Wine Tasting activities in Pacific
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Kirkpatrick Estate
Sustainable winery with lovely wines across the board, including a delicious malbec. Enjoy a guided tour and antipasto platter in the sun.
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Highfield Estate
Impressive views over the Wairau Valley from the tower atop this rosy Tuscan-style winery. The fizz is the biz.
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Central Otago Wine Experience
A $20 card provides tastes of around eight to 10 different wines from a menu of 80. Cheese and antipasto platters ($28 to $34) accompany the tasty tastings, and all wine can be shipped home.
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Seresin Estate
Organic and biodynamic wines and olive oils from cinematographer Michael Seresin. Shedlike cellar door and groovy sculptures dotted about.
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Cloudy Bay
Understated exterior belies the classy interior of this blue-ribbon winery and cellar door. Globally coveted sauvignon blanc, bubbly and pinot noir.
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Matawhero
Home of a particularly buttery chardy. Enjoy your picnic in a bucolic setting, accompanied by a flight of fine wines.
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Clos Henri
French winemaking meets Marlborough terroir with très bien results. Beautifully restored local country church houses the cellar door.
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Mahi Wines
Knowledgeable and friendly staff who are rightly proud of Mahi’s stable of fine wines, with a strong focus on single-vineyard varieties.
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Auntsfield Estate
Quality handcrafted wines from this historic and picturesque vineyard at the foot of the hills. Tours available by arrangement ($15).
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Huia
Sustainable, small-scale winemaking and the cutest yellow tasting room in town. Delectable dry-style gewürztraminer.
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Spy Valley Wines
Stylish, edgy architecture at this espionage-themed winery with great wines across the board. Memorable merchandise.
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Wairau River
Carbon-neutral family estate with some of Marlborough’s oldest vines. Relaxing gardens and a fancy new cellar door.
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Mission Estate
NZ’s oldest winery with beautiful grounds, and restaurant housed within a restored, historic seminary.
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Wither Hills
One of the region’s flagship wineries and an architectural gem. Premium wines and enthralling winemaker-for-a-day tours ($35).
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Te Awa
A casually stylish winery and a good lunch option, where the kids can come too.
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Vynfields
Five-star, savoury pinot noir and a lush lawn on which to enjoy a platter. Organic/biodynamic wines.
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Ata Rangi
One of the region’s pioneering winemakers. Great drops across the board and cute cellar door.
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Millton
Sustainable, organic and biodynamic to boot. Bring a picnic and linger in the beautiful gardens.
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Clearview Estate
Award-winning wines and a quality restaurant which is relaxed and family-friendly.
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Margrain
Pretty winery and site of the Taste Vin Café, a good pit stop overlooking the vines.
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Sileni Estates
Wine, cheese, chocolate and charming cellar door experience.
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Coney
Friendly, operatic tastings and lovely restaurant.
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Bladen Estate
Bijou family winery that’s big on charm.
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Te Mata Estate
Producer of the legendary Coleraine red and Elston chardonnay.
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Framingham
Consistent, quality wines including exceptional rieslings and stellar stickies.
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