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 At Caro's wine, we are passionate, fanatic, crazy about and completely in love with wine. What separates wine from other beverages is complexity. Not just complexity within a wine itself, but in all the details that make up a wine. How it is grown and made, what it is made from, where it was made and who made it.
Wine is so fascinating simply because it comes in so many varieties, styles and colours from so many places around the globe. One of the joys of wine is stepping outside the square, discovering new flavours and aromas and constantly adding new dimensions to your wine experience.
It's these reasons that drive our constant search for new, exciting and unique wines from new producers and emerging wine regions, seeking out wines that offer the highest quality and greatest value from around the world.
Wine is our passion and it is one we love to share, which is why our knowledgeable staff offer personal service - always ready and willing to help guide you through the amazingly diverse world of wine.
Knowledgeable staff, personal service and a wide range of exciting wines at great prices. It's not a new formula, but it is the Caro's philosophy.
John Caro
 John started his wine career straight after university in the early 80's working as a sommelier at the newly opened Regent Hotel. All the food and beverage training was under French control - teaching him about the importance of attention to detail.
After the Regent, John did his OE in London, firstly attending a cooking school where he learnt the French classics as well as earning his British wine trade certificate. This experience led to a job with Winecellars, the first Italian wine specialist in London - quite a radical concept in those days as Italian wines were thought of as the poor cousins to the French in the English wine trade.
Winecellars set John up with cellar work at Isole E Olena, specialising in Chianti Classico. He worked two vintages in their estate in Tuscany. Paulo di Marchi was at the forefront of the Chianti revival and like his French food and beverage director, was also obsessive about detail.
His appreciation of wine has only grown since those early experiences and 10 years ago, John and his brother Richard opened Caro's Wines, with the goal of sharing their love of wine with others. In 2005 and 2006, Caro's Wine was voted the best wine shop in Auckland by Metro magazine - a great endorsement for what they set out to achieve.
Richard Caro
 Richard's diverse background working both in the fresh produce sector and in accountancy made him uniqquely prepared to join his brother John when they decided to open Caro's Wine 10 years ago.
Today, Richard's responsibilities include the accountancy of the business, building relationships with and sourcing wine from New Zealand's wineries, database management, events co-ordinator and marketing. In other words this is a small business operation focused at delivering unique, competitively priced value wine whilst keeping overheads to a minimum.
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