Misha reports on our recent sojourn to Fiji.. November 2023
In recent years, we’ve tagged a few days R&R on to the end of the trip but this year, we started with a few days break at Tokoriki Island Resort in the Mamanuca Islands The first warm greeting you receive from the team at Tokoriki Island Resort is when you transfer from the South Sea Cruises ferry and step onto the island’s own small boat which then whisks you the last few hundred metres to the island. Your onboard greeting is one of “Welcome Home” which is the start of a series of welcomes that finish with a full rousing musical rendition of Bula Maleya, the traditional Fijian welcome song.
We then headed south to Natadola Bay to the InterContinental Fiji Golf Resort & Spa, with a quick visit to the Fiji Marriott Resort Momi Bay on the way.
I’d love to say we spent much of the next day enjoying the resort, however the reality is much of it was spent in our incredibly luxurious villa catching up on the backlog of our Misha’s Vineyard work that had accumulated!
The highlight of our Fiji trip was definitely the final dinner at Nanuku Resort. We dined on the sand next to a beachfront bar. Logan was happy to pass MC responsibilities to me for the event. After a welcome, we started the multicourse degustation with Chef Shaun coming out to explain some of the courses, and then Andy and I talked a little about wines but mainly about our story and how our brand was inspired by the theatre and music.
The whole evening was sublime — from Shaun’s incredible degustation menu which perfectly matched the range of wines, the fantastic team at Nanuku who delivered our multi-course extravaganza onto the sandy beachfront location, and then the singing from both Justin and Jedidiah that absolutely entranced us all.
What a marvellous trip to Fiji – we can’t wait for the next one! There’s a huge thanks owed to our amazing distributor, Victoria Wines, for all the logistics help and on-the-ground support – especially to Hamish and to Eva and Poonam – the dream team!.
Vinaka vaka levu. Sote tale. See you next year!