Tipple tips for New Zealand

New Zealand is offering tourists a sipping good time as it unveils the ultimate go-to guide for wine lovers. As the country’s celebrated harvest wine season gets underway, its new ‘wine-tinary’ showcases the breadth of its wine offerings and where to experience them at source.

Comprising 10 destinations across eight wine regions, the guide is packed with the best vineyards. Complete with a hero wine to try at each stop, restaurants, cultural Maori activities and thrilling adventures, the wine-tinerary has something to suit all travellers.

New Zealand sommelier Cameron Douglas said: “The destinations are plotted out to help travellers maximise their time in New Zealand, from coastlines and mountains. It’s an easy-tofollow guide for the ultimate holiday.”

The wine-tinerary takes in Auckland, where vino fans can enjoy a glass at Brick Bay Wines and single vineyard Thomas

Wines for the Legacy Chardonnay and Syrah.

A short ferry away is Waiheke Island, home to Batch Winery, the highest vineyard on the island with sweeping views from the Coromandel to Auckland.

An essential on any winefocused trip to New Zealand is Hawke’s Bay. The region has the country’s oldest vineyard, Mission Estate Winery.

The final stop on the North Island route is at Ata Rangi, a family owned winery in Wairarapa and respected Pinot Noir producer.

On the South Island travellers can enjoy a drink at Neudorf Vineyards in Nelson Tasman before heading to New

Zealand’s oldest pub, the

Moutere Inn.

In Marlborough, wine lovers can experience world-renowned Sauvignon Blancs at a choice of wineries, from Cloudy Bay with private tastings on a yacht, to Clos Henri, which is dedicated to organic and low intervention winegrowing.

The guide also comes with transport and accommodation suggestions as well as guided options.

A link to the New Zealand winetinerary will go live shortly on newzealand.com/camerondouglas-wine-tinerary