Upcoming Events

Bar Blanc de Blancs (2021 vintage release)

with Martin Bosley’s Oyster Saloon

12PM – 5PM, Saturday 1 November

Our special annual Blanc de Blancs celebration returns for a 4th edition with the release of the 2021 vintage of our world famous (in Greytown) Méthode Traditionnelle!

After four years of patient making and aging, the corks on the most sparkly of all our wines are ready to be popped and the liquid gold consumed on the Alexia terrace!

The man, the myth, the mollusc maestro Martin Bosley is back with his Oyster Saloon between 12pm - 3pm shucking fresh oysters for the occasion so get in early for these or miss out!

Oysters not your thing? Fear not, the Alexia kitchen will also be turning out some delicious delights to match to your Blanc de Blancs – everyone will be happy!

It’s always a great day when the new vintage of Blanc de Blancs starts flowing and we’re quietly delighted with how the 2021 vintage is looking!

Essential Details:

Alexia Urban Winery, 197 West Street, Greytown.

Leashed dogs ok! No bookings required, just turn up.

Parking onsite, on the street, and lots of parking for bikes. 15 minute walk from Greytown centre.

Essential Details:

Alexia Urban Winery, 197 West Street, Greytown.

Leashed dogs ok! No bookings required, just turn up.

Parking onsite, on the street, and lots of parking for bikes. 15 minute walk from Greytown centre.

Upcoming Events

ALEXIA PIZZA NIGHTS WITH ROVING PIZZA

4PM – 8PM (pizzas available 4.30PM-7PM)

Friday 17 Oct, Friday 14 Nov, Friday 5 Dec,

Friday 23 Jan, Friday 20 Feb

On occasional Friday evenings we are doing a little pizza pop-up with Roving Pizza!

Roving Pizza make beautiful wood-fired Napoletana style pizzas. Fresh spins on authentic Italian flavours with delightfully soft and crunchy bases achieved through a 24-hour dough fermentation process. All handmade, using the best ingredients, cooked in front of you. Delicious!

How it works

• Alexia is open from 4.00pm – 8.00pm. Pizzas are available to order 4.30pm – 7.00pm. Cheeseboards, little charcuteries plates and ice-cream are also available. Pizza Menu is here, please note the Pugliese Pizza can be vegan on request.

• No bookings taken – just turn up and find a spot. If the weather is nice we’ll be on the terrace and lawn. If the weather is not so nice we’ll be on the terrace and in the winery (all covered).

• Takeaway pizza is also available, walk-in only - no email/phone orders. You need to turn up to order your pizza. Enjoy a glass of Alexia while you wait, and grab a bottle of something delicious to take home.

• Gluten Free? Apologies but Roving Pizza does not currently offer gluten free pizza bases but our cheeseboards and charcuterie plates can be GF.

• No BYO food/drinks.

• Head to our Facebook event page for weather updates

Essential Details:

Alexia Urban Winery, 197 West Street, Greytown.

Leashed dogs ok!

Parking onsite, on the street, and lots of parking for bikes. 15 minute walk from Greytown centre.

Upcoming Events

FIVE CANDLES

A BIRTHDAY RETROSPECTIVE TASTING

Five years of Alexia Urban Winery told through five defining wines

3pm, Sunday 16 November

It’s coming up to Alexia Urban Winery’s 5th Birthday… five years since we opened our doors to the public for the first time!

In that time we’ve released dozens of new wines, championing emerging varieties and wine styles, held heaps of pop-ups, transformed into a weekend wine bar, and become one of NZ’s few in-house Méthode Traditionnelle producers.

There are very few industries quite like wine. It’s an industry where you are responsible for every aspect of a product that starts with the planting and growing of the grapes, harvesting decisions, the picking, the making, the bottling, the sales and marketing, the exporting, the running of a hospitality venue, the logistics and dispatch and everything in between.

In short, there are hundreds of things you have to get right to be successful in this business - so we’re celebrating this milestone with a special birthday tasting event showcasing five wines that have defined our five years as an urban winery.

Take a seat, hear the stories, and taste as winemakers/co-owners Jane Cooper and Lesley Reidy traverse five years of a little urban winery on a Greytown back street.

This is a limited ticketed event with no door sales, so get in quick as we’d love to see you there. Tickets available via: https://www.alexia.co.nz/buy-alexia-wine/p/five-candles or from the cellar door.

Past Events

Past Events

‘Carnevale’ Paninoteca Bar

SATURDAY 5 JULY, 12PM – 5PM

We’re bringing a little bit of the Carnival of Venice to the Greytown Festival of Christmas with our pop-up ‘Carnevale’ Paninoteca Bar!

Step away from the chaos of the Grand Canal and Piazza San Marco to the back streets of old Venice and you’ll find little paninotecas (panini shops) serving delicious toasted focaccia paninis…with a glass or two of local wine of course.

Alexia is getting into the Venice spirit too, transforming our little urban winery into a pop-up Venetian Paninoteca Bar! The focaccia paninis will be toasting all day matched to the Alexia wine list, and the ‘frittelle’ (special Venetian doughnuts eaten during ‘Carnevale’) will be selling until they’re gone!

It’s also the GLOBAL launch of our newest wine - a delicious Wairarapa grown, Italian red called Lagrein, originally from the Trentino region of Italy…not far from Venice! It’s the perfect match for a delightful Italian lunch.

We’ll also have new release White Pinot Noir and all the other Alexia favourites for you to enjoy.

Close your eyes, smell the mozzarella, take a sip of Lagrein and you could almost be in Italy!

It’s all going to be ‘delizioso’, but it’s one day only, so jump in your gondolas and get to Alexia!

Essential Details:

12PM - 5PM, Sat 5 July at Alexia Urban Winery, 197 West Street, Greytown.

Dogs ok! No bookings required, just turn up. Vegetarian and GF options available!

Parking onsite, on the street, and lots of parking for bikes. 15 minute walk from Greytown centre.

Pinot Noir Mardi Gras

(A Not Serious Pinot Noir Masterclass)

SATURDAY 12 JULY, 2PM

It’s Pinot…but not as you know it! Join Alexia for an informal (but still informative) masterclass - exploring the four very different expressions of Pinot Noir made by our tiny urban winery.

Take a seat, hear the stories, and taste the love put into each wine as Alexia co-owners Jane (also winemaker) and Lesley traverse the subjects of Méthode Traditionnelle, White Pinot Noir, Rosé, Pinot Noir, art and family.

By the end of this session you’ll be in the know about the Alexia back story and our urban winery journey, how Alexia’s Méthode Traditionnelle is made, finally understand what White Pinot Noir is, learn about different Rosé styles, and have a whole new appreciation of why Wairarapa Pinot Noir is so unique.

 Full details and tickets are for sale via our online shop. No door sales, so get in quick!

 *R18.

**Due to the nature of this event we do not have room for dogs.

Essential Details:

2PM, Sat 12 July at Alexia Urban Winery, 197 West Street, Greytown.

Parking onsite, on the street, and lots of parking for bikes. 15 minute walk from Greytown centre.

Fondue Chalet

(Wine + Fondue Festival)

SATURDAY 19 JULY, 12PM - 5PM

Yodelayheehoo! We’re bringing the Alps to Alexia and transforming our little urban winery into a cosy Swiss chalet to host possibly the world’s smallest wine and fondue festival!

Why travel to Geneva when you can travel to Greytown for an authentic après-ski wine and fondue session…without the bother of skiing…or the snow. It’s guaranteed to be fun though!

Our Grüner Veltliner based cheese fondue is the star of the show – with plenty of bread to dip of course! We’ll be serving up these little hot pots of happiness (including fondue rules), alongside some other hot cheese delicacies, and our famous Toblerone cremè doughnuts, all matched to the Alexia wine list.

Who needs the Matterhorn and Mont Blanc when there’s Blanc de Blancs, mountains of cheese and wine, and plenty winter spirit to share!

It’s one day only, so dust off those ski-jackets and googles, clip on those crampons and get to Alexia!

Essential Details:

12PM - 5PM, Sat 19 July at Alexia Urban Winery, 197 West Street, Greytown.

Dogs ok! No bookings required, just turn up. Vegetarian and GF options available!

Parking onsite, on the street, and lots of parking for bikes. 15 minute walk from Greytown centre.