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New Zealand Wine Tasting Competition - Wairarapa 2026
- Thursday 18 June 2026
- 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
- Nara, 14 Memorial Square, Martinborough, Wairarapa, 5711, New Zealand
Wairarapa Winner 2025
The New Zealand Wine Tasting Competition is an opportunity to bring people together to taste, learn and evaluate wines. This will be held in Martinborough on Thursday 17 June at 6pm with the National finals to be held in Auckland on Sunday, 2 August 2026
The competition in Martinborough will be followed by dinner with Nara Restaurant.
Event Contact:
Nick Hewitt
027 699 9151
How it works
The winning team from each regional competition will travel to Auckland for the final on Sunday, 2 August 2026 to compete for the National Trophy at the New Zealand School of Food and Wine.
Get together a group of 4 people to compete at your regional venue.
One member needs to download the APP Kahoot on their phone or laptop and bring this to the competition. Kahoot is free to register as we own a license. The questions will be shared and counted electronically.
Teams are presented with a series of 8 wines (4 white and 4 red) and asked 5 questions about each wine. Points are allocated for the correct answers with different weightings. Time is limited.
