Upcoming Events at Palliser Estate
Stay up to date with events at Palliser Estate's Martinborough Cellar Door and Kitchen, or at other Palliser events and collaborations around the country.

Saturday 15 & Sunday 16 November, 2025
Palliser Start of Summer Asado Weekend | Toast Martinborough Alternative
Let's TOAST the summer season ahead - with Palliser's Start of Summer Asado, held all weekend Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 November, from 10.30am - 5pm at our Martinborough Cellar Door and Kitchen.
Chef Norka Mella Munoz is firing up the asado with a South American-inspired menu including:
• Asado/BBQ Lamb with Chimichurri, salad, and flatbread (or vegetarian option)
• Choripan with Pebre (Chilean sausage and salsa in bread)
Raw Bar: Fresh oysters with Palliser Rosé mignonette, and Tora Collective kahawai ceviche with leche de tigre.
Great coffee supplied by the Revive team. Sweet treats supplied by Duck Island ice cream.
And of course, all your favourite Palliser wines by the glass or bottle.
No tickets, no bookings needed - simply turn up with your friends and whanau and chance a table or beanbag, or even BYO picnic blanket or deck chair. Let's toast to the start of summer together.
Saturday 15 November, 2025
The Runholder Presents
While the Toast Martinborough team takes a pause this year, we’re embracing the weekend of 15 & 16 November in our own Palliser way — and also teaming up with our friends across the village.
Start your Saturday with us for the Palliser Summer Asado — a relaxed, no-tickets-needed day on the green, with Chef Norka’s South American BBQ, a raw bar (think oysters + ceviche), live music, and your favourite Palliser wines.
Then head over to The Runholder Presents: A Boutique Festival of Wine, Gin, Food & Music — with a stellar line-up featuring Hollie Smith, the Beat Girls, and the Sweet Mix Kids, where we'll be pouring your favourite Palliser wines alongside our fellow artisan food and wine producers.
And on Sunday? We’ll be here again for an easy-going Asado Sunday Session — same great wine, fire, food and atmosphere, but with that start-of-summer, lazy Sunday energy, so you can debrief on the events the day before.
Why choose just one, when you can enjoy both?
Stay in the loop
Events at Palliser
Palliser has some fantastic events in the pipeline, that we're sure you'd love to come along to, so watch this space. Keep checking back here and on our social media channels regularly for announcements of upcoming events at our Martinborough Cellar Door. Or better yet, join our Friends of Palliser database, or Estate Club regular shipment programme to be the first in the know.
Events Gallery
Past Palliser Events
Palliser Estate has hosted and collaborated on some amazing events. You can re-live some of these events by visiting our events gallery.
