Full Day Winemakers Tour in Marlborough

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What You’ll Experience
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Duration
6 hours 30 minutes
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Number of Guests
2 - 6 guests
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Language
English
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Explore Marlborough with a winemaker guide. Stroll through vineyards, visit 4-6 wineries, and enjoy optional brewery visits. Dine at a vineyard restaurant and savor New Zealand wines.

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

With a winemaker as your guide; your tour starts with an informative vineyard stroll. You can ask all those curly questions, and capture some great vineyard photos.


During your full day tour you visit 4-6 wineries which could include a local brewery (depending on the preferences of the group), with over 40 cellar doors to choose from, if you’ve got a favorite we’ll do our best to get you there. We generally focus on a new Zealand family owned vineyards and wineries but can also visit the small boutique and organic vineyards.


This tour does not include a visit to Cloudy Bay, Fromm and Hans Herzog. If Cloudy Bay is a must see then please book our Gourmet Gold Tour or a Private Wine tour


Lunch at a vineyard restaurant is always a highlight and is at your own cost. There is opportunity to visit the Makana Chocolate Shop.


Visit 4-6 wineries.

What You Get

Vineyard Lunch stop during the tour - lunch at your own cost
In-vehicle air conditioning
Air-conditioned vehicle
Free door-to-door collection and drop off from Blenheim/Renwick areas
Lunch - at your own cost on the day
Note: We encourage our guests to have a good breakfast before the wine tour.
Picton, Havelock, Rarangi, Hawkesbury & Waihopai transfers may be available with additional charge

Good To Know

  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

What You’ll Experience

1

Lawson’s Dry Hills

We begin the day by talking about the Marlborough wine industry, with informative vineyard stroll tasting the grapes and an ultra premium wine tasting at a boutique winery. Lawson's Dry Hills Wines showcases the unique characteristics of the region's terroir through their elegant and expressive wines. Their commitment to sustainable practices and innovation further contributes to their reputation as a respected and sought-after winery.
50 minutesAdmission Ticket Included
2

Allan Scott Family Winemakers

This is one of our favourite winery restaurants that we often stop at to enjoy a relaxed gourmet lunch.
1 hourAdmission Ticket Not Included
3

Ant Moore Wines Cellar Door

If you enjoy beer, cider or wine, we can finish the tour relaxing at our favourite local DNA brewery. It is an opportunity to taste local hand-crafted, and award winning beers! If you don't want to taste the beer, they also have award-winning Ant Moore wines.
1 hourAdmission Ticket Included
4

Makana Confections

If you like Chocolate then a stop at Makana confectionary is a must.
15 minutesAdmission Ticket Included
5

Saint Clair Family Estate Vineyard Kitchen

Fantastic wine and food and is one of our preferred lunch restaurants on the tour depending on the weather and the size of the group.
1 hourAdmission Ticket Included
6

Framingham Wines

Visit a very unique organic wine producer. Potentially enjoy a behind the scenes tour of their wine cellar with an in-depth explanation of the winemaking process. Enjoy a tailor made wine tasting of a selection of their wines.
45 minutesAdmission Ticket Included

Meeting & Pickup

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Pickup Details
Free pick-up from all central Blenheim and Renwick accommodation, or from the Blenheim "I Site" If you are staying in Picton or further than 15km from Blenheim, there may be a small additional cost of NZ$20-40 per person, to cover additional travel time. This can be paid on the day. We will message you to inform you or you can use Google maps to check how far your accommodation is from Blenheim.

Cancellation Policy

Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.

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What People Are Saying
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Great day
June 23, 2025
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The wines are great and our guide Cameron was very knowledgeable. We went to five wineries, all the people are very friendly and we learned a lot about wine.

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Wonderful Day
June 09, 2025
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This was an outstanding day tour hosted by Cameron. He has a background in winemaking and his informative descriptions of facets of growing and producing wine was excellent. We visited 5 wineries ...read more

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Amazing experience and would thoroughly recommend
June 08, 2025
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We had such an amazing day. Our tour guide Darlene was so lovely and her experience and knowledge very impressive. The winery selection was fantastic and she was such a great host. I cant thank Dar...read more

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Loved our savvy day out
June 05, 2025
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What a fabulous day on the winemakers tour with Darlene from hop n grape tours. Thankfully the tour still ran given we were the only couple that booked on today. Darlene was a great tour guide and ...read more

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May 27, 2025
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Excellent tour by Darlene, very knowledgeable and brought us to many great wineries with friendly wine makers as well as a chocolate shop

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