Bay of Islands: Wine, Beer & Spirits Tour

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The Bay of Islands offers a delightful experience for those seeking enjoyment. Explore the region’s top winery, craft beer brewery, and spirit room, and savor a platter lunch.

Duration: 4 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Marsden Estate Winery & Restaurant - The second destination is Marsden Estate, established by the McIvor family around 30 years ago. Visitors can indulge in six wine tastings and enjoy a platter lunch in the serene courtyard, which offers views of the lake and vineyards.
PhatHouse Brewing Co - Established in 2015, owners Caroline and Rob are…

What's Included

Lunch included
Wine and beer tasting costs covered

Location

69 Marsden Road

Marsden Road

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

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Daniel_m

Mar 8, 2025

The tour is very... - The tour is very informative of importance of the area to the history of New Zealand. Both vineyards were lovely and staff were friendly. Bill was a great guide. There could have been more info provided regarding the wines on the tour. We bought a few bottles as some wines were very good. Reasonably priced and no pressure to purchase.

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David_h

Feb 24, 2025

Very enjoyable afternoon - Relaxed tour, nice food and drink, no pressure to buy extra. And good guide, Ken. We very much enjoyed the trip.

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550gerryl

Feb 3, 2025

A lovely day out - We had a lovely day with our guide Ken. The places we visited were super friendly and in most cases generous with the wine and beer portions. There was so much choice, it was almost too much! We would highly recommend Mullarkey Tours.

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Mark_s

Dec 9, 2024

Great host in Bill. ... - Great host in Bill. Super selection of vineyards and brewery, Inc Solvans, Kainui and update Brewery. Day was made my fab hosting at all venues and Bill's hospitality.

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Cameronf543

Dec 2, 2024

Goes the extra mile, very knowledgeable! - Derek was very accommodating, knew alot about the area and the wines in the area. He went out of his way to go the extra mile. 100% recommend this wine tour.

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Alziere78

Oct 5, 2024

Good value taste of the North - Relaxing, friendly and informative. The perfect way to enjoy some of Northland’s vineyards and breweries. Our tour guide was so knowledgeable about the areas history while driving to each location. Delicious food at Marsden estate paired with a range of white and red wines. Tall tales and boutique wines at Fat Pig. Phat Brewery’s spacious bar and beer garden has something for all ages, popular with locals.

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Sharon_p

Apr 8, 2024

Do it✅ - Overall great tour!! I especially like the texting with the company to make sure I arrived 🍇 great tour and enjoyed the lunch 🥗

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Hollie_m

Jan 11, 2025

A great day with but a disappointing amount of food for lunch - Had a lovely time with the group and guide. I was disappointed with the lunch offering, as there wasn’t remotely enough food to call it lunch, more like a snack. As a solo traveller it is also quite difficult to eat from sharing platters with people you don’t know, so I felt a bit uncomfortable in that regard. What food we had was delicious but definitely required more for the cost.

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T5560pkstephens

Jan 1, 2025

Great host, minimal wine and beer tasting options in this region of NZ - Booking and arranging pickup and drop off was easy with Ken. We had 3 stops but unfortunately the wine and beer at the 1st stop was the same as what was on offer at the pub where we had lunch (the second stop).

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