Hawke?s Bay, North Island, New Zealand: Greenhill The Lodge, located in the heart of food and wine mecca Hawke?s Bay, is launching a new experience for gourmands, the ?Behind The Label? Wine Experience. A unique, personal encounter with the wines and people of Hawke?s Bay, the experience is for two people and is hosted by Hawke?s Bay wine expert Geoff Wilson. The package includes: ? A personally hosted and guided tour of up to 3 wineries including a Gimblett Gravels winery with Hawke?s Bay wine expert Geoff Wilson ? A ?grape to glass? journey through the winemaking process and a private tasting of rare Hawke?s Bay wines ? Meeting personalities behind some of the regions award-winning wines, winemakers and tasting barrel samples ? On return to Greenhill The Lodge, a private tasting of a selection of rare, award-winning, Hawke?s Bay wines including wines from Te Mata Estate, Clearview Estate and Craggy Range Winery ? Two nights luxury accommodation at Greenhill The Lodge ? Pre-dinner drinks and canap?s each evening ? A four course dinner designed by the Executive Chef of Sileni Estates, featuring locally sourced, seasonal Hawke?s Bay produce ? A choice of continental or cooked breakfast, (or a combination of both), each morning ? Complimentary Hastings Golf Club green fees subject to course availability and use of all Lodge facilities The ?Behind The Label? Wine Experience is based on double occupancy and costs NZ$1,585 per person for a King Room or $1,845 per person for a King Suite for two nights. These prices include GST. The package is subject to availability, 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007. For more information, visit www.greenhill.co.nz or phone +64 6 879 9944 or enquiries@greenhill.co.nz -End- All domestic and international marketing is being managed by Navigate South which incorporates Navigate Publicity and Navigate Venues. For further information or visuals, please contact Kate Carter on kate@navigatepublicity.com or +64 9 307 3633. Editor?s Notes: ? There are over 40 wineries with cellar door facilities scattered within a 30 minute drive of Greenhill, and popular choices for a relaxed, languorous winery lunch in the sunshine include Black Barn Vineyards, Clearview Estate Winery, Craggy Range Winery, Sileni Estates and Te Awa Winery. ? Hawke?s Bay enjoys long, hot summers, cool winters and some of the highest number of hours of sunshine in New Zealand. Providing ideal growing conditions for grapes and other epicurean delights, the region is recognised on the world stage for its diversity of organic food production and award-winning wines, including the Helmsman Cabernet Merlot 2002, Homage Syrah 2002 and Villa Maria Single Vineyard Keltern Chardonnay 2002. ? Greenhill The Lodge, situated on a hill top overlooking classic New Zealand farm and grazing land close to Hawke?s Bay?s world-famous vineyards, is a historic mansion which has hosted English royalty. The main lodge building houses six, ensuite guest rooms, most of which open to the terrace and sensational views over a magnificent, restored pergola. Behind the house's immaculate spa house, gymnasium, swimming pool and orchard lies Little Greenhill, a self-contained unit with two bedrooms, kitchen and a drawing room with spectacular views through floor to ceiling windows either side of a stone fireplace. Greenhill The Lodge is situated a short, fifteen minute drive from either Havelock North or Hastings, a two hour drive from Taupo and a one hour flight from either Auckland or Wellington.