7 Napier Wine Tours the Drive Pays For

1.Top-Rated Hawke’s Bay Wine Tour – Small Group

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 256 reviews · from $111Our pick

Spend four to five hours touring Hawke’s Bay from Napier, Hastings, or Havelock North in an air-conditioned minivan. Your guide may be Amanda, Deidre, Grant, Hamish, or another Prinsy’s host. Visit up to four wineries, taste local wines, enjoy a cheeseboard, and leave the driving to someone else.

“We had an amazing day, at 4 great wineries. All very friendly and accommodating. Must have tasted nearly 30 wines! And the cheese board was very good. Our guide Grant, was very knowledgeable and friendly. Superb !!”

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2.Napier: Afternoon Winery Tour Tasting at 3 Great Wineries

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 147 reviews · 5 hours · from $112

Join guide Ross for a five-hour afternoon from Napier through Hawke’s Bay wine country. Taste local reds and whites at Mission Estate and other estates, stop at Silky Oaks Chocolates, hear about Gimblett Gravels from a retired grape grower, and finish with cheese at Trinity Hill.

“Ross was a great guide, had a fun afternoon with him, enjoyed his knowledge of the wine region and his little extra treats Highly recommend this tour”

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3.Napier: Afternoon Wine Tasting + visit Silky Oaks Chocolates

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 135 reviews · from $121

Spend about five and a half hours tasting Hawke’s Bay wines without driving. Guide Ross collects you at your accommodation, visits Mission Estate and other local wineries, stops at Roys Hill and Silky Oaks Chocolates, and provides cheese, biscuits, water, and a souvenir tasting glass. Stops may change with winery hours and group logistics.

“Really tasty wine and gin (it's easy to fall on crappy wine in NZ sadly), generous pours in every venue. Knowledgable, detailed explanations in every winery, and by Ross the guide throughout the way! The groups are small and intimate, so you don't feel like a cruise herd anywhere :) and the pickup/drop off from any point you are is really convenient.”

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4.Premium 4 -Best Wineries Napier Hawke’s Bay Tour, 5.5h – 6Hours

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 134 reviews · from $114

Spend 5.5 to 6 hours visiting four contrasting Hawke’s Bay wineries by air-conditioned minivan. Guides such as Kirsty, Samir, Sunny, and Anil share local wine and regional stories while you taste 20 or more wines, enjoy pizza or a cheese platter, and return to your hotel without driving.

“Our tour guide Samir was friendly and knowledgeable. She even provided a list of additional recommended activities for Napier. We enjoyed our tour with her very much. The wineries and the wines were very good. The nibbles at Pask winery Read more”

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5.Napier: Art-Deco + Te Mata Peak+ Garden Walk + Wine Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 99 reviews · 3h 30m · from $89Best value

Spend 3.5 hours with a local guide such as Ross or John, traveling by small minibus from Napier’s port shuttle stop to Te Mata Peak, Bluff Hill, a private garden, Art Deco streets, and Askerne Estate. Expect five or more local wines, a seated tasting, and a small group of no more than 13 people.

“Our guide provided a great tour of Napier town and narration of its history. The trip up to Te Mata peak gave us wonderful views over the countryside and ocean and we enjoyed tasting the varieties of honey at the farm stop. The highlight of the trip was tasting the local varieties of wine and cheeses at the vineyard.”

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6.Napier: Winery + Gin Tasting Tour with Lunch Thu Fri Sat

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 75 reviews · from $134

Spend 5.5 hours exploring Hawke’s Bay by air-conditioned minibus with guide Ross or Sandy. Taste wine at Mission Estate, enjoy a gourmet platter lunch, sample gin at Napier’s National Tobacco Building, then finish with Askerne wines, cheese, and biscuits. Pickup and drop-off are included.

“Ross our tour guide very time efficient, he picked us up from our hotel in his lovely air conditioned van. We arrived at mission bay winery where we had a lovely platter lunch and choose a wine to pair with our platter. The wine tastings were very interesting and everyone was very friendly and knowledgeable for any questions we had. Ross too was very friendly and chatty and had a lot of knowledge about the making of wines. Thank you so much it was a lovely day out.”

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7.Napier: Cape Coast Winery Tour on E-Bikes

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 67 reviews · 6 hours · from $89

Ride from Cape Kidnappers along the coast and Tuki Tuki River to five Hawke’s Bay wineries, including Clearview, Elephant Hill, Te Mata Estate, and Black Barn. Tākaro Trails supplies the e-bike, helmet, pannier, maps, safety briefing, and shuttle. You ride independently, with winery bookings arranged directly by you.

“Roger is a legend. He took great care of us and made sure we felt comfortable and safe (especially when I’m not the best bike rider ha). He is warm, bubbly and the best. Thanks!!!!!! - Nadine and Emma”

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