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Vino Wines. Wine that goes places.

About Us

Vino Wines. Wine that goes places.

Vino was created by Neil Pattinson, a Banks Peninsula winemaker who knows exactly how good wine should taste and how annoying bottles can be when you want to take that wine anywhere fun.

After years working in vineyards and watching people pack for beaches, huts and road trips, he kept seeing the same thing. Great wine left behind because bottles were heavy, breakable, or too much hassle for the kind of days that end with salty hair and sandy feet.

Neil wanted wine that travels the way people actually live. So he made it. Vino pouches are light, easy to chill, simple to pour and designed to go places bottles can’t. They slide into backpacks, chilly bins and gloveboxes without a second thought. They’re perfect for summer days, weekend escapes and those unplanned moments when a glass of something good makes everything better.

Real wine. Easy to bring along. Ready when you are.

Meet the maker.

Neil Pattinson has spent years coaxing flavour out of the Banks Peninsula coastline. As the winemaker behind Whistling Buoy, he’s built a reputation for small-batch wines shaped by salt air, shifting weather, and a stubborn commitment to doing things properly. That same care sits inside every Vino pouch. Nothing watered down. Nothing dialled back. Just the wine people already love, designed to travel better.

And that’s why Vino connects. It tastes like a bottle-worthy pour, but fits the way people move. It slips into days that start at the beach and end by the BBQ. It keeps up with hikers, cyclists, swimmers, road-trippers, and anyone who wants a glass without carrying a full bottle. Real wine, made by a winemaker who knows his craft, paired with packaging that actually suits modern life.

It’s good wine made easy to bring along. And that’s the bit people can’t get enough of.

Person holding a vino wine pouch on a tennis court with tennis rackets and balls.
BUILT FOR THE NEW NZ WEEKEND

A single pour is a simple idea that solves a lot of small, everyday problems. No half bottles forgotten in the fridge. No over-pouring. No “should we open another?” moments.

One pouch. One glass. A tidy way to enjoy wine without leftover waste — or leftover guilt.