Information about Early Bird Bonus Release

Your festival passport unlocks a tasting experience with each Vineyard. Redeem the offers below to get your passport stamped. 

Transport shuttles to the Eastern End Vineyards have limited space and are offered to early bird festival full ticket buyers. Be sure to buy your full tickets early to receive instructions on how to book your transport to these Vineyards. Booking instructions for Eastern End Vineyards will be emailed to you prior to the event.

The Eastern End Vineyards are Poderi Crisci, Passage Rock and Man O War.

Each passport holder can only redeem 1 tasting.

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Cable Bay

Cable Bay

A wine and food pairing of Cable Bay Rocky Vineyard Pinot Rose 2020 with a Charcoal Tempura and Wasabi Mayo.

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Mudbrick

Mudbrick

Enjoy a taste of Mudbrick's award-winning wine and cuisine with a freshly prepared Amuse Bouche paired perfectly with a glass of Mudbrick's Waiheke Island wine.

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Casita Miro

Casita Miro

2 half glasses of Miro wine, with two Basque-inspired, matched tapas a top!

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Wild Estate

Wild Estate

3 x Wild Estate tastings (Rose, Pinot Gris, Wilding BDX Blend) served with a side of olives.

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Stonyridge

Stonyridge

Receive a glass of selected Waiheke Wine and a ticket to the Stonyridge DJ event on Saturday 21 May. Enter before 5 pm for your free entry to be valid.

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Te Motu

Te Motu

One glass of 'The Shed' Rose with locally sourced canapes.

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Waiheke Wine Centre

Waiheke Wine Centre

Visit The Waiheke Wine Centre in Oneroa Village to experience the tastes of Woodside Hill, French Man’s Hill Estate, Postage Stamp Wines and Peacock Sky Wines.

Waiheke Wine Centre Festival specials:

  • Purchase 6 bottles of Waiheke Island wines – receive a 10% discount
  • Purchase 12 bottles of Waiheke Island wines – receive a 20% discount

Subject to availability, only available to passport holders.

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Peacock Sky

Peacock Sky

Taste Peacock Sky Wines at the Waiheke Wine Centre in Oneroa.

Festival Passport holders are invited to taste six of Peacock Sky’s Wines at the Wine Centre. Tastings include:

  • 2016 Blanc de Noirs (bubbles)
  • 2020 Rose
  • 2015 Merlot Malbec
  • 2015 Cote de la Colline
  • 2017 Delicatesse
  • first-time taste of the 2019 RESERVE CABERNET Sauvignon, (bottled under cork).

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Postage Stamp

Postage Stamp

Taste a Postage Stamp Wine at the Waiheke Wine Centre in Oneroa. Be entered into our draw where you stand a chance to win an original Peter Rees Photography art piece.

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Woodside Hill

Woodside Hill

Taste 3 Woodside Hill Wines with bread & No 29 Olive Oil at the Waiheke Wine Centre in Oneroa.

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Frenchmans Hill

Frenchman's Hill

Taste a French Man’s Hill Red wine paired with a beef type canape at the Waiheke Wine Centre in Oneroa.

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Poderi Crisci

Poderi Crisci

Flight of 4 Wines accompanied with a selection of Antipasti style garden vegetables and homemade grissini breadsticks, Italian inspired Bread, estate olives and olive oils.

Transport shuttle space to this Vineyard is limited. Early Bird buyers of the full ticket will receive email instructions for shuttle bookings 2 weeks before the event.

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Passage Rock

Passage Rock

Zwiebelkuchen is a luscious caramelized onion and cream pie from Swabia, south-central Germany. Autumn in that region is a special time of the year. Traditionally winemakers open their barn or garage and serve their new wine with fresh Zwiebelkuchen pie.

Passage Rock will be emulating this Mosel tradition by tasting 3 wines including a "green" new wine alongside warm Zwibelkuchen.

Transport shuttle space to this Vineyard is limited. Early Bird buyers of the full ticket will receive email instructions for shuttle bookings 2 weeks before the event.

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Man O' War

Man O' War

A glass of Gravestone Sauvignon/Semillon 2018 with freshly shucked Te Matuku Oysters.

Transport shuttle space to this Vineyard is limited. Early Bird buyers of the full ticket will receive email instructions for shuttle bookings 2 weeks before the event.