Raglan Vine’s Fourth Festival
Wine & Spirits Tasting, Food Nibbles – and Live Music!
Sunday 15 Nov 2026
Raglan Vine events are designed for all levels of interest. The wines range from bold Reds to delicate Whites, each pour telling a story of passion and craftsmanship. The grape choice, the soil type and, of course, the climate are all ballanced by each vineyard to maximise the quality. No small job each year!
Enjoy the wide range of Spirits, Spritz and Cocktails as you discover the many ways the unique recipes can be combined to enhance taste.
Use our Tasting Notes booklet to record your preferences of all your tastings.
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Vendors are chosen to cover taste preferences
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In depth discussions with vendors and each other
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Ticket price includes tastings and Kai iti (a snack)
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Exclusive pricing from vendors during the event
Join us for an unforgettable experience at the next Raglan Vine Festival 2026, where the love for wine, beer, spirits and food comes alive.
Don’t miss the chance to participate in exclusive tastings, where you can discover hidden gems from boutique wineries, craft beer creators and spirits producers. Whether you come to learn or simply enjoy the atmosphere, Raglan Vine Festivals are a celebration of flavor and friendship.
Mark your calendars and prepare for an event filled with delightful discoveries, alongside music from some of Raglan’s premier musicians!
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Music Performances for November 15 2026
Ruth Power is a human. She uses her fingers, wrists, arms, back, legs, feet, lungs and two vocal folds she’s carried since birth to coordinate sound with eighty-eight monochrome keys housed inside a wooden box. Together they compress air, move felt, wood and steel, and produce vibrations that range from clear and sustained, to sharp and heavy, bitter and sweet.
Ruth has spent nearly 80% of her life learning these analogue interfaces. There are no prompts, presets, playback, or electricity passing through the instrument — just a human negotiating with an ancient machine, eighty-eight teeth, and whatever happens to emerge between them.
Odhran Devlin has been making noise in numerous bands since he doesn’t know when. Whether ‘big violin’ or acoustic guitar or electric bass, he brings the groove!
Vendor Profiles November 2026

JK14 Wines and Spritzzetto
international
John Kirwan fell in love with Italy – in particular Treviso. Fortunately for him, its where his wife is from and she loves it too! For the past few years he’s been bringing in wines – originally mainly from Treviso, but now from other parts of Italy – as well as some beautiful aperitifs, liqueurs and some great food.
Everything is personally sourced, from small, family producers with attention to the quality of everything that gets the JK label. It’s a Kirwan family team and son Luca has his own range of Spritzzetto spritzes in convenient cans – made with NZ premium wines.

Takapoto Estate
Nestled alongside the shores of Lake Karapiro, deep in the Waikato, Takapoto Estate seems like an unlikely place to be growing award-winning wines. When the Plaw family got chatting to legendary NZ winemaker Andy Anderson in his Cambridge Wine shop it was the beginning of a great partnership. Andy made his first vintage from the property in 2012 and by 2018 was winning awards for the Central Otago Pinot grown down south but made in the Waikato. When Andy became ill, local boy Alex Coldicutt, who had spent many summers helping out, was called in as assistant winemaker and since Andy’s passing in 2019 has fully taken the reins at Takapoto. His philosophy reflects his mentor – ripeness is decided primarily by taste; there’s minimal intervention in the vineyard and fermentation takes place with wild yeasts and as little interference as possible. These are elegant wines, true to terroir and a testament to what care and attention can achieve in the most unlikely spots.

Ash Ridge Winery
Hawke's Bay
A boutique, organic vineyard, cellar door, and kitchen based in the beautiful Bridge Pa Triangle. Family-owned and operated, we produce stand-out wines hand-crafted with care by our small team of local winemakers.
Featured Products: 2021 Maximus Special Editioon Syrah; 2024 Ash Chardonay Club Special.

Boutique Winery
Havelock North
With over 30 years of winemaking in Hawke’s Bay, Askerne has grown into an award-winning estate known for its dedication to quality, sustainability, and innovation across generations.
From crisp whites to bold reds and luscious dessert wines, Askerne Estate Winery offers one of the region’s most diverse tasting lineups — all grown and crafted onsite.

SPRITZZETTO
Aotearoa
Born in Italy. Made in NZ.
There’s always been this weird and wonderful synergy between New Zealand and Italy. A shared love of food, family, celebration, and a good drink with friends.
At Spritzzetto we like to think we’ve added to that connection by creating a drink that marries Italian tradition with premium New Zealand wine. Crisp, refreshing & vibrant.
Cin Cin – Cheers mate!

Handcrafted Wine
Raglan
Grown on the foothills of Mt Karioi, overlooking the restless Ruapuke swell, the unique character of Barrelled Wines is defined by this steep, windswept and unforgiving terrain. Handpicked and handcrafted with minimal interference at our home, we make our small batch releases with a true artisan approach.

Mirabelle Artisan Wines
Warkworth
Mirabelle is an artisan fruit winery located in Warkworth, Mahurangi. We are passionate about creating unique and delightful flavours that capture the essence of beautiful, often underrated fruit. Our process is a blend of traditional craftsmanship and innovative techniques, resulting in wines that are truly exceptional.
Whether it’s the depth and full-bodied of our plum rosé or the fruity and dry feijoa wine, each sip of Mirabelle is an experience to savour.

Curated Cocktails
New Zealand
Good Spirits brings you a curated collection of premium ready to pour cocktails, designed to elevate your moments.
Our experiences over 15 years working in cocktail bars in Dublin, Sydney, Melbourne and London brought us to our approach – we’re serious about cocktails.
We’ve figured out what works, sprinkled a little magic on it and created Good Spirits. Our team are passionate about making cocktails, flavour experimentation, garnish aesthetics and making sure everyone has a great time.

Meyer Cheese
Waikato
The roots of Meyer Cheese trace back to a small village in the Netherlands, where Ben and Fieke visited a monastery producing handmade cheese. Intrigued by this craft, they embarked on a flavourful adventure, turning their hay shed into a world of cheese. Their first masterpiece, a young farmhouse Gouda, was born in July 1976.
Seeking fresh pastures they voyaged to New Zealand in 1984, planting their roots in Waikato, the dairy heartland. Now Meyer Cheese is a business admired for its commitment to quality, tradition, and the art of cheese making.
Raglan Vine November 2026 Countown
Just weeks to go until the mouth-infusing pleasures of our 2026 Festival on May 16
Festival Countdown
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Alcohol Age Restrictions apply.
Your ticket entitles you to:
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Tastings: 30ml wines; 5ml spirits
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wine sales with special discounts
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a small snack
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access to the Festival Bar
You’ll be in great company with:
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Red Wine vendors & experts
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White Wine vendors & experts
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Craft Beer vendors & experts
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Spirit vendors & experts
Tickets Available Now!
Remember, tickets are limited to 100 per session to give you the opportunity for tasting pleasure and discussion with wine makers. Don’t miss out!
Memorable Acoustic Performances from May 16 2026
TeamSquad is a neon-soaked explosion of Synth Soul, frothing from the shores of Raglan. Their music is a vibrant fusion of prog-soul, post-disco and retro synth solos inspired by the music of the early 80s.
Think Prince, Stevie Wonder, Chaka Khan and Patrice Rushen.
Waking from a hallucination of 80s Sci-fi films, abandoned disco dance-floors and maniacal Synth-Lords, Ruth & Kane Power began crushing velvet vocals into face-melting synths to form TeamSquad in 2020. Kane’s dystopian dance-beats conspired with funk bass hooks offered by Odhran Devlin from 2023, and TeamSquad had found their sound.
Sticky Chicken is a Raglan based Jazz/Funk trio featuring members of Lost Tribe Aotearoa, Mighty Mighty and TeamSquad.
Featuring Ashley Knox on guitars, Odhran Devlin on bass and Kane Power on drums, Sticky Chicken re-imagine Jazz and Funk classics with a hip-hop twist.
For more information and to contact the bands:
web teamsquadband.com
insta teamsquadband
facebook teamsquadband
youtube @teamsquadband
insta @stickychicken2022
Previous vendors included …

Sante Wines
international
Wine is a pleasure that’s best when shared, so at Sante Wines, we’re passionate about combining quality with accessible pricing.
To achieve this we’ve partnered with a selection of vineyards from France, to supply New Zealand with an unexplored variety of quality French wines that truly represent their terroir.
Our vineyards are often small, family-run and from lesser known regions opening you up to the experience of exploring a wide range of styles and varieties.
Hopes Grove
Biodynamic Wines
The Hope’s Grove vineyards are in the Pakipaki region of Hawke’s Bay. Pieter Koopman owns and farms the beautiful site with his family and is the winemaker for the Hope’s Grove label. The philosophy is single vineyard wines, grown organically and with minimal intervention, that will speak clearly of terroir. With no fining, filtering and only the tiniest amounts of SO2 and only when necessary, these wines are small-scale, family-owned and with a focus on respecting the land.

Organic Wines
Hawke's Bay
Aard is the Flemish word for something’s true nature; it’s character or disposition.
We chose this name as it reflects our approach to winemaking – simplicity, care and connection with the earth; allowing the vines to express themselves.
Our wines will never be fined, filtered, or have anything except a small amount of SO2 added – and only in some wines, if it’s really necessary.

Brewaucracy
Waikato
In 2011 Greig McGill and Phil Murray launched Brewaucracy upon an unsuspecting world. Not much happened for quite a while after that. The beers were kindly called “niche” by some, and more often called “weird stuff that’s not IPA” by most. We brewed styles that we love, and often styles that were overlooked by the crowds in their rush to drink the next hazy triple-dry-hopped IPA bomb. But we love them, and we hope you will too.

Honey Bandit Mead
Te Atatu
We are creators of fine modern hand crafted mead and other honey based alcoholic beverages, along with a couple of non-honey based ones too. We make small batches which allow us to experiment with many different flavour and aroma combinations.
We use the finest and freshest raw ingredient, our honey is never pasteurised. We are currently producing our mead on the beautiful Te Atatu Peninsula, West Auckland.

Urban Winery
New Plymouth
Known Unknown is an urban winery in New Plymouth, Taranaki. We think the world of wine can be exclusive and elitist, however, as an urban winery we’re dedicated to changing that.
We want to make wine fun, approachable, accessible, and transparent. We make fruit-forward, fun, bright and expressive wine, cider and aperitifs.
We are heavily inspired by the worlds of art, design, music and food and thrive on collaborating across disciplines.

Cult Wine
Waikato / Auckland
Natural, Lo-Fi and Small Batch wine from NZ and around the world!
Cult seeks out and stocks the kind of interesting wines that don’t just satisfy your tastebuds but also start conversations and offer you the history, the culture and the story behind the vines.
With a focus on organic and biodynamic wines and on rare, unusual and indigenous varieties, Cult aims to expand your wine horizons. Championing creativity, diversity and authenticity!

Botanical Gins
Auckland
Moksha is distilled with premium botanicals straight from the spice farms of Southern India. Fragrant cardamom, warming cinnamon, spicy cloves and a whisker of lime.
Fiercely flavourful, Moksha nods to the spice routes of the subcontinent … echoing the ebb and flow of Goa … reminiscent of rhythms deep within the Bandipur jungle.
And the aftertaste prowls about the palate. leaving drops of Chai-inspired botanicals as it flows.

Karamu Barrelworks
Traditional Belgian
Daryl Bryant is located in Karamu, just out of Hamilton and makes traditional Belgian saison and sour beers. This means he relies on wild yeasts for fermentation and he barrel-ages his beers for three years or more. The results are beers that rely on sourness not bitterness for structure; have incredible fruit flavours and are both refreshing and food friendly.

Workshop Brewing
Raglan
Workshop Brewing – Raglan’s first craft brewery – was founded in 2016. In honour of the original ‘Raglan Workshop’ hub for transport, mechanical and engineering services our trademark became the obstruction spanner – a tool made to work around any problem that gets in the way.
Our key objective is to provide a range of fresh and diverse beers for the local community.
We are also leading the charge on making a difference in the game, minimising our footprint and creating a sustainable, quality beverage that doesn’t cost our precious earth.
With 8 core range beers on tap and a selection of limited venue-only releases spanning a wide range of styles, there’s plenty to choose from.

Blanc Distribution
National


Two Cultures / One Mezcal
Mexico / Aotearoa
This mezcal is made to share.
Whether it’s amidst the carefree chaos of a bar, sipped during quiet conversations among friends, or clinked over a table of food, this is a spirit for all of life’s moments.
The heart of the agave, the piña, is cooked in much the same way as it has been for the last 200 years – similar to a hangi. The juices are then fermented and distilled, resulting in a unique, smoky, earthy flavour profile.

Fen & Field Gin
Te Awamutu
Fen and Field was born out of a love of crafting exceptional spirits. The rich history of mashing, fermenting and distilling grains to produce Gin, Vodka and Whiskey goes back 400 years and in that time the recipe for success has never changed, grain, water, yeast and dedication.
We firmly believe Fen and Field is more than just a gin brand, rather we are a continuation of a long and storied tradition. A tradition that can turn golden Canterbury wheat and pure water from a deep limestone bore into an unequalled Gin.
Event Location
The Town Hall
41 Bow Street, Raglan
Waikato 3225
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