Opening Hours for Lunch & Dinner, Wine Tastings and Cellar Door Sales

• Summer Hours

Until Easter (5 April), open six days a week for lunch, wine tasting and cellar sales (closed Tuesdays) from 11.00am to 5.00pm plus open for dinner on Saturday nights.

During Easter, we will be open for lunch on Good Friday, lunch and dinner on Saturday 3 April, lunch and dinner on Easter Sunday, but closed on Easter Monday.

We also cater for group dinner functions by arrangement.

• Vineyard/Winery Tours

We offer top-class wine tours encompassing the vineyard, winemaking facility and underground barrel cellar. Taste our award-winning wine whilst being taken through the process from grape-growing to the finished bottle. Constantly rated by guests as "the best wine tour I have ever been on". Phone us (09-372-7191) or email info@tewhau.co.nz to arrange a tour - minimum of 10 persons.

Getting Here is Easy

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Waiheke Island is located in the inner Hauraki Gulf, just a few nautical miles from Downtown Auckland City. We are served by two ferry companies:

Fullers Ferries: (telephone 09 367 9111) run hourly ferries from their terminal on Quay Street, next to the Downtown Ferry Building. Click here for Fullers Timetable. A 35 minute ferry ride through Auckland Harbour and the inner Hauraki Gulf takes you to Matiatia Wharf on Waiheke Island where taxis and shuttles are available to transport you to the vineyard, a 15 minute drive. On weekends especially it is advisable to pre-book taxis to meet you at the ferry - phone 0800-300-372.

Larger groups are accommodated by bus transport, and Fullers Ferries will organise a combination ferry and bus transport solution for you. Contact the Fullers Group Specialists: Telephone: +64 9 367 9111.

Group transfers from the ferry to Te Whau are also available through Waiheke Executive Transport. Phone 0800-372-200.

Sealink (telephone +64 9 300 5900) run regular car and passenger ferries from their terminal at Half Moon Bay in the eastern suburbs. Click here for Sealink website. A 45-minute journey takes you to Kennedy Point Wharf in Putiki Bay just opposite the vineyard, a 10 minute drive away.

Once on Waiheke Island cars can be hired from Waiheke Rental Cars or Waiheke Auto Rentals.

• Waiheke Tours