In October 2018 Waiheke Island Wine Tours underwent its annual Qualmark Assessment. Qualmark is New Zealand Tourism’s Quality Assurance programme and each year businesses are assessed under a strict set of guidelines and also benchmarked against other tourism organisations. Waiheke … Read More
We were very excited to be accepted into the TripAdvisor Hall of Fame in 2018. This honour is awarded to companies that achieve TripAdvisor Certificates of Excellence for five years running. We are so happy to see that our hard … Read More
Waiheke Island Wine Tours has just received their fourth Certificate of Excellence! TripAdvisor says: ‘The prestigious Certificate of Excellence designation recognizes establishments that consistently earn great TripAdvisor reviews from travellers. Those earning the Certificate of Excellence are located all over the world and … Read More
Business is so brisk that the owners of the only Qualmark-accredited wine tour business on Waiheke Island have invested in a second vehicle. “We started keeping track of how much business we were turning away” said owner Wayne Eagleton “and … Read More
Article written by Waiheke Island Wine Tours owner Jean Goodbrand on NewZealand.com
We were very excited to hear that we are one of four finalists in the Westpac Auckland Central Business Awards for 2013! The category we have been nominated for is “Excellence in Marketing” which is BIG cause for celebration. The … Read More
Things couldn’t be better for Waiheke Island Wine Tours who have just been awarded a 2013 Certificate of Excellence by TripAdvisor. Owners Wayne Eagleton and Jean Goodbrand were advised “This prestigious award placing you in the top-performing 10% of all … Read More
We received this report from the team at Cable Bay in June 2013 “We harvested our first lot of Pinot Gris on the 28th February, almost 2 weeks earlier than last year! The last of the Syrah was safely brought … Read More
Frank Hall, a recent client of ours was on a cruise which stopped in Auckland. He came out on tour with us here at Waiheke Island Wine Tours and later was then asked by Jane Fraser of the Sydney Morning … Read More
The new release “The Mayor” 2011 a visionary red blend now available from the Obsidian cellar door in Onetangi. The wine derives its name from Mayor Island, the reknowned source of Obsidian volcanic glass in New Zealand. So what’s ‘visionary’ about … Read More