Plume’s Fine Food and Matakana Vineyards Location Make It A Perfect

Just an hour’s drive from Auckland or Whangarei, the vineyard restaurant, Plume is a ‘must visit’ destination on any Matakana wine or food journey. Plume is all about fabulous local New Zealand wine and produce and how, together they can celebrate culinary diversity. Matakana is a small New Zealand town situated 10 kilometres east of Warkworth and premium wines have been produced in this area for quite some time now. However, there are new vineyards being developed all the time as the whole area is particularly suited to wine growing.  Almost all the vineyards are on sloping land which of course helps to drain the clay soil. This is traditionally a red wine growing region, however, there are now some outstanding white wines being produced.

Hopping from vineyard to vineyard is easy and fun with both organised tours and map trails available. It is recommended to visit the Matakana wine growers’ website or the Matakana Visitors’ Centre for more information. However, if it is fine food you are after on your wine tour, it is hard to go past the Runner Duck Estate and Plume restaurant.  At Plume they are as passionate about sustainability as they are about their food and wine and have a stunning energy-efficient, north facing New Zealand villa-type building design with a low carbon floor print which incorporates the use of as many recycled materials as possible. They also have a solar energy system to power the kitchen’s hot water and compost and recycle all their waste.

Plume restaurant is situated in a spectacular vineyard location with glorious 180 degree views of vineyards, fields, valleys and mountains. At Plume they offer both indoor and patio dining and they are open for wine tasting and lunch Wednesday to Sundays (lunch 11am to 3pm, wine tastings 10am to 4pm Wednesday to Friday, and 10am to 5pm Saturday and Sunday.) Dinner is from 6pm onwards on Friday and Saturday. Plume advise that if clients would like to go for dinner on any other night they will be happy to open by special arrangement. For special events and large groups they do recommend to contact them via email, farida@plumerestaurant.co.nz  or view their website at http://www.plumerestaurant.co.nz.

Plume has a number of highly versatile spaces that can be easily configured for any event, particularly weddings and corporate occasions. Plume has a fantastic atmosphere and, combined with the expertise of their culinary team and staff, they will make any occasion one to be remembered.

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