Home to 120 wineries and over 35 cellar doors, Marlborough’s 27,000 hectares of vines equates to roughly 30,000 rugby pitches. Sandwiched between the Withe
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DOLCE Café, Restaurant & Bar hosts its first New Year’s Eve event on Thursday night with bartender Dean Fox.
Whether it s watching 2020 disappear in a blaze of fireworks, or partying with bubbles and cocktails, there are plenty of New Year s Eve options in Marlborough. Among hospitality venues gearing up for Thursday night is Blenheim s DOLCE Café, Restaurant & Bar. Owner Owen Rarity said he was pretty disappointed last year when he went into town on New Year s Eve last year. “Nothing was organised. It was a ghost town, the streets were empty, it was a bad look for visitors to our town, so I decided this year I would create my own event,” Rarity said.