Include a wine and food festival during your New Zealand holiday
Here are a selection of New Zealand’s most popular Wine and Food celebrations. These events are very popular with the locals and tickets sell out quickly. Expect to enjoy a day of great food, excellent wine and top New Zealand musical performances.
Request to include one of these festivals in your tour itinerary and leave the organising to us: we will purchase your tickets, organise transport and select accommodation before it all sells out! So enquire now.
North Island
Gisborne Wine & Food Festival
Date: 24 October 2011 Location: Gisborne
Gisborne’s superb wines and regional food showcased in a stunning vineyard setting. Top Kiwi musicians and celebrity guest chefs, including exclusive wine and food workshops. More Info…
Toast Martinborough
Date: 20 November 2011 Location: Martinborough (1 hr north of Wellington city)
New Zealand’s premier wine, food and music festival attracting nearly 10,000 visitors each year! More info…
South Island
Kaikoura SeaFest
Date: 1 October 2011 Location: Kaikoura
Kaikoura’s premier festival featuring wine and food from the region. SeaFest is a annual celebration of the abundance of the ocean and all it represents in the Kaikoura region. More info…
Marlborough Wine Festival
Date: 11 February 2012 Location: Blenheim
Enjoy wines from New Zealand’s largest wine growing region held at the beautiful Brancott Estate vineyards. Celebrate with thousands of visitors and enjoy top NZ performers, great cuisine, fashion shows and wine tutorials. More info…
The Central Otago Pinot Celebration
Dates: 26-28 January 2012 Location: Queenstown + Central Otago locations
The Central Otago Pinot Celebration has established itself as one of New Zealand’s premier wine events. Bringing together the wine worlds leading writers and commentators together with wine and food enthusiasts to experience Central Otago’s best wine, cuisine and scenery. Held over two fun-filled days expect: a decadent cuisine programme, expansive tastings of up to 40 Central Otago’s finest producers, formal tastings of a selection of the worlds premier wines and night time festivities. More Info…
Enthusiast Wine Tours is taking reservations of interest to those wanting to participate in this event. We will combine a selection of premium hotels, tickets, and transport for groups and individuals for a fantastic weekend out!
Clyde Wine & Food Harvest Festival
Date: 8 April 2012, Easter Sunday. Location: Clyde, Central Otago.
2012 marks the eleventh annual celebration of wines from the world’s most southerly vineyards. It is Otago’s biggest wine event and has established itself as a major wine festival in New Zealand with more than 23 representative wineries and 29 delicious local food and produce stalls.
Part of its charm is the location. The festival is held in Clyde’s historic precinct which has retained many of its original schist stone buildings dating back to the gold mining era in the nineteenth century. It is also surrounded by the stunning Central Otago scenery of schist rock hills and mountains. More info…
Our 9 day Ultimate New Zealand Tour will be attending this festival for the 1 April 2012 departure. Contact us to secure your place on this tour!
