Annual Wine Calendar
New Zealand calendar of annual wine events
To list an event, email: mailme@joellethomson.com or fill out the form below.
Listings are free and updated on request.
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January
Bridge Pa Wine Festival, Hawke’s Bay
2020 date TBC
Eight wineries with bands, food and wine tastings for a day long event with buses between each venue.
Pegasus Bay Vine Run, Canterbury
Sunday 26 January 2020
Run, walk or amble for 6kms, 10kms or 18kms then picnic in the stunning beauty of the winery’s gardens. Fund raiser for NZ Brain Research Institute.
Book online here www.vinerun.co.nz/
March
Whitehaven Graperide, Marlborough
2020
Sip, savour and cycle at the annual Marlborough Graperide, sponsored this year for the first time by Whitehaven Wines.
Book here: www.graperide.co.nz
North Canterbury Wine & Food Festival
Sunday 8 March 2020
A family friendly food and wine festival at Glenmark Domain. Waipara, North Canterbury, highlighting produce on the plate and in the glass from this region.
Find out more at www.ncwineandfood.co.nz
May
Saint Clair Vineyard Half Marathon
9 May 2020
Fly, ferry or drive then run, walk and enjoy wine in the vines afterwards in New Zealand’s biggest wine region.
Book here vineyardhalf.com/
July
Negociants Fine Wine Tour NZ
2020 date TBC
Tasting of wines in the Negociants NZ portfolio from New Zealand and around the world. All wine is tasted in Riedel glassware.
Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch events.
More details here
www.negociants.com/nz/events
August
The Hancocks Tour
Tuesday 27 August
2pm to 6pm, Eden Park Auckland
Taste Hancocks’ spirits, liqueurs and non-alcoholic drinks with winemakers, brewers and brand representatives. This is the 17th year of this annual tasting.
Book here www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/hancocks-tour-2019-tickets-64578862115
September
International Wine Trade Tasting
Thursday 5 September
Wharewaka Function Centre, Wellington waterfront.
Negociants New Zealand hosts the wine trade to its international wine portfolio; Allegrini, Antinori, Pala, Bodegas Valdemar, Guigal, Europvin, Chateau Musar and Catena Zapata.
Bookings to Tina Rutherford
phone: 0800 634 624,
email: trutherford@negociants.com
Hawke’s Bay Wine Celebration
11 September 2pm to 5pm
Taste Hawke’s Bay wines at Harbourside Function Venue, Wellington.
Bookings: adele@hawkesbaywine.co.nz
Organic Wine Week, New Zealand
17 to 23 September
Wellington
A Prelude to Organic Wine Week | Discovering Organic Wine
Saturday 14 September 1pm to 5pm
Regional Wines, 15 Ellice St, Mount Victoria
Wellington
Meet your Maker 2.0
Tuesday 17 September 6pm to 10pm
Shepherd, Eva St, Te Aro, Wellington
Wellington
Wine Wednesday
Wednesday 18 September 12 noon to 7pm
Regional Wines, 15 Ellice St, Mount Victoria, Wellington
More Organic Wine Week events
London - Organic UK walk-around tasting
Wednesday 18 September 12.30pm to 4pm
New Zealand Winegrowers, 80 Haymarket, St James’s, London
Get Dirty 2.0 | NZ Organic Wine Tasting
Wednesday 18 September, 6pm to 8pm
NZ Cellar | POP Brixton, 49 Brixton Station Rd, Brixton, London
Blenheim
Tall Tales, Empty Bottles w/ Rippon & Te Whare Ra
Wednesday 18 September, 6.30pm to 10.30pm
Arbour Restaurant, 36 Godfrey Rd, Fairhall, Blenheim
Blenheim
Battle of the Wines
Thursday 19 September, 6.30pm to 10:30 pm
Bistronomy, 40 Hastings Street, Napier
November
International Sherry Week
Saturday 9 November 1pm to 5pm, Regional Wines, Wellington
Taste fino, Manzanilla, Amontillado and PX with food to match in store.
No bookings necessary.
NZ Wine Awards
Saturday 16 November 2019
Annual New Zealand wine awards organised by New Zealand Winegrowers, the industry body to which all wineries and grape growers pay a levy. Held this year in Blenheim
Toast Martinborough
Sunday 17 November 2019
Wine, food and music at the 28th annual Toast Martinborough wine, food and music festival.
Bookings here
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