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Drive Auckland's wine country yourself, with a GPS audio guide that plays automatically as you go. Your booking unlocks the whole region in the free Wine Trails app: pick your date and starting point — Auckland CBD, Kumeu — choose the cellar doors you want, and the app builds your personal route with turn-by-turn narration. 35 stories cover 10 cellar doors and the people behind them: as you pass Henderson Valley you'll hear how the Dalmatian families behind names like Babich, Soljans and Nobilo dug kauri gum out of Northland swamps to pay for the land where New Zealand's wine industry began. No group, no schedule, no guide — spend an hour at one cellar door and five minutes at another, replay anything, and the audio keeps working when the signal drops. You'll need a car and a designated driver; tastings are booked and paid directly with the wineries.
What's Included
Meeting and pickup
Itinerary
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1Babich Wines
Founded 1916 on Babich Road and still family-run, one of the oldest continuously operating wineries in the country.
1 hour • Admission ticket free -
2Kumeu River Wines
Founded 1944; winemaker Michael Brajkovich MW built its Chardonnay into a wine measured against white Burgundy.
1 hour • Admission ticket free -
3Soljans Estate Winery
A Dalmatian family estate founded in 1937, now with a cellar door on State Highway 16 at Kumeu.
1 hour • Admission ticket free -
4Westbrook Winery
Established 1935 on Ararimu Valley Road, one of the highest-rated cellar doors in the region.
1 hour • Admission ticket free -
5The Hunting Lodge Winery & Restaurant
A Waikoukou Valley Road estate operating under this name since 2010, with an open cellar door.
1 hour • Admission ticket free -
6Henderson
The most historically significant wine landscape in New Zealand, where the industry began as a business in the early 1900s.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free -
7Kumeu
A village on State Highway 16, sitting on clay and gravel where the Kumeu River meets its streams.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free -
8Arataki Visitor Centre - Waitakere Ranges
Te Wao Nui o Tiriwa, the bush-clad volcanic hills that form Auckland western backbone and shape the valley climate.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free -
9Waimauku
Ten minutes northwest of Kumeu, where the valley floor gives way to rolling green hills and volcanic-ash soils.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free -
10Matakana
The warmer coastal district north of the city, planted with an unusually wide spread of grape varieties.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free -
11Auckland Central
Your starting point - the tour begins the moment you pull away from the city and head west.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free -
12Fino Valley Wines
A Henderson Valley Road cellar door established in 1990.
1 hour • Admission ticket free
Additional info
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Cancellation Policy
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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