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Food & Drinks
Indulge yourself in the wonderful tastes of Northland. Foodies and vineyards here are from 2011. Soon to be updated with 2012
Bens Oysters
Raw oysters fresh in the shell!
Billy’s Continental Sausages and Crepes
German Bratwurst and Austrian Cheesekrainer sausages plus delicious French Crepes
Killer Prawn
Salmon and Prawn Kebab Sticks
Ake Ake Vineyard
Ake Ake Vineyard is small family run boutique vineyard. John Clarke is the winemaker and viticulturist who is self taught along with his wife Aynsley who helps out where possible whilst raising our two young children and keeping up with administration. Ake Ake Vineyard sits on a sunny spot just outside Kerikeri in the Bay of Islands. Our 5ha vineyard, is rolling hill and the soil a complex mix of volcanic, clay, ironstone and gravel which is free draining. The climate is warm and humid. Forty percent of the vineyard is planted in Chambourcin which is in production, whilst the balance of the vineyard was recently planted, and consists of 20% Pinot Gris, 20% Temprenello and 10% Syrah from which we hope to get our first vintages this season.
Food at Wharepuke
Food at Wharepuke, Northland Cafe of the year, cooking up a storm, Thai fish cakes, chicken sate, and homemade spring rolls..
Marsden estate
Lying in the sun amidst the citrus- covered slopes of Northland is Marsden Estate, Kerikeri’s award winning winery. The estate is name after Samuel Marsden, who introduced the grapevine to New Zealand with 100 plantings at Kerikeri in 1819. The plantings at Marsden are a little more recent, but both the wine and estate building have a timeless quality. Marsden Estate’s vineyards, with 10 acres of vines, were planted in 1993 and comprise Pinot Gris, Chardonnay, Merlot, Malbec, Pinotage, Cabernet Sauvignon and Chambourcin.
The Mussel Shack!
Tempt yourself! Tease yourself! Indulge yourself at The Mussel Shack with Mussel Fritters or Mussels served in their shells.
Omata Estate
The 60 acre Omata Estate is now privately owned having been purchased by its new owners in January 2008. Omata Estate is based around a well-established boutique vineyard that Colin and Marion are enthusiastically improving. Northland sunshine, 10 year old low vigour vines and cooling sea breezes are enabling complex full bodied wines with cellaring potential to be produced.
Pukeko Vineyard
Marina Cafe
Award Winning Seafood Chowder and a fresh range of salads...YUM!
Flavours Catering
Delightful tapas!
- Spanish Tomato and Garlic bread, Marinated olives, Stuffed vine leaves ( dolma’s) meat and vegetarian, Small meatballs in hot tomato sauce, Lamb or beef rolls with rosemary olives garlic, Roasted pumpkin with Rocket,asparagus,nuts, preserved lemon ( vegetarian), Lemon Cous cous.( vegetarian
Morepork Vineyard & Okahu Estate
The grape industry in Kerikeri has taken off, MorePork Vineyard which grow only Pinot Gris it got’s it name due to that they have 2 pigs so they have more pork than us.
Waikokopu Cafe
Hughie Blues satisfies us once again with his delicious pita pockets
35 Degrees South Restaurant and Bar
Irresistable swordfish Burgers, Oyster Shots and Dessert...what more could you ask for?
The Shaved Ice Van
Mouth watering waffles with maple syrup and cream. Fresh fruit frozen yoghurt. Ice Cream. Shaved Ice.
Fat Pig Vineyard
Owners Bruce & Sue purchased the property in 2001 it was at the time a kiwifruit orchard, 2003 saw the first Syrah vines planted with the wine flowing in 2005 and winning awards, plantings of
Sauvignon -Blanc, Chardonnay & Pinot Gris soon followed.
It alway’s been our goal to produce quailty wine , all work on the vines is done by Bruce & Sue from spraying bunching thinning to leaf plucking etc.check out the front label {"no one touch’s the grapes"}the only time we get people in to work is at the hand picking of the grapes at harvest time.
