The Great New Zealand Wine Tiki Tour 2017

Kia Ora!

New Zealand Winegrowers invite you to THE GREAT NEW ZEALAND WINE TIKI TOUR & MEET THE MAKERS!

Kiwis love setting off on a Tiki Tour. It’s a trip where you take the scenic route, sidetrack a little, linger and experience new things. This year, we invite you to join us on the Great New Zealand Wine Tiki Tour which will be held in Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto. Look for an evening of meandering, digressing, indulging, and awakening the senses.

All wines presented at this event are certified by Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand. All evening portions of these wine events will have a silent auction benefiting charity.

Vancouver:
Date: Thursday, May 4 2017
Place: Terminal City Club
Trade Only: 2:30pm – 5:30pm Registration
Consumer: 7:00pm – 9:30pm
Tickets: $65 (WA Members use code NZWA5OFF and receive $5.00 off the price of the ticket.) Purchase Tickets
Charity: Friends of We Care

Calgary – Trade Only:
Date: Monday, May 8 2017
Place: The Ranchman’s Club
Time: 2:30pm – 5:30pm Registration (Trade Only)

Calgary – Meet the Makers (Dinner):
Date: Sunday, May 7 2017
Place: Yellow Door Bistro
Time: 5pm – 8:30pm
Tickets: $90 Purchase Tickets (includes reception wines and a six course dinner paired with New Zealand wines)

Toronto:
Date: Wednesday, May 10 2017
Place: Royal Ontario Museum – Peter F Bronfman Hall
Trade Only: 2:30pm – 5:30pm Registration
Consumer: 7:00pm – 9:30pm
Tickets: $70 Purchase Tickets
Charity: Ashley’s Angels foundation from SickKids

#SauvBlanc Day May 5

#SauvBlanc Day kicks off in New Zealand, the first place to see the sun, on the first Friday of May. Celebrations then continue around the globe, following the sun, as the world wakes up to enjoy #SauvBlanc.

Unique, exuberant, and intense. Sauvignon Blanc is the explosive variety that awoke the world to New Zealand wine, and #SauvBlanc Day just wouldn’t be the same without a glass of New Zealand’s finest.

Sauvignon Blanc Day is an online initiative which started as a global social media wine tasting in 2009 in California. A few years after its inception, New Zealand Winegrowers began to lead the campaign by hosting events across key export markets to celebrate New Zealand’s flagship wine style.

Sauvignon Blanc accounts for around 85% of New Zealand wine exports and are worth over $1 billion annually.

Anyone can join the celebration by enjoying a glass of New Zealand #SauvBlanc on May 5 and telling the world how good it is.