Exciting and award-winning wines are produced from the burgeoning Waipara Valley wineries. The free-draining soils, hot summers and protection from cool winds produce outstanding vintages with unique and individual characteristics. Varieties for which the area is developing an excellent reputation are Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.

Many wineries and a local boutique brewery are open for tastings and cellar door sales, while some offer lunches and dinners in their boutique restaurants. 

Taste Our Wines

Waipara Valley Cellar Doors - open during summer. Come and try the fantastic award winning wines for yourself.

• Pegasus Bay Winery
  Wine tasting & sales: 10am - 5pm daily.  Restaurant: 12pm - 4pm daily.
• The Mud House Winery & Café
  Wine tasting & restaurant: 10am - 5pm daily.
• Waipara Springs Winery
  Wine tasting & restaurant: 11am - 5pm daily.
• Fiddler’s Green
  Wine tasting: 11am - 5pm (Sat-Sun). Other times by appointment.
• Torlesse Wines
  Wine tasting: 11am - 5pm daily.
• Bishops Head Wines
  Wine tasting: 11am - 5pm (Thurs-Mon). Closed public holidays.
• Greystone Wines
  Wine tasting: 11am - 5pm (Fri-Sun).
• Mt Cass Vineyards
  Wine tasting: 11am - 5pm (Mon-Sun).
• Muddy Water
  Wine tasting: 10am - 3pm (Fri-Sun).
• Terrace Edge Vineyard & Olive Grove
  Wine & olive oil tastings and a short vineyard tour: Sat & Sun

Hanmer Springs Cellar Door – open during summer

• Marble Point Winery
  Wine tasting: 10am - 5pm daily.
   

North Canterbury Food & Wine Trail

The North Canterbury Food & Wine Trail brings together a delicious potpourri of food and wine experiences that captures the authentic local flavours of our rural region.  Cafes, restaurants, Waipara Valley wineries and food producers from the Hurunui are featured on the trail.  Copies of the trail brochure are available from local i-SITE visitor information centres and businesses along the trail.

 

Hurunui Tourism

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