Marlborough offers some incredible Elite tour offerings. Indulge in a five-star experience at a luxury retreat, offering premium food, wine and brilliant views. Whether it be in a secluded bay in the Marlborough Sounds, or among the vines in Marlborough. Winery options are plentiful with group or private tours available by bike or luxury van. We suggest Luxury van.

At Hop n Grape tours we offer a range of different tours including Luxury Private tours.

Marlborough Elite Tours Private Wine Tours

Enjoy a Marlborough Elite Tours – private tour of Marlborough’s famous wine trail. Sample New Zealand’s internationally-acclaimed Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc and other varietals on one of many wine tours.

Relax and unwind over a leisurely lunch at one of the award-winning winery restaurants. Enjoy a match of fresh local produce with the wine to create the ultimate ocean-to-plate, vine-to-glass experience.

Finish the day off in style at one of many luxury retreats among the vines or Sounds.

Indulge in a romantic stay at a resort in the Marlborough Sounds.

We can arrange private wine tastings and a Private dinning experience at Cloudy bay winery. This is a food and wine matched experience at New Zealand’s leading winery Cloudy Bay.https://www.newzealand.com/nz/plan/business/cloudy-bay-the-shack-marlborough/

Cloudy Bay Wine tasting

If you are looking for a unique and highly tailor wine and food experience, contact Hop n Grape for a detailed quote and itinerary.

The Marlborough Wine and Food Festival is an amazing celebration and a chance for people to come together.

Often there are over 8000 people at the festival so this year if you would like to do something epic with your friends the day before the festival or the day after the festival then we encourage you to be organised and secure your tour in advance.

If you are planning on a trip to Marlborough this summer, why not get a group together and do your own Marlborough Wine tour around Marlborough’s Wineries and vineyards.

There are over 40 wineries and vineyards to choose from we can visit your favourites and discover some new favourites on this all day Marlborough wine tour.

Great atmosphere in the beautiful Marlborough summer weather. On Private tours

Private wine and food tastings

• Get insights from your winemaker/tour guide
• Tailored and flexible tour experience
• You choose the start and finish time of the tour
• Visit only your favourite wineries
• Tasting fees included
• Delicious gourmet lunch at a vineyard restaurant 
• Great for families, or solo tours, or groups of any size. 
• Complimentary collection and drop off at your accommodation in Blenheim/Renwick

You can get behind the scenes for a private tasting, or journey through historic buildings and vineyards. Or take a drive through the Awatere Valley and soak up Marlborough’s stunning scenery.  

We can focus on boutique, or organic wineries, breweries, combine fine wine and food… anything is possible with a private wine tour.

You can see everything and taste everything.

A Marlborough wine tour with Hop n Grape tours will make you jump with joy.

What time do you get collected?

You will be collected between 9.30-10.15 am depending on your accommodation location. We collect guests from Picton and all around Blenheim and Marlborough. We have enough time to introduce ourselves and the plan for the day. If you have any special requests we can do our best to accommodate these.  We love taking people to their favourite wineries or to taste their favourite varieties. Drop off may vary from 4.30 to 5.15 pm.

Free Marlborough wine trail map

Safety is very important to us, so we provide a briefing on the health and safety part of the tour. Everyone receives a free Marlborough Wine trail map which lets you know where we are going.  We discuss the itinerary and ask if there are any special requests.  

We are the ONLY wine tour with a WINEMAKER as your guide

This is the ONLY wine tour with a WINEMAKER as your guide. The team of tour guides are all wine-trained specialists, who have either a New Zealand degree in Winemaking/Viticulture or an extensive work experience in the wine industry.  This means we can take you to the best wineries and explain the process in as much depth as you enjoy.   We open doors to places you can’t go without a winemaker.

How many wineries do we visit?

You will visit 5-6 wineries on Full Day Marlborough Wine Tour and Private Tours. You can taste world famous and boutique wines of Marlborough. As you may know, Marlborough has far more to offer than the delicious Sauvignon blanc.  It is the region with the largest plantings of Pinot Noir in the country as well as world class Chardonnay, Riesling, Pinot Gris, Merlot and Méthode Traditionnelle sparkling wine.  There are also new varieties to taste including Arneis, Grüner Veltliner and Albariño. 

Experience behind the scenes of a modern working winery

We also normally incorporate a visit to an organic vineyard/winery plus we can visit the large famous wineries like Cloudy Bay.  We take our participants behind the scenes of a modern working winery, where they can capture the best behind the scenes winery photos. 

How many wines will I taste on the Full Day tour?

We also do an informative vineyard stop, where our participants can get insights from their winemaker or tour guide. We organise a gourmet lunch at a very nice vineyard restaurant (at own cost) that can accommodate different dietary requirements.  Our tours include all tasting fees, where our participants can taste about 25 different wines. We also provide FREE collection and drop off from Blenheim and Renwick areas

Our Marlborough Wine tour was the 2020 Traveler’s Choice Winner

We at Hop ‘n Grape Wine and Beer Tours focus on customer experience and satisfaction, and the reviews that we have been getting reaffirms the hard work we put in  every day. We are a consistent TripAdvisor awardee of Certificate of Excellence since 2016. Recently we were pronounced as 2020 Traveller’s Choice Winner. It means, Hop ‘n Grape Wine and Beer Tours is in the top 10% of attractions worldwide. We are proud but keep our feet on the ground.

We look forward to hosting you and making the most your time in Marlborough with an exceptional, interesting and fun tour.