Today was the last day of daylight saving in New Zealand What a great day it was too. Took the bike for a ride and Marlborough was certainly the place to be. It has been a patchy summer but the guest over the last few days have certainly had some great days, yesturday was great […]
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Great news for evening dining
New Evening Dining Option Wither Hills from Friday 10th February will now be open for evening dining.The restaurant will be open from 6pm Wednesday to Sunday and 7 days for lunches.The evening menu will be full a la carte and they also have a new summer lunch menu starting this week. This is great news […]
Marlborough Farmers Market Kitchen
New to the Marlborough farmers market is the Farmers Market mobile kitchen that is able to do cooking demonstrations using produce available at the market on any given Sunday.This Sunday local celebrity chef Chris Fortune was in fine form bringing to life a simple Pasta dish with a young assistant from the crowd that had […]
The Season Begins
Its great to see so many tourists enjoying Marlborough at this time of the year. The Rugby World Cup has certainly brought the tourists to Marlborough and we have enjoyed the company of the visiting Russian team that have been based in Blenheim. In the backgound of course is the new season wine releases and […]
Bikes come to Antria
With the beginning of summer upon us we decided to get a couple of bikes for guests at Antria Lodge to use if they want to explore the vineyards while enjoying the fresh air. Antria Lodge is very central to the vineyards which makes the experience all the more enjoyable. We will happily work out […]
What our guests are telling us about dinner
Evening dining is something all guests at Antria Lodge seem to enjoy from the casual to the formal Marlborough has it all. Gibbs Resturant a favourite with guest burnt down early in February witch was a great loss to the dining options that our guests could enjoy. I;m sure Gibbs will be up and running […]
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If I were to be asked to list my most lucky moments in life, I’d probably start with the fact that I was able to get pregnant on the first try and then second would be that we had gorgeous weather on our wedding day (despite horizontal rain the night before, over fifty guests that […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]