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Really great place to visit while in Martinborough.
Poppies doesn't try to fake it as a fantastic restaurant but instead focuses on their stunning wine.
Poppies just serves the one dish, which is not really a dish but a platter. This is highly recommended though as there are some absolutely scrumptious food on the platter. Some of our favourites were the pork belly and the house smoked salmon.
With every platter comes a free wine tasting. Here one of the staff will talk you through the various wines and how they are created and what the history behind them are.
You can really taste the differences between the wines at Poppies even if you are just like me and not a wine conisoure. The pinot gris was just fantastic and their late harvest pinot gris was almost like a dessert wine.
Poppies only sell through their cellar door and do not supply any stores. Although their wine is quite expensive it does taste great and it is definitely worth taking a couple of bottles home for special occasions.
Poppies is a must visit when in Martinborough but you do need to book. It is a great place for a romantic lunch or family/celebration lunch and we will be back.
Food: 9/10
Staff: 10/10
Ambiance: 10/10
Wine: 10/10
Value: 9/10
Would I return: Absolutely!!!!
Poppies is a beautiful Martinborough winery known for its intimate wine tastings with winemaker Poppy Hammond and seasonal tasting platters. Their reputation is well deserved, with lovely hospitality in a stunning venue. The tasting platter works out at $22 per head (including bread) and features a delicious range of food items including rosé poached salmon, pork belly slices, olive tapenade, tiny marinated mushrooms, pumpkin hummus, medium rare beef strips, stuffed artichokes and peppers, olives, brie and crostini (among other things).
Vegetarians are also catered for on request and their platters reassembled to exclude meat products.
We started with the wine tasting which was accompanied by Poppie's (owner and namesake) beautiful commentary on the history and process of wine making. You can really feel her passion and dedication to her "babies". We followed this with the main platter which was absolutely delicious and the service was so friendly and accomodating (we didn't book but they went out of their way to gave us a table for 1 and 1/2 hours.) Loved it! Highly recommended!
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