Bay of Islands: Wine, Beer & Spirits Tour

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The Bay of Islands offers a delightful experience for those seeking enjoyment. Explore the region’s top winery, craft beer brewery, and spirit room, and savor a platter lunch.

Duration: 4 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Marsden Estate Winery & Restaurant - The second destination is Marsden Estate, established by the McIvor family around 30 years ago. Visitors can indulge in six wine tastings and enjoy a platter lunch in the serene courtyard, which offers views of the lake and vineyards.
PhatHouse Brewing Co - Established in 2015, owners Caroline and Rob are…

What's Included

Lunch included
Wine and beer tasting costs covered

Location

69 Marsden Road

Marsden Road

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

4.8

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G8568ecjoser

Jun 9, 2025

A not to miss BOI TOUR - Delighted to enjoy a fantastic experience with food and alcohol in BOI. Derrick was very informative about the history of the area and was very professional and friendly.

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Sharynmw

Apr 20, 2025

Enjoyable Tastings - Derek was an excellent tour guide with a wealth of knowledge for the area. He was also a lovely photographer for us. The three stops for the tastings were all different. Interesting to listen to the waiter as they discussed each drink we were tasting. We enjoyed all the tastings and were able to purchase bottles to take home with us at each stop. The lunch at the winery was a cheese board to share (photo provided) which was delicious, however we thought we were getting a lunch and found this wasn't enough food with the amount of tastings. We were lucky enough to have time to buy a meal at the next stop which was the brewery, to help absorb the alcohol tastings but would recommend you do have some food prior to the tour as there is a lot of alcohol involved if you taste everything. Definitely recommend the tour and we went back and visited the brewery and Spirit places again for a meal and entertainment.

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John_f

Apr 7, 2025

We had an interesting a... - We had an interesting a very polite guide. The choice of the winery was excellent as it’s setting is amazing plus a great cheeseboard

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Daniel_m

Mar 8, 2025

The tour is very... - The tour is very informative of importance of the area to the history of New Zealand. Both vineyards were lovely and staff were friendly. Bill was a great guide. There could have been more info provided regarding the wines on the tour. We bought a few bottles as some wines were very good. Reasonably priced and no pressure to purchase.

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David_h

Feb 24, 2025

Very enjoyable afternoon - Relaxed tour, nice food and drink, no pressure to buy extra. And good guide, Ken. We very much enjoyed the trip.

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550gerryl

Feb 3, 2025

A lovely day out - We had a lovely day with our guide Ken. The places we visited were super friendly and in most cases generous with the wine and beer portions. There was so much choice, it was almost too much! We would highly recommend Mullarkey Tours.

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Mark_s

Dec 9, 2024

Great host in Bill. ... - Great host in Bill. Super selection of vineyards and brewery, Inc Solvans, Kainui and update Brewery. Day was made my fab hosting at all venues and Bill's hospitality.

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Cameronf543

Dec 2, 2024

Goes the extra mile, very knowledgeable! - Derek was very accommodating, knew alot about the area and the wines in the area. He went out of his way to go the extra mile. 100% recommend this wine tour.

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Hollie_m

Jan 11, 2025

A great day with but a disappointing amount of food for lunch - Had a lovely time with the group and guide. I was disappointed with the lunch offering, as there wasn’t remotely enough food to call it lunch, more like a snack. As a solo traveller it is also quite difficult to eat from sharing platters with people you don’t know, so I felt a bit uncomfortable in that regard. What food we had was delicious but definitely required more for the cost.

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T5560pkstephens

Jan 1, 2025

Great host, minimal wine and beer tasting options in this region of NZ - Booking and arranging pickup and drop off was easy with Ken. We had 3 stops but unfortunately the wine and beer at the 1st stop was the same as what was on offer at the pub where we had lunch (the second stop).

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From $119

up to 11 guests

1 - Adult