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Events and outings in Matakana
We love supporting local events and showcasing our boutique wine to the Auckland market. We are a founding sponsor of the annual Oyster Festival Matakana and the Kowhai Festival Big Day Out. Follow our next events on Facebook.
Discover Matakana Wineries, New Zealand
Wines on the Wharf – Kowhai Festival
Meet the Matakana Winegrowers at Warkworth's annual festival to celebrate spring! The Kowhai Festival - all day Saturday 19th October 2024 join the party on Wharf Street. Live music, food trucks and fresh oysters from the Mahurangi along with our beautiful...
Vineyards in the Village 8/12/24
Celebrate summer with the Matakana Winegrowers at the Matakana Village Farmers Market! Enjoy Matakana wine by the glass with delicious food to accompany the wine. Bottle sales at special cellar door prices. Taste our boutique wines, meet our winemakers, enjoy unique...
Alistair Noakes, October 30 wines
A small organic vineyard in Matakana with a special connection to the Hundertwasser Art Centre in Whangarei. Alistair and Karen Noakes left Matamata and share milking behind in 1995 with a move to a 32-acre block of vines in the...
Spring wines on the vines
Spring is a special time on the Matakana Coast, locals just as much as visitors love driving or cycling past the vineyards watching the leaf buds grow, burst and stretch along the rows. Spring at Sculptureum began early this year after a warmer than usual...
Karl Nola, Nola Vineyard
As a teenager in South Auckland, Karl Nola began to grow grapes on the 40-acre family vineyard and for the next 15 years tended the vines and sold grapes to wineries. Karl’s Dalmatian heritage, with generations of hardworking...
Justin Oliver, Te Rata Wines
Meet Matakana’s beverage boss crafting natural wines and organic cider on Duck Creek Road. The site was once home to the biggest apple orchard in the Southern Hemisphere. Justin Oliver represents what the Matakana region is...
Matakana winegrowers – passion in the vines
Matakana wine scene According to winemaker James Graham, there is a ‘real authenticity’ underpinning the Matakana wine scene. The Matakana wine growers an impassioned group of people putting their heart and soul into what they do. James studied viticulture (the...
Matakana vintners – Yakutin Family Wines
The waiter in the Vintry was quick to pick up on Oleg’s accent and asked where he originated from. 'Snells Beach,' said Oleg. 'Via Kazakhstan.' Grapes were first grown there in 700AD, long before this, Kazakhstanis’ benefited from the wine trade by their spot midway...
Rift Wines, Matakana
Anto Coates - Rift Wines MatakanaHaving entered the wine trade from a career in advertising copywriting, Anto Coates now spends his days managing the Rift vineyard next to Hyperion at the end of Tongue Farm Road. While the vineyard is now planted to Syrah and Clone...
WINE TRAIL MAP
Download our A4 double-sided printable and screen-friendly version of the Matakana Wine Trail Map here
