Waipara Wine Trail Tour from Christchurch

Christchurch, New Zealand

Enjoy a 5.5-hour wine trail tour exploring four of North Canterbury's boutique vineyards including Mud House, Torlesse, Pegasus Bay and Waipara Springs, all producing a fine selection of both white and red wines.

You'll be picked up from your centrally located Christchurch hotel and travel 40-minutes to Waipara, the fastest growing wine region in New Zealand. Visit and enjoy wine tasting guided tours of four boutique vineyards.

Mud House, Torlesse, Pegasus Bay and Waipara Springs are all located in the Waipara area, well known for its warm dry climate and limestone rich soils, both ideal for quality wine production.  Should any of the above named wineries be unavailable on the day of the tour, an alternative winery in the Waipara area will  included.

USD $72.82

Review by: Karen Y	March 2012
Visited 4 local wineries with tasting plate for lunch at first winery. Good Tour

Review by: Philip H	April 2011
Our tour guide, Ross, was outstanding -- friendly and personable.

Review by: Mrs Jennifer A N	April 2011
We came to the area 3 weeks after the devastating earthquake but were determined it would not stop us enjoying what was on offer. We were collected at our accommodation and were the only two on the tour. Our guide was informative and friendly. We enjoyed a wonderful platter lunch and three of the wineries we visited were very good and we bought 8 bottles of wine. The final one was a let down. The grounds were really beautiful but the interest from the staff was non-existent. Would suggest that the tour not include the very "commercial" winery.

Review by: Daniel K	February 2011
I saw 2 large wineries and 2 small wineries. Mud House Winery's winemaker was the host which made it very special and interesting. Excellent Sauvignon Blanc! The driver didn't add much flair to the tour.

Review by: Fiona C	February 2011
Had a small group of six which was nice - well organised and enjoyable wines

Review by: Robyn H	January 2011
Waipara Valley is very close to Christchurch thus a wonderful way to spend a half day. The wines are enjoyable, setting lovely and people friendly.

Review by: Michael B	January 2011
Excellent day - Chris the tour guide was very friendly and informative and the wineries great.

Review by: Maggie R	November 2010
It was not what it was advertised to be BEWARE! We booked to go at 930am (no lunch) and were told on Saturday morning that we would be picked up 1150am instead. Driver came at 1140 and said we had to pay an extra $25 each for lunch and another $25 each for the wine tour...we said we did not want lunch (we would do our own thing) and were not interested in a wine tour- just tasting the district wines with a view to buying some cases. The driver was inexperienced plus- the first stop was a forced shared platter lunch with the group (including 2 people from New York and 2 from Adelaide) and NO tastings because the winery was flat out serving punches; the second there were a row of bottles but no attempt by the person to narrate the wines- the next Mudhouse where we chose to have lunch and the last Pegasus which was much the same. If you want a bus to take you out for 6 hours this is ok. If you expect to learn anything about the wines of the region FORGET IT

Review by: Mandi B	August 2010
The first winery had horrible wine and the service was just ok. The second one was much better, both wine and atmosphere. The driver could have been more personable. Overall it was ok.

Review by: Stephanie N	July 2010
Vineyards where good, the bus's suspension was shot. Bus driver was informative and helpful.

Review by: Paul C	July 2010
We had a great day it is definitely very good value, would highly recommend!!

Review by: Nicole C, Australia	June 2010
We tasted 24 wines. We did not have to drive, which made the whole tour even more enjoyable.

Review by: Jennifer T, Australia	June 2010
Canterbury leisure tours did not do the tour, but arranged so that I would be in another tour operator which eas thoughtful of them. Tour that I was on very informative and the driver had a good sense of humor and very professional in his approach. Thanks John for a great afternoon!

Review by: Glenn C, United States of America	June 2010
This turned out to be a white wine area and we are red wine people. Waipara Springs had some very good white wines.

Review by: Julie Ann G, Australia	January 2010
This was a great afternoon spent with beautiful scenery and wines! Very personalised service with plenty of information from helpful winery staff. A great opportunity to try New Zealand wines.

Review by: Anonymous, United States of America	October 2009
Days like that don't get much better. Our host, Jim, was wonderful. The wineries were all very lovely and the lunch was great. Great trip!!

Review by: Hugo G, United Kingdom	August 2009
Some really interesting wineries, mainly white wine, but a bit of Pinot Noir and Merlot. Not my taste but may be others!

Review by: HUGO G	August 2009
Some really interesting wineries, mainly white wine, but a bit of Pinot Noir and Merlot. Not my taste but may be others!

Review by: Lorraine T, Australia	June 2009
This is a great way to see the countryside on the trip out to the wineries. You need to be more selective with wineries visited. Three of the four were fantastic, but the fourth one was terrible. We ended up walking out, as the staff was practically ignoring us after giving us a sample.

Review by: Michael D, United Kingdom	April 2009
There was 4 of us, and the driver was very friendly. Toured while the wineries were harvesting. Got a great insight at a lovely boutique winery called Muddy Waters.

Review by: Megan S, New Zealand	February 2008
Daughter really enjoyed the wine tour. I am not so into wine but it still was great and the best part was the tour driver who took us on all trips, very friendly, good for a laugh, just great.