Tastings

Vino Fino runs weekly wine tastings most Tuesdays at 6.00 pm at our Christchurch store on Durham Street.

These informal tastings cover a variety of themes and include visiting winemakers, special focus tastings highlighting a varietal or new arrivals. All you need is to be able to enjoy wine!

Bookings (email or in person – sorry not online) are required for these – Credit card details required at the time of booking, with payment on the night. Please advise if not attending as we usually have a waiting list. Note we accept cancellations up until 5pm the day before the tasting, otherwise, the card will be charged for any “no shows” Thank you.

Date: Tuesday 30th July 2024
Time: 6.00pm – 8.00pm
Cost: $25 – Fully Booked – Waitlist Available
Where: Vino Fino, 188 Durham St
Bookings: email wine@vinofino.co.nz

A vinous tour of Italy’s North, Centre, South and Islands with importer Richard Klein. Especially for the winter this will be all red wines and Richard will bridge the bigger and more opulent reds with some fire, smoke and brimstone! Also, a great story for which Richard will have plenty of visuals to help transport you to some of the world’s great wine regions.

Date: Tuesday 6th August 2024
Time: 6.00pm – 8.00pm
Cost: $30
Where: Vino Fino, 188 Durham St
Bookings: email wine@vinofino.co.nz

Having celebrated 110 years on the land and 40+ years of winemaking, no mention of Central Otago wine can be made without reference to Rippon and the Mills family. From the exploratory visions of Lois and Rolf Mills in the 1970s and now nearly 50 years later still family run by the Mills family. Winemaker son Nick returned from studying in Burgundy in 2002 and introduced biodynamic farming, wild ferments and with no irrigation and some of Central Otago’s oldest vines on their own roots all help to produce fruit and wines which are true to their place. Any discussion on New Zealand’s greatest wineries will always include Rippon.

Tonight Nick Mills will bring his passion and knowledge to present wines across the range including some special and Cellar wines.