Exclusive Bay of Islands Wine Tour: Gourmet Lunch & Views

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.