Farm gates open for winery tour

It may have a new look, but the More FM Summer Vineyard Tour 2012 is set to be bigger and better when it kicks off at it's new Wairarapa venue next year.

Formerly known as the the More FM Winery Tour, this will be the sixth year the the tour has run at venues around the country.

Network programme director Ande Macpherson said for the first time, the Wairarapa stop on the tour will be held at Daisy Bank farm near Martinborough.

"We always like going into new spaces," he said. "For the type of show we're bringing, we thought it would work really nicely."

He said the venue is the biggest on the tour but expects from 5000 to 7000 people to attend.

He said organisers spent months securing international headline acts John Butler Trio and Aloe Blacc & The Grand Scheme.

Kiwi pop star Annabel Fay will open the show and other entertainment was still to be finalised, he said.

"It is something that takes a reasonable amount of time, but we are happy with how it ended up."

"Our vision for the Summer Vineyard Tour is a really fun, family event where you can go and hopefully enjoy some of the great Wairarapa summer weather."

The tour will make it to Wairarapa on February 5, and Annabel Fay will start performing about 6pm.