Colin West meets local Kiwi Jo Holley to learn about New Zealand’s top adventure sports around the wine region. Mountain biker Josh Clark shows them the ropes at the Gondola before visiting Peregrine Winery to learn about the first stage of winemaking.
Jo Holley & Colin West arrive in Christchurch to meet Ed Donaldson of the Pegasus Bay wine family. They check up on the progress since the earthquake, explore the greater Canterbury and Waipara regions, and learn about the second stage of the winemaking.
Colin West and Jo Holley head to Marlborough where they visit Forrest Winery and Moa Brewery for some early morning spearfishing followed by microbrew and wine tasting. Colin practices harvesting grapes while Jo learns about the brewing process at Moa.
Colin West and Jo Holley visit Martinborough in Wairarapa to learn about the grape sorting process, how to make a batch of wine, and relax with a pinot noir tasting.
Colin West & Jo Holley visit Hawke's Bay Wine Region for some top end Syrah with winemaker John Hancock. They take a trip to Jo's hometown of Gisborne to catch up with NZ Surfing Series Champion Bobby Hansen, see some waves, and tackle and sheer sheep.
From flying over the island at sunrise to sailing along the coast, scuba diving to shark spotting, presenters Jo and Colin are capping off the New Zealand series with a bang while learning about wine’s maturation process.
Colin West leaves his Cellar Hand winemaking position in the Barossa Valley to hit the road and tour all the wine regions Australia has to offer. Check out this amazing food and wine experience!
Yarra Yering's senior winemaker Paul Bridgeman meets up with Colin West to revisit his childhood's surfing grounds. Colin learns all about Yarra Yering and exactly how he makes their top wines through small batch fermentations.
Colin connects with a young, fun winemaker: Simon Steele from Brokenwood Wines. They get right into the soil and the vineyards behind Simon's amazing wines and case the region's vineyards from hot air balloons, helicopters and FIGHTER JETS!
The first winery to ever be established in Canberra was called Mount Majura Vineyard. "Establishing a vineyard" isn't an easy task to do so Colin desperately wanted to learn a bit more about how one would go about doing that.
Come watch Australia's celebrity chef Matt Moran join Colin on his adventures around Australia's wine regions. After checking out the local vineyards, they go off for a bit of island adventure, yet this time it was not just the usual extreme sport.
Colin ventures to the island state of Tasmania. Just south of Victoria, good ol' "Tassy" is full of wildlife, adventure opportunities and great wine! Colin decides to end his island-experience with the scariest excursion he has ever done in his life.
Colin checks out his favorite wine-producing region while getting up to a wine adventure he had been thinking of for 2 years. Breaking a world record, Colin drinks "a great white wine" with another notorious great white from Australia.
Venture to the heart of the Nullabor desert. A dry and arid land, Colin makes his way across the desert to Western Australia where he drinks pink wine at a pink lake, and then looks into the surfing culture of Margaret River.