Bubbly Grape Wine Tours
Bubbly Grape Wine Tours
Bubbly Grape Wine Tours
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8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
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8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Tuesday
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Wednesday
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Thursday
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Friday
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Saturday
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Sunday
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
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Winners of the Luxury Travel and Lifestyle Awards for wine tour operator of the year! Bubbly family owned relaxed wine tour with hosts as Effervescent as Champagne! Smaller group sizes, tasting incredible wines from the world famous Marlborough Wine region in a safe informative environment. We pick you up from your accommodation in our comfortable Mercedes Vehicles, where you can taste all the varieties that this area has to offer. Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris, Riesling, Gewurztraminer, Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir and of course Sparkling Wines. Let us be the highlight of your New Zealand visit. Let us Drive You To Drink!!
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KiwiNz
Raumati Beach, New Zealand34 contributions
Mar 2022
A great day out (even though our group couldn't believe we would be drinking wine so early in the morning .... but we did !! )
Mike our guide was very informative about the area and the wineries. He is clearly respected within this region and has a great relationship with the wineries we visited.
He read our group well and adjusted his input and banter accordingly.
thanks for a great day out - will highly recommend :)
Mike our guide was very informative about the area and the wineries. He is clearly respected within this region and has a great relationship with the wineries we visited.
He read our group well and adjusted his input and banter accordingly.
thanks for a great day out - will highly recommend :)
Written 6 March 2022
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2bubble
Thank you for spending the day with us, and for your super review.
After three days of walking the Queen Charlotte track we are sure that you deserved to have a few drinks. :)
The Bubbly Grape is looking forward to seeing you all again one day (and Mike promises to serenade you on the bagpipes only after you have been to at least four wineries)
Written 15 April 2022
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Lyana Ross
2 contributions
Feb 2022
We had a lovely afternoon doing the wine tour with Mike. Mike knew all about the vineyards the area and the wine. We learnt and tasted a lot.
Written 1 March 2022
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2bubble
Thank you very much for your super review. Mike told me that he had a really nice afternoon with you and that your enthusiasm and enjoyment of the day and the wines was infectious
Written 15 April 2022
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LizziWhaley
Auckland, New Zealand21 contributions
Apr 2021 • Couples
Such a fabulous day trip around the Blenheim vineyards. A well curated cross section of places to experience. Highly recommended! Even though I’m a kiwi I learned so much about the region I didn’t know.
Written 30 April 2021
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2bubble
Thank you so much Lizzi and Anna, and I am absolutely delighted that you had a great day.
Your enthusiasm and your interest in the region encouraged me to do additional research that brought my knowledge a little bit closer to being able to answer some of the very good questions that you asked.
I look forward to welcoming you both to another of the tours that we offer
Written 5 May 2021
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mmcgrath123
Dublin, Ireland3 contributions
Oct 2020
Our group of 16 had a fantastic day with Gary & Steve, everyone thoroughly enjoyed the experience and great service offered by Bubbly Grape. Gary was fantastic to deal with in organising the day and everything flowed really well. 10/10 would recommend.
Written 9 November 2020
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2bubble
Thanks Maeve. . . .
Positive reviews like yours encourage us to keep trying to make our tours as relaxed and easy to enjoy as possible.
Everyone who books a Bubbly Tour has a different expectation, and I hope that we can continue to provide the best possible experience of their time with us.
Cheers
Gary
Written 10 November 2020
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AshAlexi
1 contribution
Oct 2020 • Friends
Gary and Steve were the best tour guides! We were a group of 16 and Bubbly Grape tours accommodated us and helped plan this awesome experience. My favourite part of the tour was definitely Framingham Wines and Clos Henri! 💯
Written 8 November 2020
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2bubble
Hello AshAlexi and thanks a million for your review. We are very happy to have been able to make your day with us into a memorable one and thoroughly enjoyed being able to spend the day with you - especially the impromptu music session at Framingham - and we would love to see you all again for another selection of Marlborough wineries
Written 8 November 2020
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Onlychild21
Pittsburgh, PA26 contributions
Mar 2020
Gary from Bubbly Grape wine tour was fantastic! Not only was he extremely informative and lots of fun, our tour with him through the Marlborough wine country was one of the highlights of our entire trip throughout New Zealand. My daughter and I would highly recommend them to anyone who enjoys great wine and good times. We are grape full that we found them after doing extensive research by reading all their outstanding reviews which are truly well deserved.
Written 20 July 2020
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2bubble
Wow! Onlychild. Thank you so much for your wonderful review. I am truly humbled when guests on one of my tours enjoy themselves to the full and take away great memories of the Marlborough wineries and Bubbly Grape.
I enjoyed your pun (grape full). It makes your review truly 'memorabubble' :)
Written 24 July 2020
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Mark Rafferty
Belfast, UK7 contributions
Jan 2020 • Couples
We had an amazing day on the Bubbly Wine Tour when in New Zealand on honeymoon. Our host Katrina was fantastic and fun from start to finish. The wine tour was excellent and the knowledge from the vineyards was unbelievable. A thoroughly recommended day trip! This is a belated review from January 2019.
Written 15 June 2020
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2bubble
Hi Mark. (15 Jan if my memory serves me correctly? :)
Thank you for your super review, it means a lot to all of us when guests have a day with us that leaves them with great memories. We very much look forward to seeing you again.If you have any pictures of yourselves on the tour and would like to feature on our website, please email them to me.
Written 16 June 2020
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Melissa L
Wellington, New Zealand109 contributions
May 2020 • Friends
Been on tour twice with Bubbly Grapes and both times were wonderful! Definitely recommend - their drivers are always polite, knowledge and lots of fun.
Written 31 May 2020
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2bubble
Hi There. Thank you so much for your great review. My drivers certainly are an amazing bunch to be around and it is always really nice to see guests who have been with us before, with us again. We hope that you enjoyed being driven to drink as much as we enjoy the driving part :)
Written 14 June 2020
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HCharlene P
Mount Pleasant, SC10 contributions
Mar 2020
We knew that Sauvignon blanc is what put New Zealand wines on the world map, and Marlborough is where those grapes grow joyfully, but what we loved most about this tour is that Kathy introduced us to small-production wineries who are making beautiful wines of many varietals. She was very easy-going while still informative. Everywhere we went the people were absolutely lovely and happy to share and explain what they loved to do - make gorgeous wines. This was a high-quality tour that didn't feel rushed, fussy, or at all pretentious. We loved it.
Written 3 April 2020
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2bubble
Thank you.
I find myself (a very rare occasion), to be (almost) at a loss for words, other than a gi-normous thank to everybody that has been on a Bubbly Grape Tour with my fantastic guides in the past 3 months, and have experienced the enthusiasm at, and quality of, so many of the wineries in Marlborough.
I believe that 'Bubbly' not only describes what my company strives to be, but that it encompasses all of the Marlborough wine industry and the people who work in it
Best Wishes
Gary
Written 14 April 2020
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HJH97
Aurora, Canada16 contributions
Feb 2020
Our small group tour from Picton gave us a chance to see the countryside and sample wine at a variety of wineries on a slow relaxed pace. In addition it gave us an opportunity to make some new acquaintances of passengers from our cruise ship. Afterwards it seemed that we met our new friends everyday from then on. Especially nice was the lunch stop that Katina arranged for us where we were able to combine a wine tasting with a delicious lunch at Hunters Wines Marlborough.
Written 30 March 2020
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2bubble
Hello HJH97 and thank you for your review. We are especially glad that in the short time available for cruise ship visitors, we are able to showcase our region and our wines at a relaxed pace.
The on-call lunch stop at Hunters is a welcome addition to their offerings and we are finding that it is especially appreciated by cruise ship visitors who are now able to enjoy a meal without missing out on any of the winery visits that we have planned - on what really is a short visit.
Written 1 April 2020
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fd161
Melbourne, Australia15 contributions
are you able to pick up from Nelson?
2bubble
Blenheim, New Zealand78 contributions
hi there, we don't generally pick up from Nelson as it is over an hour and a half away. If you were a big group we would consider it. Not generally in our busy time of the year though. Best thing to do is email me. cheers Kerry.
Henrietta E
Perth, Western Australia, Australia65 contributions
My husband and I will be staying in anakiwa in late sept for a week. We're interested in a wine tour but won't have transport. How far do you pick up from or is there public transport in to you?
Cheers, Henrietta
2bubble
Blenheim, New Zealand78 contributions
Hi Henrietta. We pickup from Picton and Havelock. Anakiwa adds another 30 - 40 minutes to the pickup and return time which makes it impractical
Hi there, I would like to book a full day tour with my family of 4, 2 adults and 2 kids aged 10 and 2 on 17 July, we'll be staying at Chateau Marlborough, is it possible you could pick us up in the hotel? Thanks Debbie
2bubble
Blenheim, New Zealand78 contributions
Hi Debbie,
Thank you for your message. Unfortunately we are having a break away for 10 days starting on the 14 th so we will be unable to take your family. My suggestion is to try Marlborough Wine Tours. Sorry that I couldn't help for this time.
Regards Kerry.
521Barbara
Brisbane, Australia1 contribution
Hi there,
We are visiting Blenhiem and want to take the gourmet lunch tour on 12 March next year (2016). Could you tell us which wineries you will visit and which winerie we have lunch.
Regards
2bubble
Blenheim, New Zealand78 contributions
HI There,
Thank you for contacting me. We would love to take you on a wine tour of this gorgeous region. We make up the wineries we visit on the day by taking everyone in the van's idea's and make a great day from it. If there are any wineries that you want to visit let me know and we can add them to the list. For the lunch for the Gourmet tour we go to either Brancott, Wither Hills or Allan Scott.
Let me know if you would like to join us :-)
Kindest regards
Kerry.
David Hampton-Trim
Fareham, UK146 contributions
Hi there,
I am looking at the Gourmet Lunch tour for my partner and i.
Couple of questions, where is the pick up/ drop off?
How many wineries are visited in total?
What is the normal group size? We will be looking to visit late September.
Many thanks!
2bubble
Blenheim, New Zealand78 contributions
Hi David,
thank you for your inquiry re a tour with us.
We would love to take you on a tour in late September.
The Gourmet tour is a lovely option. Pick up and drop off would be at your Accommodation in the area. If it is Blenheim we give a complimentary pick up. If it is Picton we charge a $30 fee due to it being 30 km's away. This is a once off fee and not per person. Drop off is also included in that price.
On that tour I normally say between 5 and 6 wineries for the day. This allows time for you to enjoy your lunch and your experiences in the wineries.
We take a maximum of 11 people in our van however late September will probably be a bit quieter so possibly 2 - 6 people.
Let me know if you would like to book a tour, with us when you know your exact dates :-)
Kindest regards
Kerry.