Muirlea Rise
Muirlea Rise
4.5
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kiwishari
Wellington, New Zealand182 contributions
June 2022 • Friends
Fabulous hosts and tasting experience today at Muirlea Rise. Love this winery and their personal and down to earth approach, along with fantastic wines. Thanks for a great experience Hilary and Shaun. Highly recommended and we’ll definitely be back.
Written 12 June 2022
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Goodnightkiwi78
Wellington, New Zealand20 contributions
Oct 2018
Love coming here. Shawn is a great host for tasting and always has a few stories to tell. :-)
Fantastic range of Red wine. Loving the dessert wines too!
Fantastic range of Red wine. Loving the dessert wines too!
Written 22 October 2018
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Karen B
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June 2022 • Couples
Wonderful hospitality from the lovely Hilary today, and the gorgeous lizzie, great cellar door experience with friends, Sharon, Chris, Ali & Rob, Thanks Muirlea, the wines pretty good too, from Karen and Stuart
Written 11 June 2022
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Two travelers
Wellington, New Zealand8 contributions
Apr 2021 • Couples
Intimate tasting experience. Tasting Pinot Nior with feta cheese a great tiuch. Would have been a better review had the server Shawn not told a gay joke to a married queer couple stating the pinot 'was so fruity his father would be rolling in his grave' super unimpressed. Average wine, rehearsed a repeated the same jokes to every costumer.
Written 3 April 2021
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Leonie R.
Luzern3 contributions
Feb 2019 • Friends
Shawn Brown kicked us 3 girls out because we were sitting on a table and talking to each other while enjoying the wine. He didn't give us a reasonable explanation why we had to leave (except the above said). Why provide a seating area if you are not allowed to use it? Why invite people to your winery if you don't like people to talk? Furthermore, whenever he poured us a new glass of wine, we would expect some explanation about the specific wine from him, asking interested questions. However, he was very snippy and short from the beginning. He was inexplicably rude. I can absolutely NOT recommend you to go to Muirlea Rise.
Written 7 February 2019
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Ali0706
Kapiti Coast, New Zealand12 contributions
June 2022 • Friends
Great wine tasting experience, the owners Hilary & Shawn were full of fun and informative about their wines which made it all a very enjoyable. Eould highly recommend a visit
Written 11 June 2022
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Grant N
Hastings, New Zealand1,516 contributions
Nov 2021
Loud, casual, friendly, happy man in his element. Shawn Brown is a showman but produces very nice wine. I see one person wasn't happy with his sense of humour in the reviews - a bit precious I think - everything in great fun - I asked if he had any business cards and was presented with a couple of corks with the name and email printed on them - outstanding! The whole tasting room was happy and we chatted to a number of others while there - all were having a great time. One of my favourite tastings and I highly recommend it
Written 18 November 2021
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Margaret
5 contributions
Aug 2020 • Friends
Excellent service, had an expert knowledge of the wines in the tastings, super friendly, great chat, awesome sense of humour - 12/10 would do again!!!!!!
Written 31 August 2020
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Kev1611
Lower Hutt, New Zealand18 contributions
Aug 2020
The wines were lovely, the people were so friendly, knowledgable and interesting it was one of our favourite tastings.
Written 30 August 2020
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Garry B
Melbourne, Australia1,691 contributions
Nov 2019
Vaguely aware of the label, biking past and did a u turn back, which was the correct decision. Shawn the winemaker/owner is a character, caustic but in a fun way, calls it as he see's it. Pinot Noir's were good but highlight the fortified wines - Apres. An entertaining cellar door which you should not miss.
Written 24 November 2019
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