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Chefs Private Martinborough Wine Tour with lunch from Wellington

By Kosher Tours & Travel
9.8 out of 10
Exceptional
Free cancellation available
The previous price was AU$1,259 and current price is AU$944 per adult* *Get lower prices by selecting more than 2 adults
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 7h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
Overview

Expert-Guided Wine Journey: Explore Martinborough's hidden gem vineyards through the discerning palate of our French-trained chef or our nature enthusiast guide who reveals secret landscapes.

Subject to Availability with Substitutions

“Meet the winemaker”& “Meet the Owner”

Stroll through an exclusive estate with a micro producer that produces no more than 20,000 bottles of Bordeaux/Burgundy style wine each year. The 2024 Merlot is gorgeous with heavy viscosity, and the 2024 Pinot noir will raise your expectations with kirsch/cherry overtones and truffle/tobacco notes drawing from the river terraces

“Meet the Chef”

Available Thursday to Sunday only with decadent shared gourmet food boards made from locally sourced ingredients with 8 accompanying wine tastings with an Alsace lead.

“Horizontal wine tastings”

Available Wednesday to Sunday. Walk through vintages from 2016 to 2021 from 2 estates sampling 6 wines lead by an expert sommelier.

Activity location
  • Wellington i-SITE Visitor Information Centre
    • 111 Wakefield Street
    • 6011, Wellington, New Zealand
Meeting/Redemption Point
  • Wellington i-SITE Visitor Information Centre
    • 111 Wakefield Street
    • 6011, Wellington, New Zealand

Check availability

Summer season
  • Activity duration is 7 hours7h
    7h
  • English

Pickup included

Language options: English
Price details
AU$1,258.40
AU$943.80 x 1 AdultAU$943.80
Total
The previous price was AU$1,258.40 and current price is AU$943.80
25% off

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Luxury car/van tour with Modern late model cars and vans
  • What's includedWhat's included
    3 Venues for wine tastings
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Water
  • What's includedWhat's included
    A French gourmet food and wine experience just 75 minutes north of Wellington.
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Private local guide

Know before you book

  • Specialised infant seats are available
  • Service animals allowed
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Alcohol will not be served to minors
  • Intoxicated customer will not be served Alcohol

Activity itinerary

Wellington i-SITE Visitor Information Centre
  • 20m
The meet and greet hub for Wellington tourism
Remutaka Range (Pass by)
Transport from Wellington to the Wairarapa region via the Remutaka hill road with a mountain top view for photos and concluding after 75 minutes.
Rimutaka Rd Summit Track And Pylon Track
  • 15m
Stop for some photos at 555 metres above sea level and witness the amazing views of the Wairarapa
Tiwaiwaka Winery
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
Meet the Wine maker and enjoy a tour through the vines learning about wine making and the seasonal variation of Martinborough. Have a cheese tasting while enjoying the 2024 vintage recognised by the Decanter Wine Awards. We will be sampling • Pinot Noir • Merlot • A Rose with a Pinot/Merlot blend • Semillon • Chardonnay • A selection of organic Wairarapa cheese & olives
Coney Wines
  • 2h
  • Admission ticket included
Gourmet lunch stop with 7 Wine tasting Meet the Wine maker Lisa Coney at Coney wines and experience Alsace style wines and a 2024 Pinot noir from the award wining soils of the Te Muna valley Sample menu items on the locally sourced shared food board • Arancini (Vegetarian) • Beef cheeks Slow-cooked until fall-apart tender, often braised in red wine for deep flavour • Lamb rump, herb-marinated lamb rump with accompaniments like smoked labneh, mint/watercress sauce, and local wine drizzles • Beetroot, spinach and walnut salad with artisan bread • "Kentucky Fried Cauliflower (KFC)" served with hot Manuka honey drizzle and possibly with roasted brassicas (like cauliflower/broccoli) with goat cheese and almonds on their seasonal menus • Crunchy Cornflake Prawns with Tamarillo & Chilli Chutney
Luna Estate Winery and Eclipse Restaurant
  • 30m
  • Admission ticket included
Experience a vertical tasting with a wine expert at Luna Estate and review Pinot Noir from • 2016 • 2018 • 2020 Eclipse • 2020 Silver river • 2021
Martinborough
  • 45m
The town square is in the shape of the Union jack as the town was the invention of John Martin an Irish Royalist who crafted New Zealand's first private town. John's wife was a Alsace native and planted her indigenous grape verities such as Pinot Gris Riesling and Gewurztraminer which are commonly found there today. Martinborough village lies in the beautiful South Wairarapa, offering a range of unique lifestyles from vineyards to olive groves, cafés, beauty therapy, restaurants, hotels, cinema & gorgeous boutique retail shopping.

Location

Activity location
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    Wellington i-SITE Visitor Information Centre
    • 111 Wakefield Street
    • 6011, Wellington, New Zealand
Meeting/Redemption Point
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Wellington i-SITE Visitor Information Centre
    • 111 Wakefield Street
    • 6011, Wellington, New Zealand

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