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Dine local in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand’s Food and Wine Country

Dine local in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand’s Food and Wine Country

Hawke’s Bay is not just Aotearoa’s Great Wine Capital, we are also New Zealand’s Food and Wine Country. With fertile soils and a temperate climate, in Hawke’s Bay you are never far from a piece of land growing and nurturing the finest of fresh ingredients to stock your pantry and fill your fridge. It is little wonder that many of our region’s incredible wineries, restaurants and bars have local produce at the core of their menu offerings.

“Zonda Experience”, farm to table: sustainable gastronomy in harmony with the environment

“Zonda Experience”, farm to table: sustainable gastronomy in harmony with the environment

Leaving the City of Mendoza, just a few minutes on the highway separate us from the renowned Lagarde winery and its Zonda restaurant. As soon as we enter the grounds, we find traditional old houses with long galleries and a detail catches our attention: the doors and windows of the recycled constructions have not been modified. They still have a wear on the paint that makes us think that they have been preserved as they looked a hundred years ago. The marks of time lead to childhood.