Nga Waka Cellar Door
A warm welcome to our cellar door. Our architecturally award-winning home opened in October 2022. An exquisite setting designed to maximise views of the surrounding hills and nestled on our original Home Block vineyard established in 1988.
Our team are here to make your experience one to remember. Whether your visit is to take part in a guided tasting, or just to sit back with a glass of our award-winning wines.
Cellar Door Hours
Monday & Tuesday | Closed
Wednesday – Sunday | Open – 10am – 4pm
Cellar Door Christmas & New Year’s festive hours below
Our hours are subject to change due to seasonality and public holidays. Please email cellardoor@ngawaka.co.nz if you are unsure.
Festive Trading Hours – December 2024 – Jan 2025
December 4th – Sunday December 22nd – Wednesday – Sunday | Open | 10am – 4pm
Monday 23rd December | Open | 10am – 4pm
Tuesday 24th December (Christmas Eve) | Open | 10am – 4pm
Wednesday 25th December (Christmas Day) | Closed
Thursday 26th December (Boxing Day) | Closed
Friday December 27th – Sunday December 29th | Open | 10am – 4pm
Monday 30th December | Open | 10am – 4pm
Tuesday 31st December (New Year’s Eve) | Open | 10am – 4pm
Wednesday 1st January 2025 (New Year’s Day) | Closed
Thursday January 2nd 2025 – Sunday 19th January 2025 | Open as per normal | Open | 10am – 4pm – No Surcharge
Monday January 20th 2025 (Wellington Anniversary Day) | Open | 10am – 4pm
Hours are subject to change due to seasonality and public holidays. Please email cellardoor@ngawaka.co.nz if you are unsure.
Tasting Bookings & Table Reservations
Guided Tastings
At Nga Waka we want to share our knowledge and passion for wine with you. Our guided tasting experience will showcase our flagship wines from current releases, alongside rare gems from past vintages. Allow between 40 to 60 minutes (depending on group size) for a relaxed but informative tasting exploring our story across seven vineyard sites in our private tasting room overlooking our Home Block Vineyard.
Bookings are essential. You can book and pay for your session using the link below.
Table Reservations & Walk-In Style Tastings
Alternatively you can always just drop in for a walk-in style tasting of our full lineup of current releases, a glass of wine, a bite to eat (Roving Pizza Fri-Sun) we would love to see you. To reserve a table for food or drinks please use the ‘Table Reservation’ button above.
For larger groups for lunch, drinks or walk-in style tastings (six or more) please give us a call: 06 306 9832 or email cellardoor@ngawaka.co.nz
We understand plans can change. If you are unable to make your booking for any reason please let us know as soon possible by calling 06 306 9832
Roving Pizza
The Roving Pizza family are firing up their woodfired pizza oven in our cellar door courtyard every Friday to Sunday.
Dishing up some of the best Napoletana style pizzas in town. Come and taste their legendary soft and crunchy bases utilising a poolish style dough that has been pre-fermented for 48 hours. Fresh spins on authentic Italian flavours that will have you coming back for more!
Perfect with a glass of Nga Waka wine overlooking our Home Block Vineyard
Roving Pizza does not offer gluten free pizza bases. Takeaway Pizza Available (Walk-In Only)
Available Friday – Sunday | 12pm – 3pm | Bookings Recommended
Please get in touch for more info
Festive Trading Hours December 2024 – Jan 2025
Friday to Sunday | Dec 6th – Sunday 22nd | 12 – 3pm
Monday Dec 23rd | 12-3pm
Tuesday Dec 24th (Christmas Eve) | 12 – 3pm
Friday Dec 27th – Tuesday Dec 31st (New Years Eve) | 12 – 3pm
Thursday 2nd Jan 2025 – End of Jan 2025 – Wednesday – Sunday | 12 – 3pm
Nga Waka Menu
The focus of our cellar door is guided wine tastings celebrating Nga Waka wines, our vineyard sites, and the people that form the Nga Waka story. We have a small food menu available Wednesday – Sunday to accompany your wine experience. Menu below alongside a sample of our full drinks menu:
If you are simply wanting to purchase wine, please visit anytime Wednesday – Sunday
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Book a Tasting
Reservations for lunch and/or drinks please select ‘Table Reservation Enquiry’ right tab above.
Please enter the number of people you would like to book a tasting for and use the calendar to select your preferred date.
The available times on that date will appear down the bottom of the calendar. Select your preferred time slot.
Click “Book Now” to add the tasting session to your Shopping Cart and proceed to payment. Tastings cost $25 per person.
We can seat up to a maximum of 16 people per session. Please note for those groups less than 16 you may be joined by other guests who have booked at the same time. Tastings run for 40 – 50 minutes depending on group size.
For booking of more than 16 people please get in touch cellardoor@ngawaka.co.nz.
Tasting Session
Tasting Session Booking
Table Reservation Enquiry
Please complete the enquiry form for a table reservation for Lunch (Roving Pizza) or drinks and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can.
Please indicate what you are booking for in the “anything we need to know..” section.
– Drinks and/or something to eat
– Walk-in style tasting (drop in)
– Pizza – Available 12-3pm Friday to Sunday
We can reserve you a table from 11am each day.
The reservation will be for a maximum of 1.5 hours.
For groups of six or more for lunch or drinks please get in touch: cellardoor@ngawaka.co.nz
If we are booking a table for the same day you wish to arrive please call: +64 6 306 9832
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Events
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