Martinborough in a Day - Guided wine tasting tour with lunch

Overview

Available languages

English

6 hours

Mobile ticket

Choose from one of 4 departure times when you book. Your Martinborough small-group guided wine-tasting tour runs for approximately 8 hours around the Martinborough appellation. Relax in the comfort of a luxurious vehicle as your local guide drives you around our unique wine village which has a bit of everything. Take a guided walk among grape vines tasting wine as you go at an award-winning vineyard and enjoy our local cuisine with lunch at a top vineyard restaurant. Taste wine along Martinborough's famous 'Golden Mile' strip of vineyards and hear enlightening commentary as you travel. Your tour concludes with an olive grove tour and taste. Round-trip pickup and drop-off from your centrally located Martinborough accommodation or the Featherston Railyway is included.

Additional Info

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Wheelchair accessible

Minimum drinking age is 18 years

A minimum of 2 people per booking is required

Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking

Please advise any mobility requirements

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

What‘s Included

Wine tastings at each cellar door

Olive grove tour and taste

Local guide

Hotel/train pickup and drop-off

Vineyard tour

2-course lunch with glass of wine

Coffee and/or Tea

Gratuities

Pick up and drop off in Greytown, Carterton or Masterton is an additional $20 per person

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

What To Expect

Visit a number of Martinborough's boutique vineyards to taste wine, enjoy lunch at one of them, and learn about Martinborough's history and its place on the world wine map.

Sample Menu

main

Vineyard platter or a variety of plates

Options

Featherston Station pickup

Coming by train - weekends: Catch the Wairarapa train line from the Wellington region on a Saturday or Sunday and disembark at Featherston Station at 10:55am. Tour will commence on pick-up from the station at 11:00am
Pickup included

Masterton pickup

Masterton pick-up
Pickup included

Coming by train - weekdays

Catch the Wairarapa train line from the Wellington region Monday-Friday and disembark at Featherston Station at 9:20am. Have a wander in Martinborough before your tour starts at 10:30am.
Pickup included

Based in Martinborough

Based at Martinborough accommodation or location tour starts with pick-up at 10:30am
Pickup included

Reviews

4.95

112 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

107

Fabulous wine tour
ellensL5148QH,
Nov 11, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
We had a fabulous time with Trinity in Martinborough. Unfortunately the train was replaced with buses and started the day off late but Trinity adjusted without putting the other guests out and replaced a wine tasting with a bottle of wine for lunch. It was an engaging and entertaining tour of Martinborough learning from a true local. We would absolutely recommend Trinity and the team for any wine tour and adventure in the region!
Great mix of wineries to visit
Trudi77,
Oct 4, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Trinity was a great guide, lots of history on Marlborough and a great mix of small and large wineries to visit, lots of lovely wine and the platter at poppies was fantastic.
Great experience
James E,
Aug 5, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
My wife and I booked this tour and we were not disappointed. Our host, Lee, made us feel welcome and he was able to pass on his knowledge of the local area as well as leading us to four different vineyards for tasting.
Some wineries not so great.
raqueltF2132VZ,
May 19, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
3.00
Trinity, the tour guide, was great. What we didn’t like was the attitude of the ladies at MARGRAIN and ATA RANGI wineries. At Margraine the lady in the cellar door giving tastings said there was no restroom available since the café was closed and the room was extremely cold. At ATA RANGI the tasting lady was simply rude. All other wineries, Escarpment, Paliser Estate, and Poppies (lunch platter was amazing) were great!
Martinborough Day Out
mausey7,
May 11, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Fantastic tour. Pickup/drop back from Featherstone Station by Matthew who was a mine of local information and very entertaining. Then an enjoyable stroll around Martinborough and the village Square. Delightful Trinity collected us and another couple from outside the Hotel and we thoroughly enjoyed the visits to the vineyards and the great lunch at Poppies. Trinity is a local and so very knowledgeable about the whole area, the vineyards and the winemaking. We were very impressed with the tour and the great wines and will be looking for the Martinborough wine labels in the future. Very good value for an excellent tour.
Great tasting experience, very knowledgeable guide
603parkerp,
Apr 25, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
I highly recommend Martinborough Wine Tours. My wife and I, age 70, and our 33 year old daughter went on a wine tour with Martinborough Wine Tours in April 2025. We had a wonderful experience on a tour with two other parties, both of whom were doing mother/daughter or parents & daughter tours. So it was great to see the two age groups enjoy each other's company and find out about lots of new wines in this great wine making region. Our guide was Matthew Finn, who was very knowledgeable about the history of the region, the geology that makes it such a great location to grow wine, the wineries we visited and he is a pretty good wine expert himself. Matthew took us to four wineries that included some big name, fancy new tasting rooms and several very small family owned wineries where the wine maker was doing all the talking and pouring for us. It was really a special time that we all thoroughly enjoyed.
Lovely Day in Martinborough with a knowledgeable guide!
Tessa-is-Black,
Mar 26, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Family was visiting Wellington from Canada and were looking to do a wine tour. We had previously undertaken a wine tour with Martinborough Wine Tours a few years back when we arrived in NZ, met some great people, and enjoyed it very much so why not repeat! It was a great decision! Matthew provided great instructions on taking the train from Wellington to Featherson where he met us and provided a clean, modern van for a day of touring wineries and providing expert commentary before bringing us back to the train station for the return trip to Wellington. A great full day with lots of photos taken and a few purchases to take home. I have no hesitation in recommending this tour for anyone looking to experience the wine region while in the Wellington area. We will be back when our next visitors arrive!
Wine tour in Martinborough - Outstanding
266hollyh,
Mar 2, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Awesome Day. Matthew and Trinity were great hosts. Full of information and fun facts. And our tour, tastings and lunch were perfectly planned. I highly recommend this tour
The best
Bevan B,
Feb 16, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Fantastic staff, helped with pickup and dropoff, good communications with us throughout the day and beforehand. Tour guide was excellent, good local knowledge, great stories. Would highly recommend, we will do another tour when back in district.
A perfect daylong wine tour !
Aditi M,
Feb 14, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Easy to get to from Wellington on kiwi rail . Seamless pick up Featherston station . Cash tickets on train no prebook . Met by Trinity and driven to 5 vineyards with lunch at poppies . Great wines and very friendly involved wine makers ! Each experience was unique and fantastic . The wines are a cut above Waiheke in quality although going to Waiheke was fabulous too . We would absolutely recommend this to anyone who is in that area . Loved spending the day with Trinity our very knowledgeable guide . We want to get these wines in the US if possible !