We recently joined Greg with Grape Escape for the afternoon wine tour (NZ$60 per adult), finding his tour to be quite good, worthy of recommendation for those interested in being shown around the Hawke’s Bay area, visiting some the local wineries. Greg offers hotel pick-up/drop off with the tour and he is an overall friendly guy. We felt the four... More

We went for the Heli Wine & Dine option. It's a tour of the area and 2 wineries in the morning, a fantastic lunch with Brian at one of the wineries with a properly great restaurant (all included), and then a zoom round a few more wineries in the afternoon. The Heli Wine & Dine option isn't cheap of course,... More

Our guide, Greg, was great and knew a lot about the area as well as the wines. He went out of the way to make sure we got the most out of the tour. It went all afternoon and we visited 4 wineries and enjoyed a cheese plate. No better way to spend time in Napier! More

This was a very enjoyable tour .I have been in the area on two previous occasions and visited wineries but found Greg Beachen's knowledge and amiable guiding very helpful . On the tour I and my Partner went on ther were four other people and we all got on very well and ended the afternoon with a cheese and wine... More

We booked this tour after the original one we wanted was fully booked, but so glad we did this one in the end. We had Shabby as our tour guide and he was very helpful and informative about the area, and then left the vineyards themselves to give the information around the wines. We went to Brookfields, CS Park, Ash... More

great guide and day out visiting the wineries..informative and fun! More

After looking into a few wine tours for the region, we thought that Grape Escape Wine Tours appeared to be the best suited to us and great value for money. Our expectations were exceeded with both Greg being informative of the region and the wines, the small group tour providing a lot of fun and the four wineries offering delicious... More

We decided last minute to go on a wine tour as it was raining and luckily enough managed to squeeze on to a trip that afternoon! We visited Brookfields (great intro to wine), CJ Pask, Ashridge and Ngatarawa! The coach was full and everyone was friendly (after a glass or too) which made trip more enjoyable. Greg was a great... More

We had a wonderful day with Grape Escape. Tour operator, Gregory Beachen organized a perfect day of boutique wineries. A small group of 10 people made for charming company. The wineries showed us their best without a hard sell. We enjoyed the low key but knowledgeable approach of Greg and his colleagues. The lovely cheese and crackers were a perfect... More