Region — New World: NZ, California, Oregon, South Africa, Argentina, Chile

Captured 2026-08-12. Evidence tags: [VERIFIED] = read on the operator's own
website; [SECONDARY] = blog, directory, aggregator, review or press;
[NOT FOUND] = looked for, not found. Currencies as listed by the operator —
no conversions applied.

The four findings that matter most

⚠️ All four headline findings were corrected on audit, 2026-08-12. Corrections
are inline below; detail in the Audit of the New World research chapter.
The prices in this file all re-verified exactly. The errors are in the
generalisations.

1. Wine collection is already a standard, free inclusion in New Zealand. At
   least four NZ operators ⚠️ THREE NZ operators run an afternoon "we'll pick
   up your wine" vehicle — On Yer Bike, Explore Marlborough, Wine Tours by Bike. (The
   fourth counted here was Napa Valley Bike Tours — California. Central Cycle
   Trail's "one bottle per 3 pax" is an inclusion, not a collection service.) Two of
   the three are in Marlborough, so the sample is one region deep.
   None of them charge for it. It is a marketing inclusion, not a revenue line.
2. Door-delivery of bikes to a guest's own accommodation exists but is thin and
   cheap. Takaro Trails prices it "from $25 per person" — the only published
   price for it found on three continents ⚠️ the only one found in this scan.
   The International Synthesis chapters list four more (Zoom Leisure, Bloomfield,
   Freedom Bike Shop) and the Precedent Hunt chapter a fifth in Australia (Deluxe
   Ebike Tours, A$120/day). Napier City Bike Hire, Bay Cycles and Sonoma
   Adventures all do it without publishing a fee.

   ⚠️ And $25pp is a retail price, not a cost. It is explicitly "from" and
   "depends on location and numbers" — the floor for a large group close to base.
   Do not use a competitor's best-case list price as your own cost basis. (D-5 in
   the New World audit)

3. The shared-cost precedent is the fixed-schedule shuttle, not a roving van.
   Trail Journeys, Takaro, Bike It Now! and Around The Basin all sell per-person
   seats on scheduled vehicles serving many unrelated customers. Vine Hopper in
   South Africa is the purest shared-vehicle economics case ⚠️ Vine Hopper is a
   repeating same-day circuit (5–6 departures/day), not a daily loop — see the
   corrected entry in the South Africa chapter — and the "purest case" superlative
   is unearned: the Franschhoek Wine Tram (R350pp, five colour lines) is bigger
   and cheaper, at R450 per person per day.
4. Nobody prices rescue. ⚠️ WRONG — contradicted four times by this very
   file. On Yer Bike prices recovery at $50 per bicycle; Wine de Roads sells the
   van standalone as a dinner driving service from $65; Trail Journeys sells
   vehicle relocation at $350/$500 and luggage at $45–50 per movement as
   standalone bookable services.
   The surviving finding is narrower: no operator in this scan sells a
   subscription or a per-day roving-rescue product. "Rescue service", "roadside
   assistance" and "on-road back up" are free inclusions when bundled with hire —
   which is a different and much weaker claim. (D-2 in the New World audit)

New Zealand — Marlborough.

Wine Tours by Bike

• URL: https://www.winetoursbybike.co.nz/ · Renwick (10b Inkerman Street, 12 km from Blenheim)
• Pricing [VERIFIED]: from NZ$65 for 6-hour hire; short hire $12.00 per
  person per hour, 3-hour minimum, after noon only.
• Included, their words [VERIFIED]: "detailed winery map, friendly advice,
  high vis helmet, on road back up, wine collection". Two start windows:
  10am–4pm (9:30am pickup) or 11am–5pm (10:30am pickup).
• Support [VERIFIED]: free shuttle within a 15 km radius of Renwick,
  including Marlborough Airport (5 min away) with luggage storage while you ride.
  Explicit exclusion list (Picton, cruise dock, DOC campsites). "On road back up"
  is advertised but [NOT FOUND] any response time or radius for it.
• Wine logistics [VERIFIED]: free wine pickup if you buy more than you can
  carry. Bikes have dedicated wine panniers.
• E-bikes: they refuse to stock them [VERIFIED]. Their Q&A says they don't
  hire e-bikes because of the combination of alcohol and heavy bikes. This is
  the clearest alcohol-risk-driven fleet decision in the entire scan.
• Tasting fees: not included, $15–$30pp for 3–7 wines; a typical day is
  4–5 cellar doors.
• Booking: FareHarbor. Season: closed June–August, reopens September.
• ID requirement: passport, NZ licence or NZ 18+ card — international licences
  not accepted.

Bike 2 Wine Tours

• URL: https://www.bike2wine.co.nz/ · Renwick, co-located with Olde Mill House B&B
• Rates incl. GST [VERIFIED — /our-rates/]: depot hire $55.00pp (13+);
  adult tandem $110.00/day (2 people); junior 7–12 $30.00. Pick-up and
  return within 12 km: $65.00pp; tandem $130.00; junior $40.00.
  Minimum 2 people for full-day hire.
• Included: helmets, hi-vis vests, locks, side bags/baskets, wine trail map,
  and "a bicycle rescue service, for any reason" — advertised as "a rescue
  service to ensure you have a worry free day out". [NOT FOUND] response
  time, radius, or whether the rescue costs anything.
• No e-bikes at all — they explicitly refer customers elsewhere. No child seats.
• Accommodation tie-in [VERIFIED]: complimentary bikes for Olde Mill House B&B
  guests staying 2+ nights, 50% off for one-nighters. The closest thing found
  anywhere to bikes bundled into a room rate.
• Season: open by appointment only, 1 June – 5 October 2026.
• [NOT FOUND] Any wine-collection service, despite the name.

Explore Marlborough

• URL: https://www.exploremarlborough.co.nz/ · 193 Rapaura Road (The Vines Village)
• Full price list [VERIFIED — /tours/self-guided-bike-wine-tour/]:

• Guided comparison [VERIFIED]: guided biking wine tour from NZ$155;
  morning-guided + afternoon-self-guided combo from NZ$185; Whale Trail guided
  e-bike from NZ$385; driving tours from NZ$600.
• Support: free shuttle pickup/dropoff within central Blenheim, Renwick and
  Spring Creek on full-day bookings. Breakdown assistance "via phone call" —
  [NOT FOUND] response time.
• Wine logistics, verbatim from their FAQ [VERIFIED]: "You can leave it at the
  winery with your name on it, let us know, and we'll pick it up" — collected to
  base at day's end.
• Weather policy is commercially interesting [VERIFIED]: on guided tours
  "we'll switch you to a driving wine tour at no extra cost"; self-guided
  customers can switch days free with 1 hour notice. They hedge bike weather
  risk with a van product.
• Distances are short: half-day ~4–6 km, full day ~10 km. This is a drinking
  product, not a cycling product.
• Booking: FareHarbor; also distributed via advcollective (listed at NZ$68.39)
  and Viator/TripAdvisor.
• Groups: "We can accommodate groups of all sizes."

Bike Hire Marlborough

• URL: https://www.bikehiremarlborough.co.nz/ · also at 193 Rapaura Road, The
  Vines Village — the same address as Explore Marlborough, so the two are
  related or co-tenanted. [NOT FOUND] the relationship.
• From NZ$45, 3-hour and full-day. Helmets, baskets, maps included. FareHarbor.
• Accommodation pickup/dropoff is mentioned only inside a customer review quoted
  on the page, not as a published product. [NOT FOUND] e-bike pricing.

Explore Marlborough Wine Tours — a wine-bike operator currently for sale SOLD (and the same business as the entry above)

⚠️ CORRECTED, twice over. See D-3 in the Audit of the New World research
chapter.

1. This is not a second business. It is the same Explore Marlborough priced
in full earlier in this section — homepage <title> "Explore Marlborough Wine
Tours", both at The Vines Village / 193 Rapaura Road. It was entered twice, once
as a live competitor and once as a for-sale listing, and never reconciled.

2. The Bayleys listing now shows SOLD, so "currently for sale" is wrong as of
2026-08-12.

Two conclusions downstream of this need re-reading: the "realistic shape of a
successful wine-bike business" callout below, and the "4 months holiday"
seasonality datapoint that the Failures, Seasonality And Regulation and
International Synthesis chapters both use as a headline — it comes from a
sold business's sale listing.

• Listing: https://www.bayleys.co.nz/listings/business/marlborough/marlborough/-explore-marlborough-wine-tours-blenheim-4134942
• Base at The Vines Village, Blenheim, "with easy access to premium cellar
  doors, breweries and restaurants". Two revenue lines: guided bicycle wine
  tours with expert guides, and quality bike rentals for self-designed touring.
• "A full roster of guides"; "an operations system that is fine tuned for optimal
  performance". Qualmark Gold, TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence, 5-star.
  Sold with systems and processes, requiring "no previous technical skill".
• Seasonality, the candid bit [⚠️ RE-TAGGED [SECONDARY] — this is a
  real-estate agent's marketing copy about a third party, not the operator's own
  site; it was originally tagged [VERIFIED]]: the owners
  take "4 months holiday during winter". "Record revenue and returns" for the
  2023 summer season — a three-year-old figure presented in a 2026 scan.
• Price: "For Sale by Negotiation". [NOT FOUND] revenue, EBITDA, asking
  price, fleet size, staff count.

A vendor-side disclosure beats marketing copy. This is the realistic shape of a
successful single-region wine-bike business: two owners, seasonal guides, a
four-month winter shutdown, no published financials.

AvantiPlus Blenheim

avantiplus.co.nz does not resolve. Could not verify this business exists in
its stated form. [NOT FOUND]