REVIEWS · BLENHEIM WINE TOURS
Good blenheim wine tours fill up weeks ahead and the great ones go first. Below: the 15 to book early, what each includes and how they differ.
Review of Blenheim’s self-guided wine bike tour, with practical route advice, costs, timing, winery stops, bikes, lunch, and booking tips.
“Jo and Steve provided great guidance on creating a memorable biking wine tasting route. Their bikes were comfortable and well maintained. It’s a great way to enjoy the Marlborough wine region!”
Review of Marlborough’s small-group wine tour from Blenheim, with five wineries, tastings, lunch options, guides, transport, and practical booking advice.
“Well curated day (almost 7 hours) with lots of great insights, attractive wines and a host / tour guide who is lovely, entertaining, knowledgeable and makes the day a blast. Can highly recommend!”
Cycle Marlborough’s flat wine country at your own pace with bike hire, hotel transfers, a useful wine map, and 12 nearby wineries.
“A lovely day with nice bikes and so well organised. Thank you so much! Jessicka”
Cycle Marlborough’s flat vineyard roads, choose your wineries, and enjoy hotel pickup, bike hire, maps, and free wine collection.
“A truly wonderful experience with so many opportunities to taste the vast array of wines available in the region. The electric bikes made getting from cellar door to cellar door a much more pleasant experience!”
Explore Marlborough wine without driving on a four-hour Blenheim tour with lunch, cellar-door tastings, local stories, and Wairau Valley views.
“We did the half day tour and were picked up from our hotel by Bill, our driver, who did a great job of ferrying us around the 4 different vineyards and knew a lot about the area. The first stop was at Alan Scott, which was lovely but it seemed they were more interested in getting us to eat and pay for the lunch they provided than educating us on their wines. Gibson Bridge, our 3rd stop, stood out as a great family run vineyard who are passionate about their wines and made the tasting much more entertaining. All in all it was a fun half day with plenty of…”
Review of Marlborough’s small-group wine tour from Blenheim, with five wineries, lunch, chocolate tasting, hotel pickup, and practical booking advice.
“Very nice tour with a lot of great wine and an amazing lunch on own expense! Bruce did a really good job driving us around and telling us some facts. After a while you get definitely tipsy but Bruce got you covered with snacks and water. :)”
Taste Marlborough wines, enjoy a vineyard lunch, and ride between four wineries on this small-group Blenheim tour.
“Cameron was a fantastic guide, very knowledgeable in all things wine related and very friendly! Our entire group had a fantastic time!!!”
Review of Blenheim’s five-hour small-group wine tour, with cellar doors, lunch, chocolate tasting, hotel pickup, pricing, and practical tips.
“The knowledge and personality of our tour guide Mike was great! All the staff at the cellar doors were so friendly and welcoming and each offered a different experience.”
Review of Marlborough Icons Tour: two wineries, lunch, local seafood, and a scenic Marlborough Sounds cruise from Blenheim.
“A fantastic day! Visited some quality wineries in the morning and spent the afternoon cruising the Marlborough Sounds while enjoying a never ending supply of freshly steamed Green Shell Mussels! Not to be missed!!”
Taste Marlborough wines at five cellar doors, ride a comfortable minibus, visit a chocolate factory, and enjoy local insight from Blenheim.
“We had an amazing tour with just the two of us and Sue as our guide. Sue was very informative about the area and wineries.”
Explore Marlborough wineries from Blenheim on a six-hour small-group tour with tastings, hotel pickup, scenic stops, and lunch at your own cost.
“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 meRead more”
Taste Marlborough wines, meet winemakers, enjoy a two-course lunch, and ride in comfort on this intimate full-day tour from Blenheim.
“A great sampling of the different wineries in the area. A great introduction to some of the smaller producers that you may not have otherwise known about.”
Taste Marlborough sauvignon blanc and pinot noir at four wineries on a small-group Blenheim tour with transport and fees included.
“It was a very lovely half day tour that coloured our last day in Blenheim as a wonderful memory! The four wineries has amazing tasting wine lists which we couldn’t find in store back in Auckland and the host Phill was so kind and thoughtful!”
Review of Jimmy’s private Marlborough wine tour from Blenheim, with organic vineyards, tasting fees, lunch choices, pricing, and practical tips.
“Jimmy was amazing!! Very knowledgeable and we really enjoyed the company and the tour. Great local wineries that were all very friendly and accommodating to our preferences. He also stopped at Makana so we could get some of the world famous chocolates. We highly recommend this tour.”
Marlborough half-day wine tour from Blenheim or Picton with three wineries, tastings, hotel pickup, and a friendly local guide.
“I booked last minute and Sarah was straight to work getting my sorted for pick up! Marcella greeted me at my accommodation and set the tone for a great day. We had a great group of people who gelled really well. All vineyards were lovely, hosts welcoming and attentive. Highly recommend!”
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