What a Dinner

On most of our Marlborough Wine Tours we introduce guests to Seresin Estate, but with all wine tours there is not a lot of time for me to taste the wine so it was wonderfull to get the oportunity to go to one on Nelson’s finests resturants to have a special food wine degustation evening. […]

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First winetour 2010

Almost summer and we had a break in the weather we have had of late so was great to get out and see whats happening in the vineyards. To start the year the guests Marlborough Wine tour took in some old favourites.Sarting at Auntsfield which has had most of the pruning done and was just waiting […]

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Sept 2010 and Guest first earthquake

Kathryne, Phil, Thanks again for a lovely stay and great hospitality. Your extra efforts to provide transportation and a very nice lunch for the train trip are much appreciated. You may know hat the train did leave an hour late from Blenheim, as predicted. We lost additional time because of having to go very slowly […]

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Forrest Estate

John and Bridget Forrest (the Doctors) represent some of the best wine made in New Zealand and while based in Marlborough they have vineyards across New Zealand. During the off season it is a time to do a bit of personal tasting and a visit to Forrest was very rewarding and is certainly worth a […]

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Another great Marlborough Wine Tour

Antria Lodge guests last week enjoyed an Autumn wine tour. The day was a bit grey but that was more than compensated for by the Autumn colours. It makes you realise that any time of the year is a good time for a Marlborough Wine Tour. We started out at Yealands Estate and it was […]

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Antria Lodge makes Top Ten

We were very pleased to be rocognised by New Zealand Travel Inc. for 2009-2010 season. N Z Travel is is the premier travel consultant for guests traveling from the US.  N  Z  Travel surveys its guests on their overall experience and against some very stiff competition, Antria made the Top Ten. We feel this has been helped […]

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Marlborough stay

Dear Kathryne and Phil, We wanted to let you how much we enjoyed our 21 hours in Marlborough! It was the highlight of our trip. We loved the lodge and being the first guests who had breakfast before they stayed the night. The winery choices were excellent. We did impress our friend in Auckland that […]

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The Antria Lodge Family

Antria is delighted to introduce some of the family. We have Fly, the Border Collie, Dawn and French the two piglets (now more like pigs) and our three sheep-no names. To this we add Hedes the cat and the 3 very hard working chickens that supply us with fresh eggs each day. Feeding time has […]

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Bladen Wines

Bladen. Have been visiting this winery since we first came to Marlborough. The Pinot Gris is still a favourite and when you have the oldest Pinot Gris vines in Marlborough it shows. Chris and Dave ( the owners ) always do the cellar door so if there is anything you want to know about starting […]

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