Marlborough Afternoon Wine Tour & Vineyard Experience
- 4 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- Guided in English
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Discover the best of Marlborough wine country on a relaxed and enjoyable half-day wine tour hosted by passionate local guides. Your experience begins with complimentary pickup from your Blenheim accommodation approximately 15 minutes before departure. Over approximately 4 hours, you will visit a selection of premium Marlborough cellar doors, beginning with an award-winning vineyard restaurant and cellar door where you will enjoy a guided wine tasting before relaxing over lunch amongst the vines. Lunch is at your own cost. Following lunch, enjoy tastings at two additional cellar doors featuring Marlborough’s internationally renowned wines. Our tours focus on quality over quantity, creating a relaxed, social, and informative experience. All standard cellar door tasting fees are included, and time permitting, your guide will also share insights into vineyard management and the Marlborough wine industry.
Inclusions
What's included
- Tour host with a passion of wine and Marlborough local history
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- All standard Cellar Door tasting experiences
- Collection from your accommodation in Central Blenheim, Marlborough
What's not
- Lunch is an extra cost to allow personal selection
- This tour is not suitable for guests arriving on a Cruise Ship to Port Marlborough
Itinerary
Allow our charismatic & knowledgable team to ensure your Discovery Wine Tour is the highlight of your Marlborough experience. Starting your experience at one of Marlborough's award winning Winery Restaurants, your a la carte menu will be accompanied with their Reserve Tasting or a glass of wine of your choice, the afternoon will then be enjoying another 2 Cellar Door experiences. With wine in mind your will be enjoying the vineyard views and vines, the fun of fellow travellers and the stories that will make your day a feast for your senses.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
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Ratings come from 159 reviews collected by our booking partner. They are travellers' own words, in the order they were written — never reordered to flatter the experience.
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5Excellent half day tour
Had a wonderful time on the Discovery Wine tour. The service from Tony our tour guide was excellent from pick up to drop off. On a very rainy day in Blenheim it was a real bonus to be picked up and dropped off at the door. We visited 3 wineries where we sampled a variety of wines, (also visited a cheese shop and chocolate factory) there was no hard sell or rush and the whole afternoon was a joy. Such was also delicious. The whole experience was improved by Tony our guide who was personable and interesting, and was pitched at just tge right speed.
5Fun tour around a few vineyards in Malborough...
Tony was a fantastic guide. He even did a little detour to a bakery so we could pick up lamingtons. It was much appreciated! What a really fun day. I highly recommend this tour.
5Half day wine tours with Lunch
Relaxed and enjoyable, made even better via guide Bill. Opportunity to experience the local smaller vineyards
5Great experience
Absolutely loved this experience and if your lucky to get Kevin as your tour guide then your in for a very good and interesting tour. He made our tour! Very knowledgeable about the place and the wines. Thank you Kevin from your Scottish tourists.
5A wonderful afternoon of wine and sunshine
We joined the tour on a beautiful sunny afternoon. Kevin was our driver and guide for the day, was very knowledgeable and looked after us all very well. We felt the tour was good value for money. You pay extra for lunch but that was made clear at the time of booking and again by Kevin at the start of the tour. We spent a very enjoyable 4 hours visiting 3 vineyards around the Blenheim area and a bonus visit to a chocolate factory where we had a little tasting. We had a wine tasting with lunch at Saint Clair which was delicious. Lunch was outside sitting in the sunshine. This was followed by a visit to Gibson Bridge where we had a tasting led by the very informative owner of the winery. Our final stop of the day was at Whitehaven which was also very enjoyable. All in all a great afternoon, thank you.
5Marlborough wine
Our travel host was excellent and very knowledgeable about the Marlborough wine region. Great service from all wineries visited.
Know before you go
- Pickup
- Pickup is included for everyone.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 13 travellers
- Operated by
- Discovery Wine Tours - Marlborough, Blenheim, Havelock, Picton, Renwick
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Children are not allowed on this tour without prior arrangement, we welcome children on our Private Premium Tours
How it compares in Blenheim
- Its from-price is 26% below the median of the 52 experiences we list in Blenheim.
- It is shorter than most of them.
- By number of reviews it ranks 6 of 52.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Blenheim
Blenheim is the main town of Marlborough, at the top of New Zealand's South Island, among Sauvignon Blanc vineyards and near the Marlborough Sounds.
Blenheim sits on the flat Wairau Plain at the top of the South Island, in the heart of Marlborough, New Zealand's largest wine region. Rows of vines run to the foot of the dry Wither Hills, and the town itself is small and green, with parks such as Pollard Park and Seymour Square and a river walk beside the Taylor.
Top-ranked sights in Blenheim: Marlborough Vineyards, Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre.
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