Bladen Wines - Bladen Wines 83 Conders Bend Road

I was lucky enough to enjoy a small tasting with few people and thought the intimate setting in their wine tasting area really gave you a sense of family in the kind welcoming they give. And to describe how this is a family run winery makes you want to support them with all the big wineries in the world. I brought a bottle of the late harvest and guwerstaminer Haha I butchered that spelling. Worth the price of admission!!

Really lovely wines served by even lovelier people. If you like small, family owned businesses, this is the place you want to go. Beautiful setting, nice dogs, the whole spectrum of good things.

Amazing wines and great service. Topped off with the coolest resident doggos

We had an amazing afternoon here! Great chats with the owning family! super yummy wines! especially the little angel rose will probaly never be forgotten, aswell as the amazing view and feel in this little diamond!

My family and I visited Bladen for lunch for the first time yesterday. Having never visited any wine farms in NZ, recently immigrating to NZ, I was, to be brutally honest, a bit disappointed. I had researched a few other wineries on line and popped in to 2 other cellar doors in the morning before deciding on Bladen to have lunch , based on the photos and reviews on line (especially considering that we only had one day to do this). I cannot fault Christine's hosting skills and great personality but I feel that with a reasonably "small" winery, like Bladen, and being as popular as it is, it should be able to cater for the influx of visitors, especially over the holiday period. I felt sorry for Christine who was literally run off her feet trying to handle the wine tastings and spend as much time with each party to explain and serve the wine. It's at this moment that you, as a visitor, can feel slightly disengaged with the whole wine experience and her attention in describing the wines. A helping hand would really be a benefit to this establishment to allow the visitor to engage more with the host and possibly spend more time enjoying the wine - at no point were we offered a glass of wine of our choice after the tasting, so not sure if that's the norm. The food was mediocre with a fair selection to choose from but again, I personally would have enjoyed more breads and savoury condiments to choose from. I'm not sure if there was tea and coffee available but we weren't offered any, especially when we had underage kids with us. Having been in the service industry myself, service and customer attention is critical and all it takes is one poor or not so good experience to be encountered by a visitor that could lead to a bad review and a visitor deciding not to pop in. The photos on line are also slightly misleading, especially to first time visitors as we base our decision (most of the time) on the setting of the place and not as much on how good the wine is - even poor tasting food, in an exquisite setting can cause the food to taste good ?. I did enjoy the Riesling and the Pinot Rose but will reserve comment on the others. So, would I return to Bladen??? I don't think so but that is no reflection on Christine or her brother at all, however, I do believe there is room for improvement.

Really nice experience, family run business and the whole family is super friendly and informative. We had a lovely time at Bladen wines.

Blair and Deni were extremely kind and welcoming and very passionate about their fantastic wines! Eight rows Riesling was great!

Gorgeous wines with 5 star personality and a family owned and run vineyard. Definitely worth stopping in. Next time we are in the area we will definitely be back!