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From flat white
to twelve courses.

Producers, vintners and chefs working close to the land. The cafés, restaurants and cellar doors worth a detour.

A restaurant dining room set for service
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Restaurant & Bakery · Auckland · Britomart

Amano

Wood-fired Italian-leaning kitchen and in-house bakery from the Hip Group.

Rows of vines across the Wairau Valley, Marlborough
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Winery & Cellar Door · Jacksons Road · Marlborough

Cloudy Bay

The estate that put Marlborough sauvignon blanc on the world map.

Dining room of a Wellington restaurant
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French Bistro · Wellington · Featherston St

Hugo's Bistro

All-day bistro with a long zinc bar and a wine list focussed on small NZ growers.

Vines outside Te Awanga in Hawke's Bay
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Historic Winery · Taradale · Hawke's Bay

Mission Estate Winery

Founded 1851 — New Zealand's oldest winery and a destination restaurant.

Freshly shucked oysters on ice
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Game & Wood-Fire · Auckland · Mt Eden

Cazador

Long-running family restaurant specialising in wild game and wood-fired cooking.

Counter of a Wellington coffee shop
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Café & Wine Bar · Wellington · Cuba St

Floriditas

All-day Cuba Street institution; mornings for pastries, evenings for a glass of riesling.

Netted vines ripening in a Marlborough vineyard
Olivier Lemoine / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Winery · Havelock North · Hawke's Bay

Te Mata Estate

New Zealand's oldest winery estate still in production; Coleraine is its benchmark red.

A hillside vineyard above the sea on Waiheke Island
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Vineyard & Beachfront Tasting · Waiheke Island

Man O' War

Tasting room on the sand at the far east end of Waiheke; reached by a long gravel road.

A café counter in Napier, Hawke's Bay
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Modern Bistro · Napier · Hawke's Bay

Bistronomy

Set-menu cooking out of a small Napier kitchen, built almost entirely on local growers.

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Last checked 21 August 2026