea hana waina nui, nā hale kūʻai hale kūʻai, a me nā mea ulu ʻoihana. Ma ʻaneʻi ʻoe e ʻike ai i ka makana ʻo Longbush vineyard and winery, he ʻohana nona a lawelawe ʻia ʻoihana loea i nā waina maikaʻi.
I Iulai, 2018, ua hui pū ʻo Longbush me ka makana lanakila ʻo Pacific Resort Hotel Group (PRHG), e hana i kahi ʻano waina kūʻokoʻa no ka hāʻawi ʻana ma kāna mau ʻāina ʻo Cook Islands. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo John Thorp, ka mea nona ka Longbush, "he mau hanana hou i ka ʻoihana, nā ʻano ʻano ʻano like ʻole e hōʻiliʻili ana i ka ʻohi a me nā mākeke hou e ʻimi ai".
Ua hauʻoli ʻo PRHG a me Longbush i kā lākou kuʻikahi kūlohelohe. ʻO ka pae mauna o Gisborne i ka ʻākau a me ka hikina hikina ke hoʻomalu i ka ʻāina, aʻo ke anuanu maloʻo i ka manawa like e hoʻomaʻalili ʻia i ke kauwela e nā makani hikina ʻākau mai ka Moana Pākīpika. Loaʻa ka pōmaikaʻi o nā ʻāina sedimentary momona o Gisborne mai kēia mau ʻano ʻano lewa a ʻo ka hopena he wahi kūpono ia no ka ulu ʻana a me ka hana ʻana i nā waina ʻano honua.
Me ka ʻoi aku o 25 mau makahiki o ka ʻike ma ka ʻoihana, lawe mai ʻo Thorp i ka waiwai o ka ʻike a me ka ʻike i ka hana ʻana i nā waina maikaʻi. Ua hoʻohana ka hui o nā mea hana waina a Thorp i nā ikaika o ka ʻāina ʻo Gisborne e hana i ka laulā e komo pū ana me Merlot-Rosé, Pinot Gris, a me Merlot no nā malihini PRHG e ʻono.
Paʻa loa ka PRHG a me Longbush i ko lākou mau kaiāulu a ʻo ka manaʻo o ka ʻohana he mea koʻikoʻi ia i nā mea hana hale kūʻai ʻelua. He mea kūpono wale nō ka inoa o nā waina e pili ana i kahi manaʻo o ke kaiāulu; ʻO Māua, Nōku, a me Tāʻau. ʻO Māua, i unuhi ʻia mai ka ʻōlelo Maori ʻo Cook Islands no mākou, he Merlot-Rosé nani a nani hoʻi; ʻO Nōku, naʻu, he Pinot Gris maikaʻi a maikaʻi hoʻi, ʻoiai ʻo Tāʻau iā ʻoe, he Merlot ʻōpio, ʻoluʻolu a papalina.
Loaʻa ka laulā i kēia manawa ma ka paradaiso liʻiliʻi o Cook Islands a ke hauʻoli ʻia nei e nā malihini ma nā ʻāina PRHG.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Loaʻa ka laulā i kēia manawa ma ka paradaiso liʻiliʻi o Cook Islands a ke hauʻoli ʻia nei e nā malihini ma nā ʻāina PRHG.
- Thorp's team of winemakers harnessed the strengths of the Gisborne region to produce the range that includes a Merlot-Rosé, Pinot Gris, and Merlot for PRHG guests to savour.
- Gisborne's mountain ranges to the north and northeast shelter the region, while the dry climate is simultaneously cooled in summer by the north easterly breezes from over the Pacific Ocean.
