"This is self-guided biking at its best, and the MOST FUN you'll ever have on a bike!!" We are looking forward to seeing you. Cheers
Lorelle and Greg
"Wine Tours By Bike" with Lorelle and Greg has been in business of hiring bikes for over 26 years and offers self-guided biking among our beautiful cellar doors here in Renwick. It is a day designed for you, by you, where you have the flexibility and independence to choose how you spend your time, which cellar doors you want to visit, how long you spend at each one, and do so all at your own bikin
g pace. We will provide heaps of up-to-date information about the cellar doors and provide you with a detailed cellar door map that we have designed ourselves that show you the bikes paths, quiet roads and what roads to avoid. You will also be supported with our backup service, so if something happens to your bike whilst you are out, we will be there to replace it within minutes, so you can explore on your own and know that we are here if you need us. We also offer to collect your wine for free during the day too if you don't want to carry it :-)
Starting out here in Renwick means you could be at your first cellar door within 2 MINUTES of leaving our front gate. Keeping you and those around you safe is always our number one priority, so if you are staying in Renwick or Blenheim for the night, there is no need to risk drink/driving as we offer a FREE PICKUP & DROP OFF shuttle service (within 15km of our base in Blicks Road) if you opt for our full day hire. We have 2 bike hire start times:
Bike Hire A (Self-Guided) - 7 hours
Shuttle pick up from accommodation at 9.30am
Briefing starts at 9.50am
Bike hire ends at 4.00pm
Shuttle drop off at your accommodation by 4.30pm
Bike Hire B (Self-Guided) - 7 hours
Shuttle pick up from accommodation at 10.30am
Briefing starts at 10.50am
Bike hire ends at 5.00pm
Shuttle drop off at your accommodation by 5.30pm
If arriving after 12 Noon (maybe on the ferry or from out of town), just give us a call & we will do our best to arrange an alternative start time for you:-)
The bikes can be enjoyed by young and old alike, whether you are travelling alone, as a couple, a family or in a group. We are located in Renwick, only a 10 minute drive from Blenheim, in the heart of the Marlborough Wine Region. We are proud to display TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence Awards for 2011-2024 inc, plus a Qualmark Gold Award. GROUPS VERY WELCOME - for any groups over 8 people we can put together a personalized itinerary (free of charge) and book you in to your chosen cellar doors ahead of time to ensure that your spot is guaranteed. All Inclusive cost:
$65.00 p/p Single Bike
$130.00 per couple for a Tandem
$65.00 p/p Trike (3-wheeled for those who cannot ride a 2 wheeled bike ;-)
$130.00 per couple for the 2 seater Roadster
We can also cater for children.
11/02/2025
Everyday we send our lovely bikers out to enjoy this stunning part of New Zealand...so I thought I should practice what I preach and go on a wee ride! Such easy biking and so beautiful, bike path is amazing, views over the valley are incredible, so many stops to take photos! Awesome afternoon...a beautiful night sky too! ☀️🍇🚲
05/02/2025
Stunning views of our Marlborough vines! ☀️🍇
29/01/2025
Neon, wine and a scenic ride for these 80’s ladies hen’s party
22/01/2025
Stunning views on the bike tour
14/01/2025
Family fun in the sun ☀️🍷🚲
10/01/2025
Brad and Alice were the lucky winners of the Westpac Lower Hutt Chopper quiz auction! Proceeds going to the well deserving Westpac Chopper Appeal. Part of the awesome package they won, included a day out on our bikes enjoying the stunning cellar doors and restaurants in our region! Brad is a Westpac employee and a long serving Chopper Champ himself and it was an absolute pleasure to host them! 🥰🚴
Also big thanks to Walnut Block & The Fancy Cow for the donations to this amazing cause.
09/01/2025
Pip enjoying the vines
31/12/2024
Hi everyone, Happy New Year to you all! We will be closed New Years Day, back on deck on Thursday 2nd January 2025! See you next year! 🥂🍾🥂
23/12/2024
Hi all, we will be closed Christmas Day & Boxing Day, back on deck Friday 27th December! Wishing you all a safe and happy Christmas! 🎅
14/12/2024
Kaz turns the big 50! A very cool bunch of people helping her celebrate!! 🚴🎂🍾
09/12/2024
Hi everyone, we are closed on Tuesday 10th December, open again on Wednesday 11th December, sorry for any inconvenience. :-) 🚴
25/11/2024
We will be closed for the day tomorrow (Tuesday 26th November), open as usual on Wednesday 27th November! 🚴♀️
16/11/2024
When you get to meet people like these two, makes you realize what a cool business you have! 🥰
27/10/2024
Hey everyone ! We are on the hunt for shuttle drivers for the Xmas & New Year period. Must be over 18 years old and have a clean drivers license. May suit a semi retired fit and able person who is looking for a reason to escape the house for a few hours a day! This is a split shift role, 9am-11.30am and then 4pm-5.30pm.... so you can still get all your jobs done in the afternoon! Great customer service and communication skills is key, as is being flexible with your time... must be also able to work some weekends!
So if you love meeting people and having some fun, get in touch with us so we can meet and chat!
12/10/2024
Quick shout out to our cellar door friends for doing a little something that makes such a big difference... instead of just throwing away their wine caps, they keep them for us and we then collect them on behalf of the Blenheim Lions Club to get recycled and the money raised goes towards the Kidney Kids Project.
Whitehaven Wines, Framingham Wines, Hunter's Wines, Allan Scott Wines, Forrest Wines, Rimapere, Bladen Wines, Te Whare Ra (TWR) Wines :-)
Great job, everyone.
The WTBB team xx
30/09/2024
Nature is amazing, you know that ❤️ Hope you find a wee moment in your day to stop and admire it all.
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The beautiful Tova out for a bike ride with her Mum and Dad - @tovathemountaindog
Friends coming together to have fun and make memories.
The view from Bladen Wines...our lovely biking folk are simply raving about their experience there.. ❤️
In a nutshell....Wine Tours By Bike has been in the business of hiring bikes for over 22 years and was the first bike hire company to start operating here in Marlborough. It was originally based in Blenheim, but being a good 1 hour bike ride from the majority of cellar doors, folk found the journey just too far (both there and back) and the fast Statehighway roads that they had to ride on to get out to Renwick not in the least bit pleasurable. When the business came up for sale 8 years ago, we knew right from the start that the best place to bring it to was out to our property here in Renwick as one of the beautiful things about it is that we are surrounded by quiet roads and are right in the heart of the cellar doors. So, we put in an offer, and to our great excitement, it was accepted :-) We were now the proud owners of 25 old bikes!!
Since then, the business has gone from strength to strength and we are loving every minute of it. One of the first things we did was to replace “said 25 old bikes”and we now have upwards of 100+ to offer from single bikes, tandems, trikes, 4 wheeled bikes, tag-alongs, kids bikes and trailers. We then started working closely with the local council to get more bike paths put in place, and with the support of a number of amazing cellar doors and land owners coming on board, more have since followed and there will be more to come which is absolutely fantastic for everyone.
Our bike hire is all about offering you the chance to take a self-guided/unguided cruise around Renwicks’ beautiful cellar doors, many of whom are amazingly close not only to us but also each other (between 5-10 minutes gentle biking apart). Being in the middle of a valley, the roads to each of the cellar doors are as flat as a pancake and they are so easy to find so the bikes can be enjoyed by young and old alike, whether you are travelling alone, as a couple, a family or in a group. You could be at your first cellar door within 2 MINUTES of leaving our front gate.
With the freedom to choose the cellar doors you want to visit based on how far you want to bike, where you fancy stopping for lunch, what wines you love, and do it all without worrying that you have to keep up with others, your time on the bikes is truly your own. You don’t need to book appointments to visit any of the cellar doors ahead of time (unless you are part of a big group of over 8 people, and in that case, we can help put an itinerary together for you so that you know you will be looked after at each place you visit:-), and we will be there at the start to give you heaps of friendly advice, recommendations and ideas to help make your time on the bikes the best it can be.
We are also there if you need us as we offer a full emergency backup service, so if something happens to your bike ie your chain falls off or you get a puncture whilst you are out and about, a quick phone call will have us there to replace your bike within minutes and if you by chance buy more wine than you can carry, we can go and collect it for you as well.
Our bike hire, however, is not just for those who want to visit the cellar doors - if you are not a wine drinker and the idea of just heading out for a ride among the vineyards and back country roads, with a stop somewhere for lunch is more your thing - we can help you with that too.
Keeping you and those around you safe is our number one priority, and always has been, and knowing that this activity involves alcohol, we certainly do not want you to risk drinking and then driving afterwards. If you are staying in Renwick or Blenheim for the night we offer a FREE pickup and drop off service (within 15km of our base in Blicks Road) and we encourage you to use this.
We have 2 bike hire start times:
Bike Hire A (Self-Guided)
Pick up from accommodation at 9.30am
Briefing starts at 10.00am
Bike hire ends at 4.00pm
Drop off to accommodation between 4.15pm and 4.30pm
Bike Hire B (Self-Guided)
Pick up from accommodation at 10.30am
Briefing starts at 11.00am
Bike hire ends at 5.00pm
Drop off to accommodation between 5.15pm and 5.30pm
If arriving after 12 Noon (maybe on the ferry or from out of town), just give us a call & we will do our best to arrange an alternative start time for you:-) Cost is adjusted accordingly.
We are located at Tripadvisor's award winning, Hillsfield House B&B in Renwick, (only 10 minutes by car from Blenheim), in the heart of the Marlborough Wine Region. We are now in our 22nd season and proud to display TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence Awards for 2011-2019 inc.
GROUPS VERY WELCOME - discounts offered for 10 or more
All Inclusive cost:
$45.00 p/p Single Cruiser Bike
$80.00 per couple for a Tandem Cruiser
$45.00 p/p Single Cruiser Trike (for those who cannot ride single bikes only ;-)
$90.00 per couple for the 2 seater Roadster
$160.00 for 4 people for the 4 seater Roadster
The world is going through some tough times at the moment but with a little patience, kindness and taking time to look out for each other, we will come through it. We will be here waiting at the end of all of this and look forward to seeing old friends again and meeting new ones.
Have a wee look at our website - www.winetoursbybike.co.nz as this will give you a really good feel for what it is we offer, but if you have any questions at all, please feel free to get in touch and we will do our best to answer them for you.
We are looking forward to seeing you.
Take care, everyone.
Cheers
Steve, Jo, Willow and Lee-Ah (our two SPCA Rescue Dogs)