This one of the great attractions of Marlborough
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Fine Food and Wine
Category Archives: Marlborough Food & Wine
Marlborough Vineyards
You can sample excellent wines and at many of the wineries indulge in first class cuisine, this is after all the reason for coming to Marlborough.
You can choose a tour see below, or explore yourself.
The best place to start is Marlborough Wine Wine, and follow their map, which you can download. If you plan on eating it is definitely recommended to make a reservation.
My favorites for vineyard dining are :
If you don’t want to drive, but want to do your own tour, try Hop On Hop Off Wine Tours, they are a shuttle bus operator that just drops you off and picks you up, it stops at most of the wineries, but obviously which ones you visit is up to you, when you have finished one hop on the next bus and drop off at the next venue, looks like they can pick you up in Picton.
Wine Tours
Waterways and Wine
This one is good if you only have one day and want to combine a morning boat trip on the sounds and an afternoon wine tour with one operator taking care of everything.
Cruise the Marlborough Sounds, enjoy a picnic lunch, then visit the best of Marlborough’s world-famous wineries.
Marlborough Gourmet Shopping
One of the worlds great regions for fine wine, food, and goodies like chocolate.
Makana Chocolate, corner Rapaura & O’Dwyers Roads.
The Karaka Kitchen cafe, in centre of Blenheim, for the best selection of really fine local goodies.
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Picton Eating
Picton is very small and most places are just a walking distance,
The main streets are London Quay, Wellington Street and High Street, most of the Bars, Pubs, Cafes and Restaurants are located here.
My first choice is Sisu for the very best dining experience.
On the corner of London Quay & High Street is Cafe Cortado and on the opposite corner is the Seabreeze Cafe & Bar
Walk down London Quay and pass Le Cafe, a bar, cafe restaurant, sometimes with live music.
Next, on the corner with Wellington Street is Oxley’s Bar and Kitchen.
Along Wellington Street there is Seumus’s Irish Bar and then Escape to Picton.
A little way up High Street is Gusto’s, (excellent for breakfasts)
For the basics,
a good local baker is Picton Village Bakkerij
and for groceries, wine and beer, there is Fresh Choice supermarket at the top of High Street
Rosewarne House 
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