Enjoying Wellington summer 2025

An hour-ish drive from Wellington city is the lovely Wairarapa district.
There, the Martinborough village or settlement has some great wine tasting vineyards. Smaller than Hawkes Bay region but very close to Welly if you don't want to do the 4 hours drive in the car.
The Schubert Winery has great Provence style rose and good chardonnays too.