A day with the iPhone.
Most of us have mobile phones, and nearly all of us take photographs with them. So as a photographer I set my self the challenge of taking mine out with me for the day.
I decided the day to do it was a wine tour to Waiheke Island in New Zealand. How did I get on?
Setting out this morning was a little strange, armed only with my phone.
We hopped on a bus; another new thing for me as I tend to drive everywhere.
I was very surprised at how quick and efficient taking public transportation was. We arrived in Auckland City in plenty of time and saw our ferry at the terminal.
With our chariot in view, we had a short wait for our 3rd team member to arrive, when she did we eagerly boarded the boat.
We decided to sit at the rear of the ferry so as to appreciate the great city views as we pulled away.
Little did we know, the rear of the boat was to be subjected to plenty of sea spray, and as we arrived on Waiheke, we all had cool, salty dampness to our clothes.
We were greeted by our bus driver Justin -time, who took us on our journey around the island. Here goes.
Winery number 1 - A little organic boutique winery, Kennedy Point. We got to taste various wines including one of the best wines in the world, a 2013 Syrah which came 3rd in its class in 2015 in London.
We were shown the heart of the operation in making this organic wine and were surprised at the small space used for crushing, pressing, barreling, bottling and labelling the splendid liquids. Did you know each barrel loses the equivalent of one glass of wine per week through evaporation? They are topped up accordingly to avoid oxidation.
The cellar door is where the wine is tasted and bought, especially by my wife and her friend.
Onwards to the next winery and more wine to taste, this time to Peacock Sky.