• Spend a ½ or full day sampling some of Hawke’s Bay Wine Country’s award-winning red wines.  Join a tour with a knowledgeable guide.  See adjacent list of tour options or create your own tour using the Hawke’s Bay Winery Guide or collect from local cellar doors and i-SITE visitor centres in the region.

• Spend a ½ or full day discovering the tastes of Hawke’s Bay Wine Country by following a self guided Food Trail. Visit farm gates, artisan food producers and food-destination outlets for fruit, honey, cheese, olives, wine, chocolate and much more. All Food Trail stops prominently display a sign at the gate or entrance.  Collect a copy of the Food Trail map from any Hawke’s Bay i-SITE visitors centre

• Learn about the history of winemaking throughout the ages at the Church Road Wine Museum. Daily tours take approximately 45 mins – 1 hour concluding with a tasting of current vintage releases.

• Sharpen up your cooking skills at the Sileni Estates Winery. This state of the art winery houses the Sileni Estates Restaurant, Gourmet Cellar Store, Wine Discovery Centre, Culinary School and The Village Press Olive Oil press house. 

• The New Zealand Wine Centre - located in Napier's iconic AMP Building and the ultimate wine experience in New Zealand.  For individuals, couples or gourps, novice or connoisseur, it is the perfect place to experience everthing and anything to do with wine.  From a state of the art interactive wine tasting adventure, to the schoold of wine and wine museum - it's simply a wine lover's haven.  VIsit the aroma awareness room and familiarise yourself with the different aromas associated with wine, followed by an interactive tasting of the regions quality wines.

• Visit New Zealand’s oldest winery, The Mission Estate Winery which was established in 1851.

• Discover The Silky Oak Chocolate Company with the only chocolate museum in the southern hemisphere.

• Visit Pernel Fruitworld to see how world class pip and stonefruit is grown, while sampling some of the fresh seasonal produce on offer.

• Visit Tararua’s historic Tui Brewery in Mangatainoka. Tour the brewery, then taste your way through the selection of ales. The Tui HQ experience includes a brewery tour, museum, shop and café. www.tui.co.nz

• Explore the colonial village of Greytown, browse the antique, homeware and fashion shops and
  art galleries.

• Give in to your sweet tooth at Schoc, an artisan chocolate studio located on the main street
  of Greytown.
  www.schoc.co.nz

• Indulge in authentic French breads and pastries handcrafted by an artisan baker at The French Baker.

• Tour and discover boutique family-owned vineyards and artisan food producers in Martinborough, Greytown, Gladstone and Masterton.

• Explore the vineyards of Martinborough on foot, by bicycle, London cab or even a horse
  and carriage.

See adjacent list of tour options or create your own tour using the Wairarapa Wine Map available online www.wairarapawines.co.nz or collect from local cellar doors and i-SITE visitor centres in
the region.

• Walk around downtown and harbour-side, visit galleries and shopping in Lambton Quay and the national museum of Te Papa Tongarewa on the harbour waterfront.

• Enjoy freshly roasted coffee. Then explore on foot with a Zest Walking Gourmet Tour introducing the lively food scene.
  www.zestfoodtours.co.nz

• Take a Wild About Wellington Boutique Beer Tasting Tour
  www.wildaboutwellington.co.nz

• Home to some of New Zealand’s finest chefs, Wellington offers a range of cuisine and a wide selection of restaurants in the central city. Check out the extensive wine lists at some of Wellington’s bars and restaurants.

• Experience “Kaitaki Plus” on board the Interislander ferry between Wellington and Picton, an exclusive private lounge with complimentary beer, wine, tea, coffee and finger food.

• Relax and unwind over a leisurely lunch at one of the many award winning winery restaurants.

• Take a twilight cruise over the summer season in the Marlborough Sounds enjoying local wines served with fresh seafood. In Queen Charlotte Sound enjoy the Salmon and Sav Cruise with Cougar Line or from Havelock board the Greenshell™ Mussel Cruise with Marlborough Travel
  www.cougarline.co.nz or www.marlboroughtravel.co.nz

• Tour the wineries of New Zealand’s largest wine growing region, sample New Zealand’s internationally-acclaimed Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc. (see adjacent list of tour options) or create your own tour using the Marlborough Wine Trail Guide available online link to www.wine-marlborough.co.nz or collect from local cellar doors and i-SITE visitor centres in the region.

• Discover why Marlborough has been named the 'Gourmet Province of New Zealand' with a personal food tour. Meet local food growers and producers who will delight your taste buds with their produce and inspire you with their stories www.exploremarlborough.co.nz

• There are a wide range of ½ and full day tours. Catch a helicopter for a wine tour with a difference www.windhawkhelicopters.com

• Or hire a bike and cycle around the wineries, gathering a few bottles as you go.

• Visit the green-lipped mussel town of Havelock for a splendid seafood lunch

• Enjoy a multi-course degustation dinner at Herzog www.herzog.co.nz

• Join a cheese making workshop at Sherrington Grange where cheese is lovingly created by hand, in a tiny farm dairy in the Marlborough Sounds www.sherringtongrange.co.nz

• Learn how to prepare and present a 3-course gourmet menu that can easily be put into practice when entertaining at home in a hands-on workshop at Herzog.

  www.herzog.co.nz