Restaurants, hotels, bars and wineries in Martinborough from the En Primeur Club guide.
Accolades in Martinborough
These producers show how Martinborough’s Pinot Noir identity is built, from pioneering organic estates to small wineries with meticulous grape selection.
Ata Rangi is a pioneering organic winery in Martinborough, known for Pinot Noir from the Abel clone planted on stony terraces. The estate works at a boutique scale and holds a Falstaff Winery award of 5 Stars for 2026.
Dry River Wines is one of Martinborough’s pioneering estates, founded in 1979 and built around allocation-only wines with strong age-worthiness. The portfolio includes Pinot Noir, Riesling, Gewürztraminer and Syrah from Martinborough Terrace gravels.
Kusuda Wines is a small producer in Martinborough, making Pinot Noir, Riesling and Syrah. Winemaker Hiroyuki Kusuda applies meticulous grape selection, and the wines have a collector audience extending beyond the region, with Japan as their primary market.
These estates explore vineyard character through Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and aromatic wines. Palliser Estate also pairs its wines with a seasonal kitchen.
Palliser Estate in Martinborough pairs Pinot Noir and Chardonnay with a seasonal, Cuisine-hatted kitchen. The winery has estate vineyards and a strong sustainability story. Single Vineyard Hua Nui 2024 received a Decanter Platinum award with 97 points.
Martinborough Vineyard is an original Pinot Noir pioneer in Martinborough Terrace, with plantings dating to 1980. It farms some of New Zealand’s oldest Pinot Noir vines and produces handcrafted Pinot Noir and aromatic wines that express individual vineyard sites.
Escarpment, in Te Muna Road / Martinborough, is led by Larry McKenna and makes naturally fermented Pinot Noir from mature river-terrace vineyards. Its tasting features Chardonnay and single-vineyard Pinot Noir, with an emphasis on vineyard character.
The wineries in our guide are in Martinborough, Martinborough Terrace and Te Muna Road / Martinborough. Martinborough has Ata Rangi, Palliser Estate, Schubert Wines and Kusuda Wines. Martinborough Terrace has Martinborough Vineyard and Dry River Wines. Te Muna Road / Martinborough has Escarpment.
There are 7 wineries in our Martinborough guide. They include pioneering estates, organic producers and small wineries with meticulous grape selection. Pinot Noir connects these producers, alongside Chardonnay, Riesling, Gewürztraminer and Syrah across their portfolios.
Ata Rangi, Martinborough Vineyard, Escarpment and Kusuda Wines offer distinct approaches to Pinot Noir. Ata Rangi combines organic farming with the Abel clone, Martinborough Vineyard works with mature vines, Escarpment uses natural fermentation, and Kusuda Wines emphasises meticulous grape selection.
Palliser Estate combines wine and food in Martinborough, pairing Pinot Noir and Chardonnay with a seasonal, Cuisine-hatted kitchen. The winery has its own estate vineyards and a strong sustainability story.
By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards
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Selected entries from the current guide for Martinborough.
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Martinborough
Selected entries from the current guide for Martinborough.
Martinborough, New Zealand
Ata Rangi is one of Martinborough's founding organic estates, established in 1980 and now. The name translates as 'new beginning,' a phrase that has proven accurate: what began as a dairy farmer's pivot to viticulture now sits among the Wairarapa's most respected addresses. The estate's boutique scale and organic credentials place it in a distinct tier within New Zealand fine wine.
Martinborough, New Zealand
Dry River Wines is a serious Martinborough estate for drinkers interested in terroir rather than cellar-door theatre. Founded in 1979, it works from Martinborough Terrace gravels with small-scale, allocation-led production, a focused portfolio spanning Pinot Noir, Riesling, Gewürztraminer and Syrah, and a reputation built on age-worthy wines rather than broad public access.
Martinborough, New Zealand
Escarpment is a Martinborough cellar-door for drinkers who want the region’s Pinot Noir argument made through soil rather than spectacle. The estate format is quiet and appointment-led, with Chardonnay and single-vineyard Pinot Noir giving structure to a tasting that reads the Te Muna river terraces closely.
Martinborough, New Zealand
Kusuda Wines is a small Martinborough producer built around Pinot Noir, Riesling and Syrah rather than cellar-door theatre. Its reputation rests on Hiroyuki Kusuda’s exacting fruit selection, a 2001 start in New Zealand, and a collector audience that has followed the wines well beyond the Wairarapa.
Martinborough, New Zealand
Martinborough Vineyard belongs to the origin story of Pinot Noir in Martinborough, with plantings dating to 1980 and mature vines on the Martinborough Terrace. The appeal is terroir rather than spectacle: cool-climate structure, hand-worked cellar craft, and a tasting format suited to visitors who want the region’s founding logic in the glass.
Martinborough, New Zealand
Palliser Estate gives Martinborough’s Pinot Noir and Chardonnay tradition a polished cellar-door expression: estate vineyards, a seasonal kitchen, and a hospitality format that treats wine and food as the same conversation. The draw is terroir rather than theatre, with organic and sustainable cues, a Cuisine-hatted kitchen, and a Decanter Platinum 97-point signal for Single Vineyard Hua Nui 2024.
Martinborough, New Zealand
Schubert Wines is a small Martinborough cellar door for drinkers who want the region’s Pinot Noir story told through organic farming, low yields and a compact tasting-room format. Its recognition in The Real Review’s Top 100 Wineries of New Zealand 2024 gives the estate a national quality signal, while the experience stays quiet, intimate and vineyard-led.
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