Ransom Wines - New Zealand

I bought a grabone lunch voucher for this restaurant, and I went with my mum. The food included in the voucher was a platter, which had your normal bread, dips,salami meats, veges and cheese... It was very nicely presented with a wide range of selections. The only downside for me was that they only gave us 2 pieces of cheese, which was just not enough... For wine, we had a bottle of 2011 carmenere red wine, and it was quite nice. The services were good, and beautiful environment. I would definitely return and recommend to my friends.

A very enjoyable return visit for us to Ransom. We love their platters with the freshest of ingredients, great variety, fantastic flavours and presentation. Absolutely perfect for sharing as a couple or a group. The atmosphere is casual and relaxed with a pleasant outlook over the vines, away from the noise and distraction of the main highway. One of our favourite vineyards to visit.

Well what a wonderful sunny afternoon we all (41 of us! enjoyed at Ransom's Vineyard. Our event a surprise 70th birthday party luncheon. Having earlier chosen Ransom's because we had received really positive advice about the ambience, food platters and the way in which groups were catered for we wanted a welcoming, informal yet tasteful environment that allowed people to mix and mingle whilst at the same time enjoying a tasty selection of food that didn't break our budget! Well we and our guests were not disappointed, our guests commented how the large food platters placed on each table were just right for such an occasion. Marion and staff had adapted their $20 platters to suit our occasion a tasty and novel selection of finger type food, though as the hosts we didn't get too much chance to eat much ourselves as we were too busy chatting and introducing guests so can't give you specifics here reports from friends were very favourable however. The wine selection worked well and many seemed especially to enjoy the pinot gris as evidenced by the amount consumed!! Marion and Robin were welcoming to us and our guests and dealt with ongoing requests tactfully and efficiently. We felt at home in this environment and the ambience combined with the simply beautiful sunny day (the best so far this year all helped make a special day!

We decided to head north for lunch today as it was a beautiful sunny day. When we arrived at Ransom the Wine Bar was near capacity, however the lovely owners found us a table outside overlooking the vineyard and surrounds magic! The service was fabulous as was the food and wine. A must do!

We went out to Ransom not quite knowing what to expect (other reviews). Very pleasant surprise. Tastings offered were very generous. We had a platter for two. Nothing out of a bottle or can--and good bread and plenty of it and the wine was very good. Wife described it as the perfect lunch.<br/ <br/ Very nice location -would be a great place to bring a visitor without needing to spend a lot of .<br/ <br/ We will return.