Long summer afternoons are made for platters and tasting flights in our award-winning local vineyards. And lockdown doesn’t mean losing out. Around the country, vineyards and wine regions offer virtual tours, fast deliveries and online tasting to go with your purchases. Just pick a region (or two!), and enjoy an afternoon supping world-class wine on the couch.

Fancy a little history with your tasting? Only half an hour west of Auckland, historic and unique Kumeu offers a cluster of family-owned vineyards renowned for their chardonnay and pinot noir.

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Settled by Dalmatian families in the early 1900s, the area was the centre of New Zealand’s wine industry a few generations ago. Now the vineyards are working together under the Wineries Out West banner to show Aucklanders that Waiheke isn’t the only gourmet destination on their doorsteps.

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