Self-Guided Wine Tours by Bike with Steve & Jo in Marlborough

A very warm welcome from Steve, Jo & their team.
“This is self-guided biking at its best & probably the most fun you'll have on a bike!”
We are located at heart of Renwick, surrounded by bike paths & quiet roads plus 14 Cellar Doors who are as little as 5-10 minutes biking apart.
We offer 2 bike hire time slots - 10am-4pm or 11am-5pm.
A free shuttle service is included from Blenheim & Renwick.
Free parking if you wish to drive yourselves to our base.
Our bikes are “all about cruising” & come with comfy seats, a basket, dedicated wine panniers for 4 wine bottles & Hi-Vis Helmet.
This is bike hire with extras… friendly up-to-date advice, tools to navigate your day, a detailed cellar door map, a video on the cellar doors to help you decide who you would like to visit, a full emergency backup service if you need help, free collection of wines.
A day made for relaxing in beanbags, nibbling on cheese platters, indulging in gourmet food (a calorie-free day!), and tasting beautiful wines.

A very warm welcome from Steve, Jo and the team here at Wine Tours by Bike

Your day in a nutshell...(this includes info on shuttle pickup times, lunch ideas)

Bike hire with shuttle pickup
If you have chosen our 10.00am-4.00pm timeslot - shuttle pickup from your accommodation in either Renwick or Blenheim will be at 9.30am.
If you have chosen our 11.00am-5.00pm timeslot - shuttle pickup from your accommodation in either Renwick or Blenheim will be at 10.30am.

Bike hire with no shuttle pickup (driving directly to us instead - we have plenty of free parking)
If you have chosen our 10.00am-4.00pm timeslot, please arrive at our base by 9.45am.
If you have chosen our 11.00am-5.00pm timeslot, please arrive at our base by 10.45am.

The drive out from Blenheim takes roughly 15 minutes and on arrival at our base you will get the chance to try out the bikes to find one that suits you. You will be given your own detailed cellar door map to keep to refer to during the day and the team will talk you through this to help get you orientated with the area. There is then a short safety briefing and a video that runs through all of the cellar doors that has up-to-date information on what wines they offer, their tasting charges, if they have food available and their opening/closing times.

The team will be there at all times to help you with any questions you may have, and offer advice and ideas on routes and where you might like go. You will be fitted with a hi-vis helmet and given a lanyard to pop around your neck (this has our contact details on it and a reminder of what time your bike hire finishes), then you are free to go and visit your chosen cellar doors and do so all at your own pace. If you need us for anything whilst you are out, the team are but a phone call away.

Once your time on the bikes is finished, you return to our base and our shuttle will be waiting here to take you back to your accommodation again.

If on our 10.00am-4.00pm timeslot, our shuttle should have you home safe and sound by 4.30pm.
If on our 11.00am-5.00pm timeslot, our shuttle should have you home safe and sound by 5.30pm.

The legal alcohol drinking age is 18 years old. Please remember to bring International Passport ID if you are aged between 18-25 years old. (The cellar doors can only legally accept this as a form of ID)

Lunch Ideas
Most of the cellar doors offer cheese/mixed platters but if you would prefer something a little more substantial, these are the restaurant options that are within biking distance...

Wairau River Wines – 15 minutes biking from our base – bookings essential - this is a lunch spot only, but they do serve wine with their food (Open Tuesday-Saturday ONLY).

Boomtown Beer Garden Food Truck - 15 minutes biking from our base (Open Wednesday-Sunday ONLY.)

Vines Village Café - 20 minutes biking from our base (Open 7 days a week).

The Fancy Cow - 25 minutes biking from our base (Open Wednesday-Sunday ONLY)

Allan Scott - 40 minutes biking from our base – bookings essential (Open 7 days a week)

If you have any dietary requirements, please let us know as we are more than happy to recommend the restaurant/s that we feel will be the best at catering for you.

Note: Please do not book lunch at Wither Hills, Saint Clair’s or Rockferry as they are not accessible on our bikes - best visited by car :-)

Cellar Door Bookings
There is no need for you to book in ahead of time to visit any of the cellar doors that surround us here in Renwick. You will have upwards of 12+ to choose from who are between 5-20 minutes biking from our place and you can simply turn up and they will do a tasting with you. The ONLY cellar door that does require bookings is *Cloudy Bay* – they are a 40-minute bike ride from our base, so if you have to go there, the ideal times to book would be between 12 Noon and 2pm.

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start time of the experience.