Discover Marlborough through a relaxed and informative wine experience focused on quality, hospitality, and genuine local knowledge. Our tours showcase a carefully selected mix of pioneering family-owned wineries, boutique vineyards, and award-winning cellar doors, giving guests time to truly enjoy the wines, scenery, and stories behind the region. Go beyond the cellar door with insights into vineyard management and winemaking, enhancing your appreciation for every glass. Enjoy premium tastings featuring Marlborough’s world-famous Sauvignon Blanc alongside a range of varietals including Pinot Gris, Chardonnay, Riesling, and Pinot Noir. Your day also includes time to relax at a beautiful vineyard restaurant where cuisine and wine combine in a memorable Marlborough experience. All standard tasting fees are included, while lunch and additional beverages are payable by guests on the day.
Guests will enjoy a beautiful day exploring Marlborough's stunning wine region. You will experience our world famours Savignon Blanc along with many different wine variatials for all palettes. Our tours are designed for quality not quantity, the cellar doors you will experience will include pioneering family owned wineries or some of Marlborough's most boutique vineyards. Your tastings will include current vintages, single block, Reserve and late harvest varietials. Your tour will be a feast for your senses
Complimentary pickup is available from motels, hotels, AirBnB accommodation, private addresses, holiday parks, campgrounds, and approved freedom camping locations within Blenheim and Renwick. Pickups from Picton, Havelock, and locations outside central Blenheim and Renwick may incur an additional transfer charge. If you are unsure whether your accommodation is within our pickup area, please contact us prior to booking.
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For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Marlborough Full-Day Wine & Winery Experience 6 hour lasts about 6 hours. The itinerary has 1 stop.
Prices start at $152 per person for this Blenheim experience, booked through Viator with the price shown before checkout. There is 1 booking option, so the final price depends on the option you choose.
Yes. Cancel at least 1 day before the start for a full refund. Later cancellations are non-refundable.
Yes, pickup is offered. Complimentary pickup is available from motels, hotels, AirBnB accommodation, private addresses, holiday parks, campgrounds, and approved freedom camping locations within Blenheim and Renwick. Pickups from Picton, Havelock, and locations outside central Blenheim and Renwick may incur an additional transfer charge. If you are unsure whether your accommodation is within our pickup area, please contact us prior to booking. Pickup points include Admirals Motor Lodge.
The experience is available in EN.
It is a small-group experience with a maximum of 13 participants.
Yes, bookings are confirmed instantly.
Travellers rate it 4.9 out of 5 across 71 reviews on Viator and Tripadvisor; it is run by Discovery Wine Tours - Marlborough, Blenheim, Havelock, Picton, Renwick.
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I have been wine tasting in a lot of great places. This area definitely held its own. Multiple different takes on wines I already knew and a lot of really cool informal education on the area. Kevin was fabulous.
Our day with Discovery Wine Tours was fantastic. Tony and Toni met us at the I-Site in Picton. Our group was made entirely of cruise ship passengers . Tony led us to the. An and we were off. We visited 4 distinctly different wineries in the Marlborough region. Each one offered something unique. Tony kept everything fun and everything went smoothly. We thoroughly enjoyed our group, the wineries and the entire experience. I do recommend as an alternative to ship offered shore excursions.
I cannot say enough positive things about my experience with Discovery Wine Tours, specifically working with Toni on booking our experience and Vic on the day of the tour. I had originally booked a cruise excursion for while we were in Picton, but our cruise unfortunately got cancelled. We still wanted to make the trip to Marlborough a reality, so Toni helped us plan an alternative date and modify the itinerary. We ended up on the full day tour with Vic and got picked up at Blenheim Airport - our tour ran from 10:00 AM - 5:30 PM! Our tour took us to five different wineries, all with different styles and varieties of wines. We loved hearing about the history of the region and talking with others on the tour about their experience with wine. Vic did an excellent job keeping us on schedule and making sure we were enjoying our time but moving us along to the next stop. Lastly, I forgot something on the van on our way out, and Toni went above and beyond to make sure we got it back in the mail, even though we were in a completely different town in New Zealand. I can't say enough how grateful we are for a lovely day in Marlborough and how she saved the trip afterwards as well!
Read the small print, as although the title says “Cuisine” there is no food/snacks included in the tour at any of the tastings or the lunch stop. You need to separately purchase anything that classes as “Cuisine”.
Hello Bill again, it was lovely to have the opportunity to discuss this with you on the day, in person regarding our tour heading. As I pointed out, your expectations that cuisine would be served at every cellar door is not what is described in the description of the tour and the visit to a Vineyard Restaurant guests pay for their choices, and you agreed that this is correct. You pointed out, that using the word cuisine in our tour heading is misleading and false advertising. It gave you expectations that you would be offered cuisine at every cellar door. You suggested that I change the heading to a Marlborough Wine Tour with Food for lunch. The word cuisine is used in the English language loosely to describe "food" in a slightly more posh way, maybe I should change the word to "grub" or "nosh" which are also synonyms of the word food, as is cuisine.
WE booked this tour with Tony to help us celebrate my husbands 80th birthday with friends and Family from out of town to have a unique experience. Toni guided me through the whole process ad made suggestions which fitted up prefectly. We toured with 17 guests from mkorning tea, to 2 winetasting, lovely lunch, visit to the chocolate factory and finally a musical serenade in the dungeon at Framingham. What made the day most memorable was the way Toni looked after us. made sure everyone had what the needed. she took all the stress of the day out of my hand and became a caring angel. I cant thank her enough and we shall never forget this golden day. All our guests were impressed, happy and took the wonderful memories back home with them.
We organised a private full day tour. Luckily we had Bill for our driver who was knowledgeable, helpful and very personable. The tour was tailored to our likes which was a challenge as some of us were red wine drinkers while others white wine drinkers. We discovered some lesser known wineries and wines and particularly enjoyed Gibson Bridge vineyard and Howard’s insight. The Wine Shed tasting and lunch with Alain and Lara was exceptional. Fromm also had some delicious wines. We asked to visit Cloudy Bay but the big corporate winery was a disappointment after the intimate smaller vineyards. We wouldn’t have discovered or learnt so much about the Marlborough wine area if we had self driven around the region. Thank you Toni for organising the perfect tour for us. You’ve got a gem in Bill.
Our flight from the night before was cancelled which made our 10:00 wine tour impossible but the tour operator insured us that all would work out and it did. We ended up meeting the 12:00 tour at Allen Scott vineyard with the other tour members. We had a nice lunch and tasting and moved on to 3 additional wineries and a chocolate shop. Our fellow tasters from Canada and Scotland were lovely people and our tour operator Bill and his wife were also so nice and accommodating. Bills wife (Ginny I think) also gave us parting gifts of shortbread cookies which we have been savoring in moderation. Highly recommend this wine tour!
We were taken to some lovely boutique vineyards, as this was our first time in Blenheim, we wouldn't have known where to go. We aren't big fans of Sauvignon and Toni perfectly tailored the tour to our taste. We went as a family of four and had a great day, everybody was very friendly, welcoming and informative.
Just returned from a full day tour of the Marlborough region wineries. Our tour guide Bill was a wealth of information and made the day great. Visited 5 wonderful establishments from small indecently owned to the larger more commercialised vineyards. Found all the staff to be informative and friendly. Bill made a stop at Manuka Chocolate factory in the way home. Overall we had a very pleasant day and would recommend this tour as part of your holiday experience in the area.
Excellent day with Chris driving us around the Blenheim and Renwick wineries. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and the splendid wines from this region, pinot gris (Wither Hills) in particular for us although the chardonnay at St Clair, Methode Champenoise at No.1, and Gewürztraminer at Gibsons boutique winery were all delicious.
| Tour | Duration | Rating | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marlborough Full-Day Wine & Winery Experience 6 hour | 6 hours | 4.9 (71) | $152 | |
 Queenstown 6 hour Boutique Wine Tour 4 Wineries and Lunch | 6 hours | 4.9 (741) | $165 | View |
 Private 6.5 hour Gourmet Wine Tour Queenstown: 4 wineries & lunch | 6h 30min–7h | 5.0 (1) | $389 | View |
 Bike The Wineries (Full-Day) - Bike & Wine Adventure | 7h 30min | 4.8 (100) | $66 | View |
 Gourmet Food & Wine Tour Queenstown: 4 wineries & 5 dish lunch | 6h 30min | 4.9 (386) | $194 | View |
 Private 5.5 hour Wine Tour Queenstown : 4 Winery Visits & Lunch | 5–6 hours | 4.9 (43) | $331 | View |
 Award Winning Premium Wine Tour Queenstown Tasting at 4 Wineries | 6 hours | 5.0 (713) | $160 | View |