Picton Wine Tour - Toni was a great guide, her friendship and knowledge with the vintors made the tour great! We had a great experience meeting Howard and Julie at Gibson Bridge Vineyard.

Marlborough Picton day wine tour - Toni looked after us with 3 winery visits , plenty of time for a relaxed lunch & very generous tastings promptly organised. Great commentary & wonderful views along the way . Lucky to have only a group of 4 , so certainly no complaints - would highly recommend & great value compared to onboard cruise excursions

Great day with Discovery Wine Tours - We had a fantastic day out with Toni and Discovery Wine Tours (formerly Na Clachan Wine Tours). We were picked up from the cruise shuttle drop-off point as expected. First stop was Saint Clair winery for a lovely lunch on their patio. Then we visited four other wineries. At each stop, the winery was expecting us and a table was set aside for the small group. The tastings were handled efficiently and professionally by friendly staff at each winery. We learned a lot about the local wine industry in the Marlborough region from Toni, and she made everyone feel welcome, whether they were wine connoisseurs or newbies. This was really a relaxed and enjoyable day and we were happy to be in Toni's hands for this outing. Van was clean and comfortable, and it was easy to hear Toni's commentary, even for those of us sitting in the very back seat. Highly recommended!

Great time with Bill our guide. - We visited five wineries and enjoyed many of the wines of New Zealand. The region around Picton is beautiful and all of the wineries were welcoming and friendly. I would go again.

Great day of wine! - We had a great experience with Fiscovery Wine Tours! Toni was our guide and she was such fun. Very accommodating to special requests and made sure we were on time but never felt rushed. We went to 5 tastings and had a variety of wines. Lunch was also delicious at St Clair Winery. Fun group, great guide and all around wonderful day.

Picton Cruise Wine Tour - Private - After much too-ing and fro-ing, Chris came up with a wonderful tour for 22 people off the Grand Princess cruise ship, while we were in Picton for the day early in April. Without exception, every single person raved about our wine tour right up to disembarkation today. The weather was lovely, the scenery outstanding and the wines.....well! Need i say more? Picton was our first introduction to new Zealand, and it did not fail! We fell in love with the country on our first day there. And Chris helped this dream come true. I bought some wine to bring home, and it arrived, safely wrapped in clothing. Thank you Chris - you are without exception, the BEST!! From 22 VERY happy people including myself.

Great Tour - We had a great tour with Chris, as part of a small group on the Majestic Princess on 3rd Feb 2023 (with Andy P who did an earlier review). Chris met us early at the meeting point, we stopped for a good view across to the ship on our way to Blenheim, and we visited Lawson’s Dry Hills, Rock Ferry, St. Clair (where we had a very nice lunch), the famous Cloudy Bay, and Nautilus Wines, with a final stop at Makana Chocolates. Chris kept us to schedule and is very knowledgeable about wines and wine-making - all in all, it was a great day out and reasonably priced compared to what the ship tour charged and covered, Would recommend Na Clachan Wine Tours if you are looking for a good tour in this area.

Scenic winery tour of Picton - Chris and Toni showed us a fantastic wine tasting day out in picton on our private shore excursion for five We visited four fabulous wineries where we had wine tastings. One was a French inspired winery with tastings in a beautiful church. Very scenic location Lunch was at No 1 family winery which was excellent. Lunch was at your own cost as are the tastings. I had the local mussels for lunch and they were delicious as were everyone else’s s chosen meals. Lunch included a free wine tasting which was quite nice. A gallery is also on this site and worth a look We visited the local chocolate factory for dessert for some tastings and purchases if you wish. Chris and Toni were a lot of fun and knew all about grapes and the local winemakers We were back in plenty of time for the shuttle back to the ship Highly recommend this tour.

Excellent tour guide - Great to see our tour guide Chris was early to meet our group cos this allowed us to go to a scenic lookout to get a great photo of our ship. Interesting informative commentary throughout the day. We visited 5 wineries, one national and 4 boutique. Just about all the wines we tasted were excellent or very great and the rest personal choice. Not a criticism of the tour but wineries were very busy and the staff couldn’t devote the time they might wish. Would very much recommend this tour to cruise ship passengers, particularly as the tour very reasonably priced for what you get.

Excellent wine tour from cruise ship - Our cruise ship stop in Picton left us plenty for time for a 10am to 4 pm wine tour with Na Clachan Wine Tours. The best thing about this tour (besides the wine of course) was Chris's expert knowledge of his subject, elaborating on the explanations we received at each winery. We had thought that our tour would be just all Sauvignon Blancs, but we were very surprised to experience other Marlborough wines such as Albarino, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir and of course the very light Rose wines. We visited Nautilus, Rock Ferry, Saint Clair, Whitehaven and Forrest wineries, with sufficient extra time for the Makana Chocolate Factory and a visit to a lookout overlooking the ship. Lunch was at our own expense at Saint Clair, with a variety of light or substantial meals on offer. Many thanks to Chris for a well-planned and most enjoyable day.