Wineries Located Close To Auckland City NZ
Wine Appreciation of Wine-Growing On An Auckland Winery Visit
Oct 30, 2008
International visitors to New Zealand who are staying in Auckland will notice the signs to Villa Maria winery on their highway journey to the city of Auckland. Villa Maria, Montana and Nobilo are recognised as major winemakers in New Zealand.
Whether it’s a purposeful business trip, a stopover passing through to the South Island or pure recreation, international visitors staying in Auckland could spend a spare afternoon or part of a weekend visiting an established New Zealand winery, open to the public, near to the city of Auckland.
Wine-Growing in Auckland New Zealand
According to Leith’s Guide to Wine: A Definitive Guide to Wine & Wine with Food (Bloomsbury's Publishing, 1995)by Prue Leith & Richard Harvey, “the most important areas for wine-growing” in the North Island, New Zealand are Auckland, Gisborne, Hawke’s Bay and Wellington.
Prue Leith & Richard Harvey continue reporting the most important areas for wine-growing “Auckland, including the Henderson, Kumeu/Huapai, Northland, Matakana and Waiheke Island districts: a large number of wineries are located close to the capital, but a lot of grapes are trucked in from up to 500 miles away”.
Wineries Located Close to Auckland City New Zealand
Villa Maria, Vidals and Esk Valley are the labels that can be appreciated at the Villa Maria covered modern winery and vineyard park on Montgomerie Road, Mangere located approximately 10 minutes from Auckland International Airport which is convenient for a visit immediately on landing.
Once checked into an Auckland hotel, international visitors to New Zealand who are wine enthusiasts can find wineries located close to Auckland City accessible by the highways, driving by rental car or travelling as a taxi passenger.
- Driving out of Auckland City on the northwestern highway the wineries open to the public in Henderson include Babich Wines (Babich Road, Henderson), Lincoln Vineyards 130 Lincoln Road, Henderson), Pleasant Valley Wines (322 Henderson Valley Road, Henderson) and St Jerome Wines (219 Metcalf Road, Henderson)
- On the State Highway 16, Soljans Wines (366 State Highway 16, Kumeu), Kumeu River Wines (550 State Highway 16, Kumeu) and Coopers Creek (601 State Highway 16, Huapai) are open to the public. Wineries in the Huapai district of Auckland City also include Nobilo Wines (Station Road Huapai), one of the major winemakers of New Zealand.
- The Matakana Winegrowers group was founded in 2006 and endorse the Matakana Wine Trail.
Visitors can find out seasonal opening hours for the wineries located close to Auckland City New Zealand from the wineries online or hotel concierge. Sommeliers in Auckland hotels may make recommendations for visiting Waiheke Island vineyards and wineries and other wineries located close to Auckland city including others open to the public by appointment only.
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