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  1. Me and my colleagues had Pinot Noir from the Malboro region of New Zealand. Also known as Aotearoa, “Land of the Long White Cloud.” New Zealand was initially discovered by the Maori, who arrived from their native East Polynesia, in 1300. The Dutchman Abel Tasman was the first European to see the country in 1642, but it wasn’t until 1769 that the explorer James Cook claimed New Zealand for Great Britain. The Treaty of Waitangi, signed in 1840, formally established a peaceful relationship between the Maori and the British (Wine study guide, Nickles, Jane (chapter 18).

    -Johnnie Davis

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