Unfiltered tales from the vines await. Join Chef Sean Connolly and New Zealand’s most audacious winemakers as fresh flavours of the Med collide with boutique bottles at Esther’s dinner series – we’re twisting the cork on your ordinary wine dinners.   Each night, we’ll unmask a renegade New Zealand winemaker bringing their limited releases and cellar contraband to your glass. Mystery pours, wild stories, and spilling New Zealand’s vinous secrets, the table is set for a fruitful night with fellow vinophiles.  

Call on your cellar dwellers to settle in for a night at (and over) Crushed Grapes. 

Your Wine Dinner Experience Includes: 

  • Three-course menu crafted by Chef Sean Connolly 
  • Welcome glass of wine on arrival 
  • Chef and winemaker selected wine pairings with each course 
  • Keepsake postcard featuring the evening’s food and wine pairings to recreate at home 

Journey through Esther’s Crushed Grapes dinners >>