Known Unknown Wine

27/01/2025

Summer just got hotter! We have an amazing lineup of Known Unknown Wine and House Wine events over the next two months!

On Saturday 8 Feb we’re going to be in Raglan for the Raglan Vine festival organised by Cult Wine! Go to raglanvine.com for tickets!

And then on Friday 14 Feb (Valentine’s Day) we’re bringing our super popular Get Dumped on Valentines Day back for our Feastival Taranaki event! 5 wines matched to 5 bites (all dumplings or dumpling adjacent) for just $65 with seatings at 5pm (just added), 6pm (sold out), 7pm and 8pm! Go to feastival.co.nz or click the link below for tickets!

We’re also open all AmeriCARna (Official) weekend with extra outdoor seating! On the Friday night we’re gonna be serving up gourmet hot dogs and Californian wine at Americarna @ House Wine and on Saturday we’ll be open for Ameri-Carnival @ House Wineand will be serving breakfast sandwiches, Proof & Stock Coffeein the morning and hotdogs and wine in the afternoon!

We’re also hosting a tasting on Wednesday 12 March we’ll have Planet Wine hosting an amazing wines of the world tasting! Go to Humanitix (humanitix.com or click the link below) for tickets!

And just a heads up, we’ll also be at the on Sunday 16 Feb and Sunday 16 March and will be open on Waitangi Day 6 Feb from 3pm as usual!

12/01/2025

It’s back! As a ‘back to work’ special, we’re bringing back one of our most popular deals! The $120 7-Bottle Six Pack! Two Pet Nats (one pink), two whites and two reds for just $20 a bottle (saving $5-$10 a bottle) and a bonus 500ml bottle of our orange wine, Spray Tan! That’s over $180 value! Click the link below or go to knownunknown.co.nz

29/12/2024

22/12/2024

Holiday Hours:
Xmas Eve from 3pm
Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 3pm

And New Year’s Eve for our Vermuteria Pop-Up

14/12/2024

13/12/2024

See you for the next two Sundays leading up to Christmas at Farmers Market Taranaki! We’ll have a range of wines (and Bloody Vermouth) to taste and take home! It’s on Sunday 15 and 22 November at Huatoki Plaza from 9am ‘til midday! Come say hi!

10/12/2024

Thanks to for two great reviews of the 2024 Flamingo Rosé and Puma Pinot Gris, we especially enjoyed learning that PUMA “has rizz”. Couldn’t agree more!

You can check out the full reviews on yvonnelorkin.com

09/12/2024

It’s that time of year so here’s a heads up on holiday hours and shipping…

Shipping:
Our last day of the year for out of town* shipping is midday Friday 20 December (if you’re at an RD address we’d recommend getting your order in a day or so early) and for local deliveries it’s midday Monday 23 December (for Xmas) and midday Monday 30 December (for New Years’ Eve).

House Wine Hours
House Wine will be open as usual (Thursday- Saturday from 3pm) throughout the holiday period including Boxing Day and 2 January. In addition to this we’ll be open Tuesday 24 December (Xmas Eve) for tastings, drinks and takeaways AND Tuesday 31 December for VERMUTERIA - our New Years’ Eve Popup!

We’ll also be at the Farmers Market Taranaki from 9-12 on Sunday 15 and Sunday 22 December with wine, vermouth and more to taste and take away!

* New Plymouth including Bell Block, Waitara, Egmont Village, Inglewood and Ōakura.

21/11/2024

This Sunday we’re hosting a wee pop-up at Nice Hotel as part of the St Pius Heavenly Homes fundraiser! While Heavenly Homes is a ticketed event, everyone is welcome to join us in the deck at Nice Hotel between midday and 5pm!

07/11/2024

Next Sunday the 17th of November we’re teaming up with the amazing folks at for a Meet the Maker! 3 amazing wines (including one brand new wine) with three amazing dishes from the Rosella kitchen! Bookings between 3pm and 6pm… see you there, just click the link in our bio!

07/10/2024

Want a $50 voucher to an amazing restaurant? Introducing Wine & Dine! Spend $200 on knownunknown.co.nz and you’ll get a $50 voucher to a restaurant that stocks our wine! There are over two dozen nationwide including:
- Ōakura
- Christchurch
- Hamilton
- Wellingtonbar - New Plymouthnewtown - Wellington
- Napier
- Dunedin
- New Plymouth
- Aucklandkrd - Auckland
- Auckland
- Wellington
- Aucklandcucina.italiana - Ōakura

and many more… offer ends 21 October.
Go to knownunknown.co.nz for details or click the link in our bio!

18/09/2024

This is a cheeky reminder that Feastival Taranaki is in two weeks AND Known Unknown Wine and Black Sand Pizzeria and Bistro are teaming out to host Friends for Dinner: Known Unknown at Black Sands in Ōakura on Thursday 3 October! Matt has put together an amazing multi-course menu and Jules will be matching a range of Known Unknown wines including some new releases! Tickets are just $99 at feastival.co.nz. Bring a friend (or make one while you’re there) better yet you can book free transport from town when you book your tickets on Eventbrite! Check out the link in the comments!

08/09/2024

We’ve just dropped a new mix pack for Spring! $155 for five amazing bottles from our most recent releases and a 500ml bottle of Bloody Vermouth:

2024 ‘Puma’ Pinot Gris - Gisborne
2023 Chardonnay - Hawkes Bay
2024 ‘Flamingo’ Rosé - Gisborne
2023 Syrah Rosé - Hawkes Bay
2023 Syrah - Hawkes Bay
500ml Bloody Vermouth

Just go to knownunknown.co.nz and save $5 a bottle!

01/09/2024

Next Wednesday next week we’re hosting A Spring Wine Adventure. This is going to be a fun, relaxed tasting of 8 wines (and snacks). Think Pét Nat, aromatic whites and oranges, crunchy rosés and juicy reds (yes there will be some Beaujolais)! Tickets can be booked using the link below...