Epicurean Tour: Brewery, Wineries, and Harbour Views

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Indulge in a day of culinary delights on this local tasting tour from Tauranga. Visit a brewery, top restaurants, wineries, and enjoy a cocktail overlooking the beautiful harbour. Treat your palate!

Duration: 6 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Port of Tauranga Ltd - An accredited agent driver/guide will greet you at the port gate and accompany you to the vehicle for your journey. The driver/guide will hold a placard displaying your name.
The Rising Tide - The Local Tasting Tour begins with a visit to a boutique craft brewery, where the natural beer production process, free from…

What's Included

Driver/guide
Wine & Beer tastings
Cocktail
Light Lunch & Dessert

What's Not Included

Additional food and drinks not specified

Additional Information

Experience a day filled with Epicurean pleasures, starting with a visit to a boutique brewery, followed by a journey through the picturesque countryside to Rotorua. Ascend the gondola to a cellar door offering breathtaking views and exquisite wine! The tour concludes with a choice of a cocktail or coffee and dessert at our final venue, which overlooks…

Location

Port of Tauranga Ltd

Salisbury Avenue

Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings

4.8

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Annakmac

Jan 7, 2025

Lovely way to see the Tauranga region, super friendly tour operator! - This was a lovely day out and about experiencing some of the sites of Tauranga and Rotorua. We had a small group which was excellent as we were able to get to know Paul and utilise some of his experience in the area and in wines. He was super friendly and accomodating and we felt very welcome. Would definitely recommend it as a nice way to go and see the sites supporting an awesome local operator. My one piece of feedback was to potentially look at getting the van regassed for the aircon or replaced as it was a little hot in the back and maybe wasn't ideal on a hot day to be sweating quite a bit, but I had already flagged this with Paul at the time.

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Judith_g

Dec 31, 2024

Super wine tasting - Paul was an absolutely wonderful guide. Explanations of what we were seeing were very thorough, understandable, and entertaining as well. His background in the wine business helped explain and clarify several of our wine tastings.

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Herbert_m

Dec 29, 2024

Fabulous day - Great day with Paul fabulous driver really good tour. Highly recommend this tour. Winery and beer tasting were both very enjoyable. Last stop cocktails and sweets were amazing.

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512kathrynk

Dec 1, 2024

memorable wine tasting tour - Very impressed with our tour operator, Paul shared his experience with the area and wines, making our tour memorable. The wines were excellent as well. So glad we took this tour.

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598kerrief

Nov 24, 2024

Great experiences and fabulous commentary! - Paul was a fabulous guide and host, showing us the beautiful sites, sharing his knowledge and insights. We had a great day visiting a brewery, having a trip on a gondola to a winery, all along scenic roads with amazing views. A lovely day out.

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Chuxtones

Nov 11, 2024

Great experience, learned a lot about Tauranga area and New Zealand. Highly recommended! - The owner / tour guide / driver was excellent in explaining many local cultural developments and business contributions for this area including primary labor occupations and import/export products. Paul took us to a local Tauranga microbrewery for a beer, gin or cider sampling with 5 selections on a paddle, picked from 35 or more locally made drinks. While sampling our drinks, Paul gave a summary of beer making using stainless steel tanks and described the ingredients in detail. Next, we took a ~ 1 hour drive to Rotorua, where we rode a gondola (cable car) up the side of a mountain to the wine tasting location on the summit. The owner of Volcanic Hills Winery Tasting Room (at the top of the Skyline Gondola) was Brent, and he did a great job describing the primary wines grown in New Zealand and we had 5 samples for tasting along with a platter of lunchmeat, Gorgonzola cheese, red pepper chutney, and rye and white bread. After that we were driving back to the port as Paul stopped on the side of the road and showed us a kiwi farm (behind tall hedges for wind protection) and told us about the differences between green and gold versions of the kiwi fruit (or Chinese Gooseberry). Lastly, we stopped at a local marina and bar about 3 miles from the port where our ship was docked and we proceeded to have cocktails and a dessert. Back to the ship and now it’s time for dinner. Oh the life onboard a cruise ship…

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Oregonbill

Nov 8, 2024

A wonderful day in Tauranga. - Paul was waiting for us when we got off the ship with a sign with our name on it. He was very organized and super nice, We were unable to go to the winery that day and he felt badly so we did everything else as advertised and then he took us to a very nice- nicest restaurant that I have ever been on on a tour- and paid for our lunch and bought us wine! His van was clean and nice and he also took us to a lovely yacht club for drinks, too.

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H5156esstephenm

Sep 9, 2024

Excellent introduction to Tauraga its drinks and food - The car was a luxury limosine. We ate and drank so well and so much at the first two stops we cancelled the last two. We were full and everything was delicious. The driver knew the history of the area and went out of his way to discover what we wanted to do and to do it. I am really glad we found the Taranga Tasting tour and we met Paul. I will definitely book another of their tours if I I am in Tauranga

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Benjamin_d

May 10, 2024

Excellent tasting tour - Our guide Paul was very knowledgeable and his tasting tour was no slouch! At the end of the tour we were all well-fed! We started with a local brewery for a full flight tasting then on to a full menu lunch. After lunch we proceeded to a local winery to sample several of their wines and finally completed the tour with a stop for a full dessert and another drink. Paul's experience with the wine industry was apparent and his knowledge of the area extensive. This was an excellent small group tour and I highly recommend it!

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Rita_s

Apr 8, 2024

Paul did a great job driving our group around. - Paul did a great job driving our group around. Learned about kiwi plants, went to a brewery, had lunch at a great restaurant. did a wine tasting and stopped for dessert and coffee. Not much to do in port so this was a pleasant tour and Paul took care of us all and passed on his knowledge.

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