Thank you for considering Ascension Wine Estate, North Auckland’s premier wedding destination for your wedding. 

 

 

Award winning Ascension Wine Estate has been created so you can have your ceremony, photos, canapés and reception all at one stunning location only 39 minutes north of Auckland Harbour Bridge - regardless of the season or weather. Our passion is captured in hand-crafted wine, inspired cuisine, attentive and friendly service and beautiful surroundings.  Ascension is a truly remarkable place to celebrate your wedding. 

 

We have a range of gorgeous options both indoors and outdoors, in our beautiful arbour among the vines, or in our stunning courtyard garden, in our beautiful chapel or in our cosy Tiri lounge with gorgeous schist fireplace. You can rest easy knowing regardless of the weather your ceremony will be memorable and stunningly beautiful. 

 

Ascension has so many great locations for photos. As part of your venue hire you can take photos in the vines, with our cute red tractor, in our courtyard garden complete with fountain, on our Juliet Balcony, and in our winery. To add to this it is only five minutes to Omaha Beach and we will pack you a delicious picnic to take with you for your photoshoot. 

 

Our fully self contained Belfry wedding venue can easily cater for up to 220 guests. It includes a private bar, separate bathrooms, inbuilt sound and PA system and more. Our friendly functions staff  have a lot of experience running events from Gala Dinners to Weddings to Conferences and are more than capable to work with you to create the exact event you are after. We offer full catering for wedding receptions withboth buffet and set menu options and a fully serviced bar.

 

Our functions team believe service and hospitality are what really counts. That is why we help with every stage of your wedding providing preferred suppliers with The Wedding Associates, lists of local accommodation and an overall checklist to help with your planning. We are also here for support and guidance throughout the wedding process via phone and email to make sure that everything is on track and to lend a sympathetic ear when needed. You can also guarentee we will be there for you on the day to liase with all your suppliers and make sure your day is as stress free as possible. 

 

If you have some original ideas of how you want to personalise your wedding - we think that is great! You won't find any old school rule books about the "right way to do things" here at Ascension. We are committed to making your wedding day personal and special to you by celebrating what is unique about your relationship. Our current team has run over 200 weddings together so you can rest assured that every aspect of your big day will be seamless.

 

Ascension is a truly stunning venue and will transport your guests to a bygone era of european romance, all of our food is prepared by our classically trained european chef and is widely acclaimed for its flavour and presentation. As winners of beef and lamb awards for the last decade you can guarentee your guests appetites will be satisfied. 

 

Our entire team of professionals is here to make your wedding celebration romantic, memorable and stress free.

Just give us a call on (09) 422 9601 or email weddings@ascensionwine.co.nz today.

 

Carlie Blanchett-Burton

Functions Manager and Artisan of Amore 

 

Watch the video below to see a beautiful wedding day here at Ascension.