Martinborough: Wine Tasting Day Tour with Lunch & Olive Grove

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Duration6h

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PickupAt your hotel

Martinborough wine tour with vineyard lunch & olive grove stop

You’ll sip award-winning wines straight from Martinborough’s boutique vineyards, share a vineyard lunch with local flavors (and maybe new friends), walk among olive trees for a tasting, and hear stories from guides who know every corner of this wine village. It’s relaxed but quietly memorable—you might find yourself thinking back to that view or that first taste long after you leave.

Step-by-step itinerary

Guided wine tasting and lunch tour

Pickup from accommodation or railway
Drive around Martinborough wine village
Guided walk among grape vines
Taste wine at award-winning vineyard
Enjoy lunch at vineyard restaurant
Taste wine along Golden Mile vineyards
Olive grove tour and tasting
Drop-off at accommodation or railway

The Experience

“You’ll want to swirl it first,” our guide said, handing me a glass of pinot noir so dark it looked almost purple in the morning light. I tried to look like I knew what I was doing—maybe fooled no one. The air smelled faintly of earth and something sweet, maybe wildflowers or just the grass after last night’s rain. We’d barely left the car before someone started laughing about how many grapes you can eat before anyone notices (answer: not many). Martinborough’s famous Golden Mile really does feel close-knit—one minute you’re chatting in a cellar door, next you’re walking between rows of vines with sheep nosing around the fence line.

I didn’t expect to care much about the history part, but our driver—Paul, who grew up here—started pointing out old railway cottages and telling stories about how this little wine village got on the world map. He had that way of making you listen without trying too hard. Lunch was at a vineyard restaurant where they served platters loaded with cheese and olives and some bread that was still warm. I still think about that olive oil, actually—green-gold and peppery, nothing like what I buy back home. There was a moment when everyone went quiet for a bit, just eating and looking out over the vines.

The last stop was an olive grove tucked behind a row of poplars. We walked through the trees while the owner explained how they press the oil—her hands moving as she talked, like she was kneading dough in the air. The smell there was different again: sharp leaves, dust, something herbal I couldn’t name. By then we were all a little sun-warmed and sleepy from wine tastings (and yes, coffee is included if you need it). Getting dropped back at our place felt almost abrupt—I kept thinking I’d left something behind out among those vines.

What’s included

Your day includes round-trip pickup from your hotel or Featherston Railway station, guided visits to multiple boutique vineyards along Martinborough’s Golden Mile with tastings at each cellar door, a two-course lunch at one of the top vineyard restaurants (with local wine), coffee or tea to keep you going, plus an olive grove tour and tasting before heading back in comfort.

Good to know

Easy physical levelWheelchair accessible

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