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As always, please do not attend the evening’s presentation if you feel unwell. Thanks, your committee.

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  1. Read our Membership rules
  2. Complete the online membership form or download and complete the print form and bring with you to our next tasting
  3. Join us at our next event.

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We encourage you to join us as a guest including paying the guest price for events before you join. So feel free to attend one or two events to make sure. After that sign-up and well you’ll receive all the benefits of membership.

Cost to members

We try to keep the cost to members as affordable as possible. Our subscriptions are $25/year, and our door charge is between $10 to $20 each event, depending on the support offered by the presenters which cover the cost of wines we are tasting on the night, light supper, room hire & presenter gifts.

Blog

On The Up: Felton Road named top winery for 2025, wins second year in a row

On The Up: Felton Road named top winery for 2025, wins second year in a row

Editor – 31 May, 2025
Stephanie Holmes, Editor - Lifestyle Brands NZ Herald | May, 2025 New Zealand's top 50 wineries have been named in an annual awards list. Blair Walter, winemaker from Central Otago...
Looking Ahead

Looking Ahead

EvelynD – 31 May, 2025
Mid-year dinner July is your Club’s mid-year dinner. This July it is to be held at Le Bouillon Bel Air Restaurant in Tory Street, Wellington CBD. The event cost is...
Committee Musings June ’25

Committee Musings June ’25

EvelynD – 31 May, 2025
AGM Following the AGM, the committee received confirmation that the Club website was now up to date with all the AGM reports, as well as the new club rules. Starting...
Looking Back – AGM May ’25

Looking Back – AGM May ’25

EvelynD – 31 May, 2025
Thanks to all those that attended the Club’s AGM. It was a short and succinct meeting, with all the important matters passed or discussed in a timely matter. For those...
Bladen Wines presented by Blair Macdonald

Bladen Wines presented by Blair Macdonald

EvelynD – 31 May, 2025
Wednesday 11th June | 8 pm start Door Price: Members $15 / Guests $19 Cellar Door Bladen Wines - 83  Conders Bend Road, Renwick, Marlborough In 1989, Christine and Dave...
Top Wineries of New Zealand 2025 and award winners announced

Top Wineries of New Zealand 2025 and award winners announced

Editor – 13 May, 2025
Stephen Wong MW in The Real Review | May 12, 2025 It is that time of year—the culmination of a year’s worth of tastings and reviews, averaging just under 2,000...
IMBIBE Mermaidary tracks the rise of the ‘heartbreak grape’ pinot noir

IMBIBE Mermaidary tracks the rise of the ‘heartbreak grape’ pinot noir

Editor – 7 May, 2025
@April NZ House and Garden  The ‘heartbreak grape’ Pinot Noir Pinot noir is a beloved wine variety in NZ, favoured for its elegantly balanced fruit, florals and lithe profile. It’s...
5-Course French Degustation Dinner at Tartines Café, Eastbourne, May ’25

5-Course French Degustation Dinner at Tartines Café, Eastbourne, May ’25

EvelynD – 7 May, 2025
The French dinner, advertised to the Club by Murray, who couldn’t attend, was hosted by Mission wines. As a follow up the Mission evening in March, a few of us...
Committee Musings May ’25

Committee Musings May ’25

EvelynD – 7 May, 2025
Thanks It was great to have everyone help with the tables and chairs at the start of last months’ meeting and taking the same down after the meeting. Also taking...
Looking Back – 2024 NZIW Gold Medal Winners, Apr ’24

Looking Back – 2024 NZIW Gold Medal Winners, Apr ’24

EvelynD – 6 May, 2025
Wayne, with Michael and Murray presenting to the Club What a brilliant evening! Organised by Wayne, who purchased the winning wines in a timely manner so he could secure every...
Cloudy Bay, clear vision: the roundabout story of New Zealand’s most famous wine

Cloudy Bay, clear vision: the roundabout story of New Zealand’s most famous wine

Editor – 19 April, 2025
Douglas Blyde 17Apr 2025 | The London Standard ‘After our first vintage, my Italian viticulture professor came over with tears in his eyes’ The founder of Cloudy Bay wine, David...
Wine in 2025: key trends to shape the global industry

Wine in 2025: key trends to shape the global industry

Editor – 31 March, 2025
Sophie Arundel db | 7 January 2025 From experiential marketing to bright whites, 2025 is set to see trends prioritising wellness, innovation and sustainability, according to a report by AF&CO....
New Zealand wine sales in US increase, for 16th year in a row

New Zealand wine sales in US increase, for 16th year in a row

Editor – 31 March, 2025
Morningreport | 21 April 2023 Sales of New Zealand wine have increased in the US - "a bright spot in an otherwise declining import sector", the New Zealand Winegrowers industry...
Committee Musings April ’25

Committee Musings April ’25

EvelynD – 31 March, 2025
AGM The committee has begun preparations for the forthcoming AGM and the formal Agenda for this meeting. Included with the agenda are a number of Notices of Motion that relate...
Gold Medal Winners from the New Zealand International Wine Show October 2024

Gold Medal Winners from the New Zealand International Wine Show October 2024

EvelynD – 31 March, 2025
Hosted by Wayne Kennedy, Murray Jaspers and Michael Kuus Wednesday 9th April, 8 pm Start Door Price: Members $16 / Guests $20 Immediately after the Gold Medal Winners from the...
Kiwi winemaker takes top accolade in the Sakura Japan Women’s Wine Awards

Kiwi winemaker takes top accolade in the Sakura Japan Women’s Wine Awards

Editor – 3 March, 2025
Charlotte Cowan, The Shout | February 27, 2025 Winemaker Diana Katardzhieva “Best Woman Winemaker” 2025 Sakura Women’s Wine Awards Whitehaven Senior Winemaker Diana Katardzhieva has been named “Best Woman Winemaker”...
Gisborne winemaker cancels harvest after motorcycle accident

Gisborne winemaker cancels harvest after motorcycle accident

Editor – 3 March, 2025
Gisborne Herald 12th Feb 2025 Gisborne winemaker Geoff Wright has been forced to cancel this year’s grape harvest after breaking his leg in a motorcycle accident. Wright, who owns Wrights...
Committee Musings Mar ’25

Committee Musings Mar ’25

EvelynD – 3 March, 2025
Condolenses The committee sent flowers and a card to Gayl to note Mike’s passing, and there was a good turnout at the celebration of his life on Friday 21st Feb,...
Looking Back – Del Mundo with Lucus

Looking Back – Del Mundo with Lucus

EvelynD – 3 March, 2025
2023 Rosé - 100% Cabernet Sauvignon (Medoc, France) We started the evening with a French Chateau Laubespin Rosé. Lucus’ presentation was lively with a sprinkling of history and news of...
Tasting – Mission Wines, Hawkes Bay w/Tammy Edwards

Tasting – Mission Wines, Hawkes Bay w/Tammy Edwards

EvelynD – 3 March, 2025
A heritage like no other - Mission Estate Winery Wednesday 12th March, 8pm Door Price: Members $6 / Guests $10 Reaching NZ shores in 1838, pioneering French missionaries founded a...

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