Claremont guided food and wine tour
If you have selected Claremont Country Estate as a hub to
explore Christchurch and Canterbury, our guide can be arranged
to escort you for a half or full day which will include
both the best of the Waipara vineyards and the culinary
delights of the region.
Our guide, Mavis
Airey, is well qualified with a passionate
interest in food and wine and an international career in
journalism and television. Her book, Savour the South, a
guide to South Island food and wine producers was named
Food Book of the Year at the 2001 Food Writers Awards.
Canterbury, thanks to its climate, soil, nature’s
abundance and human skill produces highquality foods which
reflect the country and its changing seasons. From olive
oil to smoked salmon, farmhouse cheeses to artisan breads
and hand made chocolates, excellent Pinot Noirs to Sauvignon
Blancs, these products are made by people with a passion
for their craft, and engaging stories to tell.
This tour could take in Karikaas – makers of the
Champion Cheese at the 2005 NZ Cheese Awards, Havills traditional
honey mead, morning coffee and a tasting platter of North
Canterbury specialities at the Nor’Wester restaurant,
an ostrich farm, hazelnut orchard or olive grove and wine
tasting at a range of boutique wineries such as Mountford,
Muddy Water, Daniel Schuster and Bell Hill, with lunch at
the Pegasus Bay Winery, the award-winning winery café
in 2005.
Or part of this tour could be replaced with a cooking class
and lunch with celebrated chef Graham Brown at the Cookhouse
in Loburn.
Price on application (approximately NZ$150pp to NZ$250pp
all inclusive). Just complete our reservation
form or call us direct to arrange your
food and wine tour! Advanced booking is essential.
Other Special Packages Available
We also offer, from time to time, on off special packages
based around popular events in the the Canterbury, Waipapa
or Hurunui regions. To read more about these, click
here.
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