Straight 8 Estate

We had wine tasting with own brewed wines, the host Mary is so friendly, the wines are all very fresh & the taste of grapes are great. Such a lovely vineyard to visit.

Dropped in last minute on my last day in New Zealand and I was so glad we did. Have been to a few wineries in South Island and this winery was by far the best one. Its a small winery but their wines are so much more better than those big wineries. We met James and Mary and James, who is the winemaker shares so much about what he does with the wines. Their wines are aromatic, has depth, and every wine varietal produced by them are of very good quality. The price is suprisingly very cheap, given the good quality of wine sold. We love the wine so much. Best ones that we have tasted during our trip. Thank you James for the passion in wine. Hope to see you again.

We bought wines, it were perfect! 🤩 children played with dogs. Beautiful services was.

After reading all the good reviews we were expecting a completely different experience from the one we had. As soon as we got there the conversation with James turned very awkward and political, with some extremist and offensive comments. Then, we went on with the wine tasting with Mary (15 dollars per person for tasting three different wines) and every time we asked about how the different wines were made she replied with a condescending comment. Overall, a very bad experience that left us feeling uneasy. Definitely do not recommend.

A must stop! This small business winery has done a fantastic job creating a superb product. We did a tasting for reasonably priced and are excited to take some bottles home.

Such a fun experience and the wine was amazing we bought multiple bottles, nice to have a relaxed wine experience with James and Bella. Mary had great recommendations on what to do with neighboring cities.

Really great service! I can tell how much the owner cares about her business, she takes pride in local wine and provided us with a lot of information. I recommend this to anyone when in New Zealand, fantastic experience!

I would recommend anyone to go here. They have very good and interesting wines, not like anything else I have tasted. We met with Mary and she gave us a very authentic winetasting with lots of laughs and also good wines of course.