Public transportation options are available nearby
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Specialized infant seats are available
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Become our Lokal Curator
Are you ready to turn your hobbies into a business?
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 wind...
Highlights
From 2 hours to 8 hours
Offered in Mandarin & English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
From 2 hours to 8 hours
Offered in Mandarin & English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
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
Transport - you drive your own or rented vehicle, plus fuel and parking
Wine tasting fees at each winery (paid directly at cellar doors)
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 wind...
Highlights
From 2 hours to 8 hours
Offered in Mandarin & English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
From 2 hours to 8 hours
Offered in Mandarin & English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
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
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
Meeting Points
Departure
Return
Itinerary
1
Cloudy Bay
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.
1 hour
2
Daniel Le Brun's sparkling house on Rapaura Road, founded in 1997 and devoted entirely to traditional-method bubbles.
1 hour
3
Hunter's Wines Cellar Door & Wine Shop
Founded in 1979 and led by Jane Hunter, one of Marlborough's pioneering names, on Rapaura Road.
1 hour
4
Framingham Wines
Conders Bend Road cellar door founded in 1981, known for aromatic whites and a Riesling library kept in an underground cellar.
1 hour
5
Nautilus Estate
Renwick cellar door founded in 1985, with Clive Jones making Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.
1 hour
6
Clos Henri Vineyard
Planted in 2000 on State Highway 63 by the Bourgeois family of Sancerre, bringing Loire technique to Marlborough soils.
