Award Winning Premium Wine Tour Queenstown Tasting at 4 Wineries
Description
Voted the World’s Best Wine Tour Begin your day with a warm welcome from your wine-certified guide at (or near) your Queenstown accommodation before setting off into the Gibbston wine region celebrated for its world-class wineries, passionate winemakers & outstanding Pinot Noir. Enjoy four unique tasting experiences across boutique cellar doors & iconic estates, including a visit to New Zealand’s largest wine cave. Venues typically include Gibbston Valley, Ayrburn, Kinross & Mt Rosa, (subject change if a cellar door is closed). Throughout the day, your expert guide and cellar hosts will enrich each tasting with stories, insights & wine expertise. For those looking to indulge further, there’s the option to add a delicious winery bistro lunch (ordered on the day, additional cost). Whether you’re a passionate wine enthusiast, a curious explorer, or simply seeking a memorable Queenstown experience, this award-winning journey pairs good people with great wine for an excellent day out
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Itinerary
The first stop of the day is at the iconic Gibbston Valley Winery. Gibbston Valley is one of the region's founding wineries and it's here that we will join a guided tour through New Zealand's largest underground wine cave and enjoy tastings of some of their world-famous wines.
Kinross is our second stop and a fantastic location to try a range of different wines across multiple labels. Along with producing their own wines, their cellar door host will also showcase wines from smaller producers and share their incredible stories of how they came to be. After your wine tasting, we allow extra time to enjoy lunch. Kinross has a range of delicious dishes on its menu, including pizzas, platters, smaller bites, and mains. This is ordered and paid directly on the day, giving you the flexibility to order what you would like based on your taste and budget.
Mt Rosa is a boutique owner-operated winery and their stunning location is situated just below the impressive Nevis Bluff. Sitting in the vines, their newly built cellar door building gives you a sophisticated backdrop to a delicious tasting menu. Their cellar door host will take you through different varieties of their single-label wines. Their mulled wine is a customer highlight!
We finish our tasting tour at our fourth stop Ayrburn, where you’ll enjoy a self-guided wine flight in the charming Manure Room or outdoors (weather-dependent), surrounded by beautiful historic grounds - truly a Queenstown must-see destination.
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What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
The central Queenstown pickup location is the Marmolada Cafe on Camp Street. We pick up from a range of different accommodations and bus stops. If we do not pick up directly at your hotel, we will advise the closest pick-up location. After you book you will receive a message from our team to reconfirm your pick-up location and time. Please be at your pick-up location 10 minutes prior to the departure time provided. Your guides will wait up to 5 minutes after the time, and those that are late and miss their departure will not be entitled to a refund.
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Minimum drinking age is 18 years. We recommend that you bring your passport or NZ drivers license with you.
Reviews(696)
This was an amazing wine tasting experience! We had the wonderful Katy who was knowledgeable, warm and friendly. Thoroughly enjoyed our day popping from one vineyard to another. Highly recommend!
Thank you so much for the wonderful review! We're delighted to hear you had such a fantastic wine tasting experience and that Katy made the day so enjoyable with her knowledge, warmth and friendly personality. It sounds like you had a lovely time exploring the vineyards and enjoying everything the day had to offer. We'll be sure to pass your kind words on to Katy. Thank you for the recommendation, and we hope to welcome you back for another wine-filled adventure soon!
One of our favourite days of the trip! We had Caleb as our tour guide and he definitely brought the vibes, making the whole day so much fun and bringing the group altogether. The wineries included were beautiful and the service was great. Perfect amount of time at every winery. Would highly recommend to go with friends!
Thank you for your fantastic review! We're thrilled to hear our wine tour was one of the highlights of your trip. Caleb has an incredible ability to create a fun and welcoming atmosphere, and we're so pleased he helped bring the group together and made the day so memorable. It's wonderful to know you enjoyed the beautiful wineries, the excellent service, and the amount of time spent at each stop. We'll be sure to pass your kind words on to Caleb. Thank you for your recommendation, and we hope to welcome you and your friends back for another unforgettable day soon!
We had such a wonderful time with Adita as our guide! She really connected the whole group and we all enjoyed each of the wineries as we became friends. Thank you!
Thank you for your lovely review! We're so pleased to hear you had such a wonderful time on our wine tour with Edita. She has a fantastic way of bringing people together, and it's great to know your group connected so well while enjoying the wineries. We'll be sure to pass your kind words on to Edita. Thank you for joining us, and we hope to welcome you back for another memorable experience soon!
Nicole our tour guide was fantastic. Great tour, we were lucky it was a smaller group on our day as it kept it intimate and got to know everyone well. Amazing wineries and wines. Overall 10/10 tour!!
Thank you so much for your fantastic review! We're delighted to hear you had such a wonderful day on our wine tour. Nicole will be thrilled to hear your kind words. Her passion for the region and creating a fun, welcoming experience really shines through, and we're so pleased she helped make your day so memorable. It's also great to hear you enjoyed the smaller group size, which makes for a more personal and relaxed experience, along with the amazing wineries and wines. We hope to welcome you back for another tour soon!
Great experience from start to finish. Leonie was a super knowledgable, local guide. We had an in-depth wine tasting at each of the carefully selected wineries with enough time to explore each location (this included the Gibbston wine cave and Ayrburn). The food at Kinross was also faultless. Couldn't recommend enough!
Thank you for your wonderful review, Kelly! We're so pleased you had such a fantastic day exploring the Gibbston wine region with Leonie. It's great to hear you enjoyed the carefully selected wineries, the unique experience of the Gibbston wine cave, and your visit to Ayrburn. We're also delighted that lunch at Kinross was a highlight. We really appreciate your recommendation and hope to welcome you back for another wine adventure soon! 🍷
Fantastic day on our wine tour with Amy our guide. She was so friendly and gave us lots of information on each winery, it was never rushed. We had a great bunch on our tour, so great meeting new people, learning about other cultures over wine. Highly recommend this tour and Amy!
We're so pleased to hear you had a fantastic day on tour with Amy. She is passionate about creating a relaxed, informative experience, so it's wonderful to know you enjoyed learning about each winery without ever feeling rushed. One of the best parts of our wine tours is bringing people together, and we're delighted you enjoyed meeting fellow travellers and sharing stories over a glass of wine. We hope to welcome you back for another wine adventure soon!
This was such a beautiful experience, very intimate and thought through however still fun as wine tours should be. Very grateful for our lovely host Shanai who made it such an entertaining and educational day. Would 110% recommend!
We're delighted to hear you enjoyed such an intimate and thoughtfully curated wine tour while still having plenty of fun along the way. It's fantastic to know Shanay made the day both entertaining and educational. We'll be sure to pass on your kind words to her, she will be thrilled to hear them. We hope to welcome you back for another adventure in the future!
Our tour guide Caleb put 110% into the day and our bus was filled with music and laughs. Such a fantastic day and great wine!
I am so glad to hear you enjoyed your time with Caleb. He really does put his all into his tours; I am glad you noticed!
We felt so lucky we got Shanay as our tour guide , she was so lovely and knowledgeable regarding the area /wineries and personnel at each winery. A great day well spent, thank you !!
Kia ora, Thank you for your wonderful review! We're delighted to hear you had such a great day exploring Central Otago's wineries with Shanay. She'll be so pleased to know her local knowledge and warm approach helped make the experience so memorable. We truly appreciate your recommendation and hope to welcome you back for another wine adventure soon!
The wineries were excellent. We enjoyed ourselves tremendously. Thanks to our tour guide/driver Katy we had a great time. She was very considerate of our needs (it was so cold even with the alcohol). We met new friends and laugh a lot. It was a great way to start our stay in Queenstown. Thanks Katy!
Thank you for your wonderful review, Helen! We're delighted to hear you had such a great time on our Premium Wine Tour and that it was such a memorable start to your stay in Queenstown. Katy will be so pleased to hear your kind words. She always goes the extra mile to make sure everyone is comfortable, even on those chilly Central Otago days! It's also fantastic to hear you enjoyed the wineries, shared plenty of laughs, and even made new friends along the way. Thank you for choosing Altitude Tours. We hope to see you again on your next visit to Queenstown!
