Villa Maria Reviews

Great customer service, very knowledgeable. Free tasting. Delicious wine! I loved the Sauvignon Blanc the best

One of my top winery experiences (from around the world). Excellent reserves, and fabulous hospitality. Highly recommend a visit.

Great sitting outside to enjoy lovely view of vineyards! Great charcuterie board and wine testing. The sitting outside was perfect. It was shaded and breezy. The stuff is extricate knowledgeable about vineyards with details about soil geology and history behind this vineyards. I would say this is a nice spot to relax and have a quick light lunch or afternoon snack. We did not had to wait for a table. They have variety of sitting. Food come relatively quick.

Not a bad winery to visit their cellar door. They have some cheap not so good wines on their list and also some goodies too.

Good tasting and very friendly staff. Selection of wines was awesome.

We just had a great tasting (free) and would love to return. The wines are absolutely lovely and the lady who helped us was so nice and gave lots of interesting information. Thank you!

My boyfriend and I visited the tasting room on a lovely summer afternoon. Adam decried each wine to us in detail, provided lots of fun and historical background, and gave us some local recommendations as well. The wine in incredible, especially the Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir. Certainly worth a visit!

Beautiful location and best tasting we did due to the friendly knowledgeable staff

We really enjoyed our wine tasting there last weekend. Very professional service by the two ladies, cosy environment and delightful wines. We particularly appreciate the Sauvignon blanc.

Class, Quality, Wisdom, Hospitality, Value. The visit to this winery was one of the highlights of our trip to the south island because it excelled in all of the above dimensions. I am extremely grateful for taking the time to visit another winery, after the disappointment of Cloudy Bay winery. The first striking thing was that they are offering a larger selection of wines for tasting and the tasting is for free! They are that confident of their wines and for good reason! The woman taking care of us had only began working in the wine industry for 6 months but seemed to have the knowledge decades - that just tells you how much effort they put in educating their staff and how much love their staff has for what they do. The knowledge she transferred to us should be named, wisdom! Most importantly, their wines were MINDBLOWING! I m not exaggerating. So much that we ended up buying two bottles of Pinor Gris, to take back to the USA! Another crazy thing? Their wine prices are so much lower than Cloudy Bay, while being so much better! No wonder they have been voted in the best 3 wineries in the world! I could not recommend this place enough. You will be treated as a first class guest without the commitment to pay anything, tasting some of the best wines of your life!