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Hawke's Bay wine tours, private and hosted.

Four hosted days through New Zealand's oldest wine region, in an electric-first fleet with a local host. Priced per person, in New Zealand dollars, GST included.

Guests sharing a wine tasting at a terrace table above the vines on a hosted Hawke's Bay wine tour

Electric Executive runs four private hosted tours in Hawke's Bay: the four hour Great Wine Capital Discovery from $225 NZD per person, the five hour Signature from $445, the seven hour Reserve with lunch at Craggy Range from $780, and the six hour Artisan Producers Tour from $695.

Hawke's Bay is a Great Wine Capital, one of eleven in the world and the only one in New Zealand. Our tours are private and hosted, which means the vehicle is yours for the day, every reservation is held for you in advance, and your host knows the winemakers by name. Every departure collects you from your accommodation anywhere in Napier, Hastings, Havelock North or Cape Kidnappers, and returns you there. Arriving by air? Our private Hawke's Bay transfers and published fares are set out separately. Visiting from overseas? Read our guides for American, Australian and UK travellers.

Hawke's Bay Experiences is now part of Electric Executive. Arriving from hbexperiences.com? You are in the right place. Our touring programme won the Best Of Wine Tourism award for Sustainable Wine Tourism Practices in 2026 under the Hawke's Bay Experiences name, and Electric Executive won it again in 2027. Travel agents and trade partners can book through info@elecexec.co.nz as before, or read our trade information.

Compare the four tours

Discovery

Duration: 4 hours
Stops: 1 winery, Ātea a Rangi, Te Mata Peak
Lunch: No
From: $225 pp

Signature

Duration: 5 hours
Stops: 3 wineries
Lunch: No, light platters
From: $445 pp

Reserve

Duration: 7 hours, 10:00 to 17:00
Stops: 3 award-winning wineries
Lunch: Yes, Craggy Range
From: $780 pp

Artisan Producers

Duration: 6 hours, 10:00 to 16:00
Stops: 5 producers
Lunch: Yes, Te Mata Figs
From: $695 pp

From prices are per person for a party of seven, in NZD, GST included. Minimum two guests. Times are New Zealand time.

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Award-winning touring

Best Of Wine Tourism Award of Excellence, Sustainable Wine Tourism Practices, 2026 and 2027.

Great Wine Capitals Global Network. Qualmark Silver.

About the award

4 hours

Great Wine Capital Discovery

A four hour introduction to Hawke's Bay that blends world-class viticulture, ancient Māori navigation and the landscape that shaped both. We collect you from your accommodation and travel out to the coast at Ātea a Rangi, where the Celestial Compass tells the story of how traditional navigators read the stars, the sun and the moon to cross the Pacific.

From the coast we turn inland to Te Mata Estate, New Zealand's oldest family-owned winery, for a signature Discovery Tasting among the vineyards that built the region's reputation. We finish at the summit of Te Mata Peak, 399 metres up, with 360 degree views over the Tukituki Valley and the Pacific.

Te Mata Estate Discovery Tasting
Ātea a Rangi Celestial Compass, with commentary
Te Mata Peak summit
Private vehicle and host for the duration
Pickup and return to your Hawke's Bay accommodation

Guest price per person, NZD, GST included

2 guests$540

3 guests$425

4 guests$330

5 guests$300

6 guests$255

7 guests$225

Minimum 2 guests. Larger groups and multi-vehicle programmes by arrangement. The Discovery does not include food.

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5 hours

Great Wine Capital Signature

Five hours across three internationally acclaimed wineries, with a guided tasting at each and light platters along the way. This is a tasting tour rather than a lunch tour. The suggested route runs Craggy Range, then Te Mata Estate with an additional Coleraine tasting, then the Smith & Sheth Lieux-Dits tasting flight in the Oenotheque at the Village Exchange.

Lieux-Dits translates as "named places". The flight pours five single-vineyard Smith & Sheth wines from three distinguished vineyards across three Hawke's Bay sub-regions, each expressing the soils and climate that make it, and it is served with a light platter of cheeses.

Your tastings come paired with light platters: cheeses and charcuterie at Craggy Range, and cheeses with the Smith & Sheth Lieux-Dits flight. They do not replace a full lunch. For a full premium lunch, upgrade to the Reserve, which includes a two and a half hour Signature Table set menu at Craggy Range.

Hawke's Bay wineries sit ten to twenty minutes apart. That is the quiet advantage of this region: five hours here covers ground that would take eight anywhere else.

Guided tastings at three wineries
Light platters at Craggy Range (cheeses and charcuterie) and Smith & Sheth (cheeses)
Commentary on the region's varietals and winemaking
Private vehicle and host for the duration
Pickup and return to your accommodation

Guest price per person, NZD, GST included

2 guests$795

3 guests$595

4 guests$595

5 guests$495

6 guests$495

7 guests$445

Minimum 2 guests. Lunch is not included. Beverages and wine pairing are not included.

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7 hours, 10:00 to 17:00, New Zealand time, Tuesday to Saturday

Great Wine Capital Reserve

A full day at the pace the region deserves, and every stop on it is a Great Wine Capitals Best Of Wine Tourism winner. Church Road took the Global award in 2026, the only New Zealand winner that year. Craggy Range has won Architecture and Landscape and Culinary Experiences twice each. Smith & Sheth have won Innovative Wine Tourism Experiences three years running. Your hosts hold Sustainable Wine Tourism Practices for 2026 and 2027.

The day closes with the Smith & Sheth Lieux-Dits flight in the Oenotheque at the Village Exchange: five single-vineyard wines from three Hawke's Bay sub-regions, served with a cheese platter. Lieux-Dits translates as "named places".

At the centre of the day sits the Signature Table set menu lunch at Craggy Range, taken in the shadow of the Te Mata Peak escarpment in one of the most beautiful winery settings in New Zealand. The kitchen runs an 800 square metre organic garden on the property. We set aside two and a half hours for it, and we build the pace of the day to make that unhurried.

The Icon Tasting at Church Road, current release TOM wines beside cellar-aged vintages
The Craggy Range Wine Experience, five current release Estate wines and one Prestige wine
Five single-vineyard wines in the Lieux-Dits flight, served with a cheese platter
Signature Table set menu lunch at Craggy Range Winery, two and a half hours, booked on your behalf
All winery and restaurant bookings arranged for you
Private vehicle and host for the full day

The day, hour by hour

10:00Pickup from your accommodation
10:30Church Road, Taradale. The Icon Tasting
12:00Craggy Range. The Craggy Range Wine Experience
13:00Signature Table set menu lunch at Craggy Range, two and a half hours
15:45Smith & Sheth Lieux-Dits tasting flight with a cheese platter, Oenotheque at the Village Exchange
17:00Return to your accommodation

Guest price per person, NZD, GST included

2 guests$1,150

3 guests$880

4 guests$880

5 guests$820

6 guests$820

7 guests$780

Minimum 2 guests. We substitute Black Barn Bistro if Craggy Range is unavailable. Beverages and wine pairing with lunch are not included.

Reserve, full details Enquire about the Reserve

6 hours, 10:00 to 16:00

Artisan Producers Tour

Hawke's Bay feeds the country. This is the day you meet the people who grow it, make it and sell it, and hear their stories first hand.

Six hours through Hawke's Bay's artisanal producers, seven days a week. Hawthorne Coffee Roastery, Arataki Honey, an orchard tour and platter lunch at Te Mata Figs, afternoon tea at Birdwoods, and real fruit ice cream at Bay Blue or the Strawberry Patch, depending on the season. Saturdays open at Bellatino's Food Lovers Market, Sundays at the Farmers' Market.

Private vehicle and expert local host for the full day
Monday to Friday: meet the roaster at Hawthorne Coffee Roastery over a coffee of your choice, then a tasting in the Arataki Honey tasting room and a visit to its education centre
Saturday: coffee and a showcase of local products at Bellatino's Food Lovers Market, then the Arataki Honey tasting room and education centre
Sunday: the Hawke's Bay Farmers' Market, with coffee, producer stories, samples and a market bag
Orchard tour and platter lunch in the Figgery at Te Mata Figs
Afternoon tea at Birdwoods in the conservatory, then ostrich feeding, the sculpture garden and the old-fashioned sweet shop
Real fruit ice cream and fresh fruit at Bay Blue's Market Shed (Friday to Sunday, November to Easter) or the Strawberry Patch
Artisan product gift bag, filled with products gathered through the day. Monday to Saturday it begins with an Arataki goodie bag, including a honey.
Sunday gift bag: it begins with a Farmers' Market bag, filled as the day goes on.

Guest price per person, NZD, GST included

2 guests$995

3 guests$850

4 guests$850

5 guests$750

6 guests$750

7 guests$695

Minimum 2 guests, maximum 7 published, eight or more by quotation. Children 5 to 12 at 50 percent of the per-person rate, under 5 free. Seven days a week on three itineraries, at the same price, and unchanged on Napier cruise ship days. Private hosted tastings and a long lunch variation are available on request.

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Bespoke day · NZD · GST included

Our four hosted tours run exactly as published. We do not swap venues or add courses, because each day is built and booked as one piece and every reservation is held in advance.

For any other day, send us your own itinerary, including one written in ChatGPT, Gemini or another AI tool. We would be delighted to run it. An AI tool can write the plan. It cannot hold a tasting time, confirm a lunch table or know that a cellar door closes early that day.

We check every stop against real opening hours, tasting times and drive times.
We make every winery, producer and restaurant reservation on your behalf.
We return a priced, confirmed day by email, in New Zealand time.

Bespoke day with a hostPer vehicle, not per person. Two hour minimum. Venue costs pass through at cost, with no margin added.$240NZD per hour

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Good to know

All tours are private. You do not share the vehicle with anyone else.
Prices are per person and include GST. Minimum two guests.
Infants aged 0 to 4 travel free of charge. Children aged 5 to 12 receive 50 percent off the per-person rate.
Groups of eight or more, and multi-vehicle programmes, are arranged by quotation.
Tours run by arrangement, seven days a week, year round. You choose the start time and we build the day around it. We do not operate on Christmas Day.
We are happy to assist guests with limited mobility, and a folding wheelchair or walking frame travels with you. Our vehicles are not certified Total Mobility vehicles, so we cannot carry a passenger who remains seated in a wheelchair.
Our fleet is electric-first. The BYD Atto 3, Tesla Model Y and Mercedes-Benz eVito are fully electric. The Mercedes-Benz Sprinter and V-Class are diesel, and we use them for larger groups.
Cancellation is free more than 30 days before the tour date, 50 percent between 30 and 14 days, and 100 percent inside 14 days.
Electric Executive holds the Great Wine Capitals Best Of Wine Tourism Award of Excellence, Sustainable Wine Tourism Practices, 2026 and 2027, and is Qualmark Silver certified. Read about the award. The New Zealand Herald featured Electric Executive among this year's Hawke's Bay Best Of Wine Tourism winners in September 2026. Read the article.

Private access

What we arrange that you cannot book online.

An AI tool can name a venue. It cannot open a door that is closed to the public. These are the visits our relationships make possible. Some sit inside our published tours, and we add the rest to a bespoke day.

Ātea a Rangi, the Celestial Compass

We hold official access to Ātea a Rangi, the star compass on the Hawke's Bay coast, and our hosts share its story through an approved cultural interpretation script. You hear how traditional navigators read the stars, the sun and the moon to cross the Pacific, told with the care the site deserves. It opens our Great Wine Capital Discovery and joins any bespoke day on request.

Private hosted honey tastings at Arataki Honey, arranged on request.
Hosted visits at Hawthorne Coffee Roastery and Te Mata Figs, and a coffee cupping at the FirstHand Coffee Workroom.
Hosted tours of the organic farm at Hōhepa Hawke's Bay.
Private tastings at St Andrews Limes and Six Barrel Soda.
An owner-hosted orchard and tunnel house visit at Bay Blue, arranged on request.
Winemaker-hosted group tastings, including Fig Alley at Black Barn.
Held reservations at Craggy Range, both tasting times and the Signature Table set menu lunch.
Wharf pickup from your cruise ship for private bookings of six guests or more.

Your host

A named host, not a driver.

Every tour runs with one host for the whole day. We tell you who it is when we confirm your booking.

Duncan Darroch

Founder. A trained winemaker, with a University of Auckland Postgraduate Diploma in Wine Science with Distinction, the 2007 vintage at Kumeu River and four years at Villa Maria, then a decade teaching science.

Heather Clinton

Formerly of Zest Food Tours Wellington, Heather curates and hosts our Artisan Producers tours, leading with food, people and what makes Hawke's Bay tick.

Niki Willis

Decades of professional driving and wine tour hosting across Hawke's Bay wine country.

Meet the whole team

When the day changes

What happens when a day goes sideways.

An itinerary is only a plan. A good day depends on what happens when that plan meets a delayed flight, a closed cellar door or a vehicle that cannot run. We plan for each of those before you arrive.

A backup vehicle, always. We hold a backup vehicle on every operating day. If a vehicle cannot run, another one collects you.
Your flight, monitored. We track your flight and start complimentary waiting from actual landing: 30 minutes for a domestic flight and 90 minutes for an international flight.
A closed venue, replaced. If a venue on a published tour closes on your day, we substitute an equivalent award-winning estate: Black Barn for Craggy Range, Mission Estate for Church Road, and Te Mata Estate or Black Barn for Smith & Sheth, choosing one not already on your route.
A person on the phone. Our duty number, +64 21 025 87832, answers by call or WhatsApp on the day.
Vetted, trained hosts. Every host is Police vetted, passes driver safety testing and holds a comprehensive first aid certificate.
Licensed and insured. Small Passenger Service Licence 0332519, $10 million NZD public liability cover, and Qualmark Silver.

Questions

Wine tour questions, answered.

How much does a wine tour in Hawke's Bay cost?

Our hosted tours are priced per person in New Zealand dollars, GST included, and the per-person rate falls as the group grows. The four hour Great Wine Capital Discovery runs from $225 per person for a party of seven up to $540 per person for two. The five hour Signature runs from $445 to $795. The seven hour Reserve, which runs 10:00 to 17:00 Tuesday to Saturday, is $780 to $1,150 per person. The six hour Artisan Producers Tour runs from $695 to $995.

How long is a Hawke's Bay wine tour?

Four hours for the Great Wine Capital Discovery and five hours for the Signature. The Reserve is seven hours and runs 10:00 to 17:00 New Zealand time, Tuesday to Saturday. The Artisan Producers Tour is six hours and runs 10:00 to 16:00 New Zealand time, seven days a week. Each begins and ends at your own accommodation.

Which wineries do you visit?

The Signature visits Craggy Range, Te Mata Estate and Smith & Sheth, where the tasting is the Lieux-Dits flight. The Reserve visits Church Road, Craggy Range and Smith & Sheth, closing with the same Lieux-Dits flight. The Discovery includes a Discovery Tasting at Te Mata Estate. Hawke's Bay wineries sit ten to twenty minutes apart, which is why a five hour day here covers three estates comfortably.

Is lunch included?

On two of the four tours. The Reserve includes a set menu lunch at Craggy Range Winery, and the Artisan Producers Tour includes a platter lunch at Te Mata Figs, with afternoon tea at Birdwoods later in the day as a separate sitting. The five hour Signature pairs its tastings with light platters, cheeses and charcuterie at Craggy Range and cheeses with the Smith & Sheth Lieux-Dits flight, but does not include a full lunch. For a full premium lunch, upgrade to the Reserve. The four hour Discovery does not include food. Beverages and wine pairing are not included on any tour.

Do you pick up from my hotel?

Yes. Every tour collects you from and returns you to your accommodation anywhere in Napier, Hastings, Havelock North or Cape Kidnappers, at no extra charge.

How many people can come on a tour?

Minimum two guests. We publish per-person pricing for parties of two through seven. Groups of eight or more, and multi-vehicle programmes, are arranged by quotation.

Can children join a wine tour?

Yes. Infants aged 0 to 4 travel free of charge, and children aged 5 to 12 receive 50 percent off the per-person touring rate. Tell us their ages when you book so we fit the correct child restraints.

How do I book a Hawke's Bay wine tour?

Email info@elecexec.co.nz or call +64 6 211 2600. Tell us your dates, the number of guests, where you are staying and which tour interests you, and we will confirm availability and hold the date. You can also use our booking and contact page. We confirm every booking by email, and we make the winery and restaurant reservations on your behalf.

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