One of the region’s pioneering winemakers. Great drops across the board and a cute cellar door also selling honey and olive oil. Book a tasting in advance.
Ata Rangi
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Head past the popular restaurant to the tasting room hung with swords and guns.
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Sip a wide range of high-quality wines at this character-filled cellar door, with a casual on-site cafe overlooking the vines.
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Fingers crossed that your tasting host will be the inimitable Tim Coney, an affable character who makes a mighty shiraz and may randomly burst into song…