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Auckland Full-Day Wine Tasting: Experience Wineries Out West with 3-Course Vineyard Lunch
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31 Ratings
Waimauku
Embark on a full-day wine tasting adventure in Auckland’s West region. Visit 3 vineyards, enjoy a 3-course lunch, and savor award-winning wines. Book now!
Duration:
5 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- The Hunting Lodge Winery & Restaurant - The Hunting Lodge is a winery based in the heart of Auckland’s Wine Country with a rich heritage and a youthful spirit. It is the place where the Spence brothers, founders of the Matua Vineyard, created the first New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc. Driven to do things a little differently and keep the spirit of innovation alive, The Hunting Lodge wine range not only showcases the best wine regions in the country but also captures the spirit of New Zealand’s pioneering nature in wine – the search for something new and interesting. They also have a slightly unconventional contemporary style in terms of packaging and design. Each illustration that makes up the label represents a certain aspect of their site and winemaking process. - Soljans Estate Winery - Over 80 years ago, the first delicate grapevine was planted in a West Auckland field. That grapevine grew into the Soljan family winery that is still standing today .In fact, very few wineries in New Zealand can claim to have a prouder winemaking heritage than Soljans. They are the third oldest winery in New Zealand that is still owned and operated by the original family. Five continuous generations have been involved in wine making. This is our lunch stop for a delicious 3 course vineyard lunch with a glass of wine, of your choosing, included in our tour price. - Westbrook Winery - Nestled in the beautiful Ararimu Valley, just a short and pretty drive from downtown Auckland, Westbrook is one of New Zealand’s oldest and most respected boutique wineries, having just turned 85 years old. Their skilled wine-making team proudly uphold an extraordinary legacy, using time-honoured traditional and innovative techniques to produce iconic hand-crafted wines . All fruit is hand-picked and the juice carefully blended and crafted into the multiple-award-winning wines including their outstanding Chardonnays and Rieslings. Westbrook wines truly reflect the incredible depth, diversity and flavours of Aotearoa New Zealand.
What's Included
- Lunch included
- Wine tasting fees covered
- Alcoholic beverages available
Additional Information
Sit back and enjoy the scenery and the experience as we take care of the driving in one of our comfortable and spacious Mercedes Benz 12, 15 or 17-seater vehicles. We will visit and taste wines at the cellars of 2 West Auckland vineyards plus stop for lunch at another vineyard for a delicious 3-course lunch and a complimentary wine, beer or juice.
Assemble a group of a minimum of 10 Adults and make this a day to sip, savour and remember and let us personally guide and drive you around the Kumeu Wine Trail. Our tour will visit 3 of the finest vineyards, steeped in history, from the Wineries Out West. You will get the opportunity, amongst others, to taste award winning Sparkling Muscat, Rose, Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, Sauvignon Blanc, Albarino, Montepulciano, Merlot, Pinot Noir, Syrah, Lagrein, Cabernet Sauvignon.
This is a small group tour for that intimate and personal experience guided by a knowledgeable guide who will handle the logistics and navigation.
- All Guests must be 18 years of age or older
Location
The Hunting Lodge Winery & Restaurant
305 - 307 Waikoukou Valley Road
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Fionaw2065
Aug 30, 2022
Drink the wines! A really enjoyable day. - 8 of us did the West Auckland wine tasting tour - highly recommended. Each vineyard provided lots of information on their wines and provided a good selection to taste. The lunch at Soljans was delicious. A shout out to Gary at Westbrook and Matt our driver for lots of fun and laughter.
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Inspire815567
Jul 26, 2022
An awesome experience - Dave, our knowledgable tour guide, made our day more enjoyable with his easy-going manner, keeping us entertained with his stories as well as a running commentary of everything around us. The staff at all the vineyards were friendly, and helpful and made us feel very welcome. We were pleasantly surprised by what we found so close to home, We will be back. Thank you.
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Beannz
Jul 3, 2022
Best value for money - Wine Tour - I chose this wine tour because I thought it was very good value for money. You get picked up in the city centre and dropped off there again at the end of the day. The lunch that is included was superb. A full size main and dessert, which were both excellent.
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Becmeline18
Jun 14, 2022
Fantastic experience - Had a fantastic time on the wine tour! Great tour guide! Will definitely love to do it again! So many wonderful vineyards we visited. Lovely variety of wine tasting.
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Bonzcreationz
May 1, 2022
Highly recommended would be back in a heart beat - Highly highly recommended this is a must do. Even if you have never tried wine before like myself this was an amazing experience I took my mother, mother in law and aunty out for an early mother's day gift and couldn't have been more happier. I am definitely going on this same your again plus all the others our next one we are lining up is the urban cray beer tour ❤️ I also wanted to mention our absolutely accommodating tour guide David we need more people like you in this world you were funny accommodating made us feel very welcomed and just easy to be around I was thinking there was a certain standard but no it was soooo relaxed chilled and definitely an amazing experience to remeber. Thank you to our wine experts who gave us the informative korero on all the wine we drank stu from Coopers creek was my fave of the day and our beautiful Wahine wine expert Aria thank you so much I forgot our gurls name from hunting Lodge but thank you guys for the vip access too cool alright 😍 and last but not least thank to soljan for accommodating us for our lunch it was beautiful ❤️❤️❤️ would be back in a heart beat thank you for giving us an amazing experience ❤️❤️❤️
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Sbpb2014
Apr 25, 2022
Sample the delights of west Auckland - What a great way to celebrate a birthday. The drive to the vineyards took us by a forest and some country bucolic scenery. Our guide was very helpful and informative. The staff at the wineries explained the subtleties of their various wines and how to pair the wine with various foods. Thank you to all involved. The Hunting Lodge wine was so delicious! It's a great tour to do and discover west Auckland.
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Northstar33884098147
Apr 4, 2022
Beautiful wine tour - Fabulous day out at beautiful Kumue wineries.
David our host went above and beyond, he was knowledgeable and a really nice man.
Would highly recommend this trip
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Emshel1
Mar 14, 2022
Amazing wine tour - Amazing service !! Very knowledgeable and we all had an amazing day out!! Would highly recommend even if your not a wine lover !! Food was amazing to
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Annaperry2014
Jan 24, 2022
Wonderful wine tour in Kumeu - Wonderful day tasting wine in Kumeu with Dave as our tour guide. We went to three different wineries with a beautiful three course lunch at Soljans. The whole day was perfectly organised, Dave was very knowledgeable of the local wines and everything was delicious. I highly recommend this tour and would love to do it again.
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889sarahu
Jan 23, 2022
Great day out wine tasting! - Such a great day! Each location we went to was very welcoming and our host was great. Great to visit places close to home that I had never been to before!
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