The Urban Wine Tour - With Exclusive experience at Smith & Sheth

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About this activity

Come for an exclusive experience inside the Heretaunga Studio at award-winning Smith & Sheth. This beautifully curated wine journey invites you to experience wine through all your senses in a thoughtful, intimate environment. Every detail is intentional, every pour personal. Imagine fine wine, beautiful design, with immersive storytelling. Plus, we get to taste wine straight from the barrels.

After Smith & Sheth, we'll visit a second Urban Winery where creativity, craft, and bold winemaking come to life in unexpected ways...

The Urban Wine Tour is not your average wine tour. It's a fresh alternative to the traditional Wine tastings, taking you beyond the vines and into exciting urban spaces.

This is wine tasting reimagined — stylish, intimate, and full of surprises. This is Hawke's Bay Wine Country with a twist.

Small Group Tour.

To request Alternative start times or tour customisations
Book on our Mates Travel website.

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At a glance

Duration: 4 hours
Confirmation: Instant confirmation
Ticket: Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Group: Up to 18 people
People per booking: 1–15
Guide: English
Operated by: Mates travel

Ages: Adults (18–100 years)

What is included

Included

Included: Private transportation
Included: Bottled water
Included: Alcoholic Beverages
Included: In-vehicle air conditioning: Air-conditioned vehicle

Itinerary

Napier

3 hours

Our Urban Wine Tour offers a fresh twist on traditional wine tasting — taking you beyond the vines and into the heart of the city. This special experience introduces you to boutique, city-based cellar doors where creativity, craft, and bold winemaking come to life in unexpected places.

You’ll enjoy guided tastings of premium local wines in stylish, intimate settings. Each stop reveals a new story, flavour, or winemaking philosophy, often in beautifully restored historic buildings or contemporary urban spaces.
Smith & Sheth Oenotheque

one hour

This experience features an exclusive visit and tasting in the Heretaunga Studio at award-winning Smith & Sheth, Havelock North. More than a cellar door, this beautifully curated studio invites guests to experience wine through sight, sound, and sensation. With immersive heartfelt storytelling you are invited on a journey where every detail is intentional and every pour, personal.

With wine tasting straight from the barrels.

An unforgettable stop on a journey through Hawke’s Bay’s modern wine culture.

Meeting point and pickup

The operator picks every participant up from their accommodation or the points below.

Pickup points

We will meet you at your chosen pick-up location. The driver guide will hold a sign with your name and tour name written on it.

To request Alternative start times or tour customisations
Book on our Mates Travel website.

This tour requires a minimum number of guests to operate. If minimum numbers are not met, the tour may be rescheduled or cancelled. In this case, we’ll contact you with alternative dates, tours or offer a full refund.

Using your ticket

Show your ticket to the Driver Guide

Cancellation

Free cancellation

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

If you cancel	You get back
At least one day before	100%
Less than a day before	0%

The operator may cancel if the weather does not allow it; you then get another date or your money back.
The operator may cancel if too few people book; you then get another date or your money back.