Welcome to Auckland Wine Trail Tours, New Zealand wine tasting at its best, chosen by 'Wine Spectator' and recommended by Frommer's and Lonely Planet.
We are the independent specialists for personally customised Full & Half Day scenic Auckland wine tasting tours with the personal service of the most experienced specialist Auckland wine guide.

Individual visitors and small groups with limited time can relax in air conditioned comfort and enjoy New Zealand's wines and spectacular sightseeing on a personally customised, guided wine tasting tour to some of the Auckland region's finest vineyards.

See the rolling hills of our rural countryside, wild Tasman Sea or Pacific east coast, talk to the winemakers & sample their wines. Enjoy a delicious a la carte vineyard, or award winning café style restaurant lunch (included).

Purchase your favourite wines at true cellar door prices at some of New Zealand's top, international medal winning, vineyards.

Most tours have no minimum number requirement. All tours include central city door to door service, airport drop off at small extra charge, flexible schedules and advice on duty limits and shipping wine overseas.

Tour Selection

To help you select your tour here is a brief explanation of the differences between the two main regions we visit, Auckland's West Coast and the East Coasts Matakana.

West Coast

This is where the New Zealand wine industry was founded by pioneering settlers from the Mediterranean coast of Croatia over 100 years ago. It is an area steeped in local wine history and features many heritage wineries. Wineries in this region source grapes from their own vineyards in the West Auckland area as well as New Zealand's other grape growing regions. This means they have a wide range of different types of grapes growing in optimum conditions (soil types and climates) from which they produce a wide variety of wine types, this is what we call the "New Zealand wide wine tasting experience". There is also a wide selection of large long established wineries and small to medium sized boutique wineries. With the most experienced wine tour guide we customise your tour to your tastes and interests.

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East Coast.

Matakana, North East of Auckland, is New Zealand's newest and smallest wine area. The wineries of Matakana are all small, 'boutique', producers growing a wide selection of grapes on their own local 'estate' vineyards including NZ's only Carmenere and only winery making exclusively Sangiovese & Dolcetto there is also Pinot Gris, Chardonnay, Voignier, Syrah (Shiraz), Cab' Sav', Merlot, Malbec, Cab' Franc, Pinotage & Pinot Noir. Pacific Ocean views, beautiful countryside plus the option of a range of interesting side trips feature along the way.

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Coast to Coast Best Of Both Worlds

If you are having trouble deciding between our West Coast Auckland and East Coast Matakana tours we have a great solution, combine them and get the 'Best Of Both Worlds' tour!

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Waterfalls & Wines.

This is a great combination of spectacular sightseeing and wine tasting. In the morning we take you over the Waitakere Ranges through sub tropical rainforest to beautiful remote Karekare beach and waterfall. Followed by lunch and a personally customised wine tasting tour of North West Auckland in the afternoon.

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Scenic South Pacific

Visit vineyards and wineries South and East of Auckland set in the countryside of the Waikato, Bay of Plenty, and Tauranga areas. Experience a variety of scenic backdrops such as the breathtaking historic Karangahake Gorge, Coromandel Peninsula, Kaimai Mountains, Lake Karapiro and Waikato River.

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