Soar across Hawke's Bay, skimming Bluff Hill and the coast, touching down at a landmark winery and take a tour of the vineyard and cellar with the winemaker. Then off again, sweeping over Kidnappers, Te Mata and wide riverbeds to land at another vineyard, meet another winemaker and have another taste of Hawke's Bay’s wine country.

And do it all without leaving town! ‘Passengers’ buy their ticket and enter an aroma room where a wine host introduces them to the characteristics of wine bouquet. In this antechamber experience the individual smells associated with red or white wines.

It’s not a sit-and-yawn lecture, but an experience, as visitors sample and learn to identify some of the aromas that contribute to wine enjoyment. From there it’s into an auditorium to board the ‘plane’, alias film that will wing them around some of Hawke's Bay’s leading wineries, tasting as they go while the winemaker explains the distinctive characteristics of each particular wine.

There are two ‘flights’, one each for red and white wines, both almost 30 minutes long and running concurrently in separate auditoriums. Afterwards visit Big Picture’s cellar door to buy the wines tasted and others the winemakers talk about.