Batch Winery & Thomas Estate is a vineyard with a cellar door and restaurant at 129 Carsons Road, Waiheke Island, rated 4.4 on Google from 1188 reviews. Its website says it is open from 11:00 to 16:00, seven days, and describes 360-degree views of the Hauraki Gulf, Auckland and the Coromandel Peninsula. Customers mention the views, the wine tastings, the food and weddings held there.
The website says the Thomas wines are handcrafted on the estate, produced, bottled and labelled in a gravity-fed winery, and that the vineyard sits high above the Onetangi Valley. It lists three venue spaces for weddings and events, High Tea, Sunday yoga sessions and accommodation. A winery restaurant is best treated as a long, slow lunch, so book ahead and plan your transport home, since Waiheke relies on ferries and on-island transfers. Tastings let you try the wines before ordering a glass or a bottle with your meal. Ask staff which wines suit the food you have chosen.
For lunch with a view and a glass of local wine on Waiheke, Batch Winery is a well-known destination.