Volcanic Hills Winery, Rotorua

The wine was pretty good however, not sure if it was just the server that we had, but the tastings were done at tables instead of at the bar so a tasting that should have taken 10 min took about 45 and we weren't really provided with alot of information about the different wines. I think he realized the issue and apologized and did give us a free tasting of the tawny but still we would have liked to have had more time to maybe have a glass or two.

We bought a wine and talked to other mom while drinking wine while kids played. One of our child dropped the juice and did one little noise (scream). Ann (the manager) who served told us came to clean the juice and became very annoyed. She said that this place is for adults and customers cannot stand kids cry. There were only 2 customers in the restaurant. The rest us 8 people: 4 adults and 4 kids. We think if person is annoyed with kids then should not work in the hospitality area. I also have a business and I was surprised. She came to a 2.5 years child and said u cannot cry here. Ann said it s common sense to know it :o. She also said that a child cry annoys many people. If kids are not allowed then why did she serve us initially and also no sign about kids was displayed. Also Sky Line is a kids destination and it s a schools holidays.

Great wines and service through our tasting. Learnt some very interesting facts about NZ and Australian wines. Also, what a great view!!

What a surprise - great wine, great atmosphere, great cheese plater - just ticked all the boxes!

The winery's tasting room is located on top of the skyline hill. You have to ride the gondala up but you can package your activities together (husband and I did the gondala ride + wine tasting + 3 luge rides - do the luge, it was so much fun!). The wine in the tasting were fantastic. Johnny was our wine tour guide. He really took the time to get to know us a bit, ask us where we were from, what we've done so far, give us some recommendations, and had a fun way of explaining the different wines we were tasting. He explained that we were in white wine heaven. I had the best sauvignon blanc I've ever had, we ended up buying a bottle (or two). I would recommend getting the wedges and sour cream for the food with your wine tasting. We also had the opportunity to try the 15 year old tawny which was really sweet and strong. Highly recommend!