Taste for yourself
Self guided tastings available everyday* at
The Heke, our restaurant and bar.
Virtual Tastings
Virtual Tastings
Golden Oldies
Rosie and Pat introduce you to the Golden oldies pack, then Pat takes you through each whisky individually.
Introduction
The Sweetwater
Series 1
Moss Batch 2
Peat & Port
A private tasting with Patrick.
Pat takes you through the golden oldies pack in more detail with lots of history and points about production, maturation and bottling.
Join Mark Izzard, founder of Waiheke Whisky, along with Colin Mairs and Phil from First Phil Whisky as they explore our exciting tasting sets - Adventures in New Zealand Peat and Dog Years.
Second Release: Dog Years
Patrick Newton, head distiller at Waiheke joins us for a walk through our latest release, Dog Years, a selection of non peated of NZ malts.
Order the Dog Years tasting set here.
First Release: Adventures in New Zealand Peat
We have produced two videos, each created to suit either geek or beginner level whisky lovers - though you may enjoy them both anyway!
Order the Adventures in New Zealand Peat tasting set here.
Whisky geek
Whisky beginner
The Waiheke Island Distillery
64 Onetangi Road, Waiheke Island, NZ
Onsite @ The Heke
www.theheke.co.nz/
Open every weekend
Summer: open every day
Winter: Thursday to Monday inclusive.
Hours : open from 12pm
Closing times may vary, check www.theheke.co.nz for updates.