Waiheke Distilling Co

Waiheke Distilling Co Visit for tastings, tours, events & our summer garden bar. 🍸
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Family-owned Waiheke distillery on the site of the island’s first hotel. 🌿 Crafting award-winning gins & vodkas with native botanicals, pure rainwater & island spirit. ✨ Opening Hours
🍸 Garden Bar: Wed–Sun 11am–5pm

Perched high on Waiheke’s remote eastern ridge, our family-owned boutique distillery continues the tradition of island hospitality at Pikau Bay – the site of Waiheke’s very first hotel

in the 1890s. We craft award-winning gins and vodkas with native botanicals and a deep respect for sustainability. Every spirit is cut with pure Waiheke rainwater, distilled with unique ingredients like macadamia for a silky texture, and bottled on-site using solar power, reusable glass, and biodegradable packaging.

🌿 Signature botanicals include coastal kelp, kawakawa, horopito, hand-peeled NZ citrus, antioxidant-rich cherries, and rare pōhutukawa honey. Whether you’d like to:
✨ Drop in for a tasting paddle of gin or vodka
✨ Book a distillery tour
✨ Plan your next corporate event
✨ Or create bespoke-labelled gin for gifting

…we’d love to host you. Over summer, our garden bar comes alive with wood-fired pizza and good times.

📦 Distributed in NZ by Tasman Allied and available in the UK through Master of Malt and The Whisky Exchange. Contact us directly for our Gin Attaché details in the UK.

📅 Full seasonal menu launches 15 October.

As the days get shorter and the temperature starts to drop, there’s never been a better time to stock the freezer.Meet f...
07/06/2026

As the days get shorter and the temperature starts to drop, there’s never been a better time to stock the freezer.

Meet four of our favourite island-made vodkas, crafted on Waiheke and designed for everything from winter cocktails to long lunches with friends.

🍃 Kawakawa Vodka
Made with hand-harvested New Zealand kawakawa, this vodka offers subtle peppery spice and earthy botanical character. Smooth, distinctive and unmistakably Kiwi, it shines in a simple soda with lime or as the foundation of a winter martini.

🌶️ Horopito Vodka
A true taste of Aotearoa. Native horopito brings a gentle warming spice and unique flavour profile that makes this vodka unlike anything else on the shelf. Perfect for adventurous cocktail lovers or enjoyed simply over ice to appreciate its complexity.

🌺 Hibiscus Vodka
Bright, floral and beautifully aromatic. Our Hibiscus Vodka delivers delicate notes of hibiscus flowers balanced by the clean, smooth finish of premium New Zealand vodka. Add a splash of soda, shake it into a cosmopolitan, or create your own signature cocktail at home.

🌊 12 Tides Vodka
Pure, crisp and exceptionally smooth. Distilled to showcase the quality of our island-made spirit, 12 Tides is our versatile go-to vodka for everything from espresso martinis to vodka sodas and winter bloody marys. Clean enough to sip, versatile enough to mix.

What makes them even better? They’re crafted right here on Waiheke Island.

Perched on the ridgeline above Cowes Bay, our distillery runs on a philosophy of doing things thoughtfully. We harvest rainwater, utilise solar power, and maintain a spray-free botanical garden that supplies many of the ingredients found throughout our spirits. Sustainability isn’t a marketing exercise for us — it’s simply part of how we choose to operate. Our island home inspires everything we make, and protecting it is part of the journey.

❄️ Fill the freezer.
🍸 Shake up something new.
🏝️ Bring a taste of Waiheke home.

Shop the full range online and have Waiheke delivered directly to your door.

Sunday plans? Sorted.We’re open from 11am today, serving up woodfired pizzas like these, handcrafted by Alessandro, alon...
06/06/2026

Sunday plans? Sorted.

We’re open from 11am today, serving up woodfired pizzas like these, handcrafted by Alessandro, alongside our award-winning gins and botanical vodkas.

Settle in, soak up the views across the Hauraki Gulf, and make the most of a Waiheke Sunday done properly.

Great food. Great drinks. A little slice of paradise.

See you soon. 🍸🍕☀️ 258 Cowes Bay Road, Waiheke Island

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05/06/2026

A cocktail that plays hard to get.

A flash of citrus. Dark berry. A hint of chocolate.

Something savoury lingering in the background.

Cam at Nightcar has taken our Red Ruby Gin and turned it into the Red Ruby Martinez…

🍸 Red Ruby Gin
🍸 Cocchi Rosa
🍸 Crème de Cacao
🍸 Saline & Burlesque Bitters

Dangerously compatible with Nightcar’s prawn toast. 🍤

It’s the shortest route between “just a drink” and dinner. Find it on Queen Street.

A table at  〰️ a cocktail in hand, nowhere else to be.Find Waiheke Distilling Co. on the menu alongside some of Auckland...
03/06/2026

A table at 〰️ a cocktail in hand, nowhere else to be.

Find Waiheke Distilling Co. on the menu alongside some of Auckland’s most exciting Chinese cuisine.

A great evening supporting the New Zealand Indian Film Festival and sharing it with the winners of our Waiheke Distillin...
02/06/2026

A great evening supporting the New Zealand Indian Film Festival and sharing it with the winners of our Waiheke Distilling Co giveaway.

Congratulations to the team on a fantastic festival launch. 🎥 Girls Will Be Girls was a beautifully told story exploring love, intimacy and relationships with honesty and nuance.

Our guests loved the opportunity to meet Richa Moorjani and Ali Fazal, and we are also pleased to report that our lux RTD’s were very well received.

Best of luck for Christchurch and the rest of the festival run team! 🎬🥃

Discover our RTDs → a taste of Waiheke, wherever you are.

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02/06/2026

Auckland, showing off again. .nz

There’s a particular kind of stillness that settles over Waiheke as the day begins to soften. The light turns gold, the ...
01/06/2026

There’s a particular kind of stillness that settles over Waiheke as the day begins to soften. The light turns gold, the harbour quiets, and the island exhales. It’s the hour we built our gin for.

And while Waiheke sunsets will always have our heart, there’s something equally special about watching the sun sink behind the city skyline from Auckland. Different view, same ritual. 🌅🍸

Born of this place and distilled by hand, Waiheke Distilling Co. is a small, family-run operation with deep roots in the land beneath us. Some of the botanicals we use are foraged from the island and sourced with care, distilled with rainwater gathered from our own roof, and returned, spent, to the soil that grew them. Quiet craft, gentle footprint, honest flavour.

So we’re delighted to share a little something with our friends at .nz

Build Your Own G&T — $18 Three of our gins, each waiting to meet its perfect mixer and garnish:

🌿 Spirit of Waiheke Gin — bright and citrus-led, alive with island botanicals

🍋 Waiheke Dry Gin — classic, juniper-forward, quietly confident

🍓 Red Ruby Gin — berry-rich, ruby-hued, made for the golden hour

Ask the Sunset team for their pairing picks, pour something beautiful, and let the evening do the rest.

🌅 Handcrafted on Waiheke. Savoured at .nz

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Come along and say Ciao this weekend, as we farewell Alberto and Lucia, who have operated the Distillery Garden Bar the ...
28/05/2026

Come along and say Ciao this weekend, as we farewell Alberto and Lucia, who have operated the Distillery Garden Bar the past two summers. Whilst they will be relocating to distant shores, their Neapolitan influence will remain with us on our Winter Garden Bar menu.

It’s always sad to see members of the WDC family fly the nest, we have been privileged and appreciative of their time spent with us.

Our Winter Opening Hours are Wed - Sunday 11am - 5pm.

Visit www.waihekedistilling.co.nz for menu details.

Watch your inbox for Waiheke wine and music additions; perfect accompaniments to our winter service.

Come along and say Ciao this weekend, as we farewell Alberto and Lucia, who have operated the Distillery Garden Bar the ...
28/05/2026

Come along and say Ciao this weekend, as we farewell Alberto and Lucia, who have operated the Distillery Garden Bar the past two summers. Whilst they will be relocating to distant shores, their Neapolitan influence will remain with us on our Winter Garden Bar menu.

It’s always sad to see members of the WDC family fly the nest, we have been privileged and appreciative of their time spent with us.

Our Winter Opening Hours are Wed – Sunday 11am – 5pm. Visit www.waihekedistilling.co.nz for menu details.

Watch your inbox for Waiheke wine and music additions; perfect accompaniments to our winter service.

Address

258 Cowes Bay
Auckland
1971

Opening Hours

Wednesday 11am - 5pm
Thursday 11am - 5pm
Friday 11am - 5pm
Saturday 11am - 5pm
Sunday 11am - 5pm

Telephone

+6493727797

Website

https://waihekedistilling.co.nz/products/mothers-day-gin-gift-set?srsltid=AfmBOoqBz

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