25% offFree cancellation
Marlborough Wine Tour: Self-Guided GPS Audio Driving Guide
- 2–8 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 2 languages
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Drive Marlborough yourself, with a GPS audio guide that plays automatically as you go. Your booking unlocks the whole region in the free Wine Trails app: pick your date and starting point — most people begin in Blenheim or straight off the Picton ferry, though you can start anywhere and the GPS will pick you up — choose the cellar doors you want, and the app builds your personal route with turn-by-turn narration. 85 narrated stories cover 48 cellar doors and the valleys between them: as you cross the Wairau plain you'll hear how this was sheep country until 1973, when Montana Wines pushed seventy-five thousand vine cuttings into stony ground every expert had written off as too cold, too windy and too far south for serious wine. No group, no schedule, no guide — pause for a long lunch, replay anything, and the audio keeps working when the signal drops. You'll need a car and a designated driver; tastings are booked and paid directly with the wineries.
Inclusions
What's included
- Professionally narrated audio with stories from winemakers and local history
- Regional audio chapters on Marlborough history, soils, climate and Sauvignon Blanc
- Cultural commentary, including Māori connections to the land and river
- Self-guided GPS audio tour of Marlborough with location-triggered stories at each cellar door
- Offline access once the tour is downloaded
- Wine tasting tips and educational insights throughout the route
What's not
- Transport - you drive your own or rented vehicle, plus fuel and parking
- Wine tasting fees at each winery (paid directly at cellar doors)
- Food and drinks during the tour
Itinerary
Founded in 1985 by Australian winemaker David Hohnen, the label that carried Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc to the world, on Jacksons Road off the Golden Mile.
Daniel Le Brun's sparkling house on Rapaura Road, founded in 1997 and devoted entirely to traditional-method bubbles.
Founded in 1979 and led by Jane Hunter, one of Marlborough's pioneering names, on Rapaura Road.
Conders Bend Road cellar door founded in 1981, known for aromatic whites and a Riesling library kept in an underground cellar.
Renwick cellar door founded in 1985, with Clive Jones making Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.
Planted in 2000 on State Highway 63 by the Bourgeois family of Sancerre, bringing Loire technique to Marlborough soils.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Know before you go
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operated by
- Wine Trails
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- By giving your phone number you agree to receive up to 2 texts from Wine Trails about this booking (your tour link and a tour-day reminder)
- Msg & data rates may apply. Msg frequency: max 2 texts per booking. Reply STOP to opt out, HELP for help
- Before you travel: download the free Wine Trails app (iOS or Android) and create your account while you are on wifi
- Unlock your region in the app: tap Redeem a booking or code, choose Booked online, then enter your Viator booking reference (starts with BR-) and the last name on the booking
How it compares in Queenstown
- Its from-price is 91% below the median of the 114 day trips we list in Queenstown.
- It is shorter than most of them.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Queenstown
Queenstown, on Lake Wakatipu in New Zealand's South Island, is a mountain town beneath the Remarkables, set among gold-rush hills and vineyards.
Queenstown sits on the shore of Lake Wakatipu, a long, deep lake shaped like a lightning bolt, with the jagged Remarkables mountains rising across the water. It began as a gold-rush camp in the 1860s on the Shotover and Arrow rivers, and the lakefront, with its small streets, preserves a few stone buildings from that time. A gondola climbs Bob's Peak for the view over the lake.
Top-ranked sights in Queenstown: Lake Wakatipu, Kawarau River, Queenstown Gardens.
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