Wine Sampler Tour


6 hours
Pick-up offered
Free cancellation
1 - 14
Mobile ticket

Overview

We’re not everyone’s cup of tea. But we are your glass of wine. Join us on a classic and fun top-rated wine tour in the Gibbston region.

Visit four of Central Otago’s finest and off the beaten track cellar doors, including a visit to the famous Gibbston Valley underground wine cave. Taste over 18 spectacular cool-climate wines whilst your charismatic guide and knowledgeable cellar staff educate and amuse you with local winemaking facts and stories.

Travel in style in a luxury Mercedes van, enjoy learning how to taste wine through onboard videos and make use of our WiFi and Spotify playlists.

We are all about pairing good people with good wine so whether you are an adventure junkie recharging your batteries, an avid sightseer hunting more jaw-dropping views, or a wine enthusiast eager to taste some world-class wines, a wine tour with Altitude Tours is a must.

The 6 hour Wine Sampler tour departs Queenstown at 10am and returns around 4pm.

Inclusions

  • Wine tastings at 4 cellar doors
  • Guided tour of New Zealand's largest underground wine cave
  • Extended time at a premier cellar door to enjoy lunch (at your expense)
  • Convenient pick up locations around Queenstown
  • Free Onboard Wifi
  • Complimentary branded wine glass
  • Fun Onboard videos
  • Entry/Admission - Gibbston Valley Winery
  • Entry/Admission - Kinross Winery & Cellar Door
  • Entry/Admission - Mt Rosa Wines
  • Entry/Admission - Rockburn - Cellar Door

What to expect

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Stop At: Gibbston Valley Winery, 1820 State Highway 6, Gibbston 9371 New Zealand

At our first location, we visit the iconic Gibbston Valley Winery. Gibbston Valley is one of the regions founding wineries and its 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.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Kinross Winery & Cellar Door, 2300 Gibbston Highway, Queenstown 9371, New Zealand

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.

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Mt Rosa Wines, 47 Gibbston Back Road, Gibbston 9371 New Zealand

Mt Rosa is a smaller 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!

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Rockburn - Cellar Door, 8 Coal Pit Road, Gibbston 9371 New Zealand

We finish our tasting tour at Rockburn. Rockburn has two labels, Rockburn and Devil's Staircase and here you will get to try a selection across both. Situated in a beautiful old stable building, this is the perfect location to wind up a day of wine tasting in the Gibbston Region.

Duration: 1 hour

Additional information

  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Minimum drinking age is 18 years. We recommend that you bring your passport or NZ drivers license with you.
  • Near public transportation
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Most travelers can participate
  • This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 14 travelers
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking

Ticket delivery

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

Cancellation

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start time of the experience.
Coromandel_local
April 2022

Altitude wines with the lovely driver Andy M, delivered a fabulous wine tour. We visited 4 beautiful wineries and Andy must have taken over 20 photos for us. He was a caring, timely guide who made our day extra special.

KerriAnnHut
April 2022

We had the most wonderful day on our Altitude tour. Andy M was the perfect guide. Such a knowledgeable, polite, friendly and extremely patient guide. Andy M did a fabulous job at keeping us on track without any pressures. He was so kind with all our photo requests. This was our second wine tour w...

GraemeP290
April 2022

Our group of 5 friends had the best time on this wonderful private wine tour. It's the second Altitude wine tour we've done. We were hosted by Andy who did an incredible job of keeping us to schedule (not an easy job with 5 cackling women!!) and getting us from one vineyard to the next. Highly ...

Debs362014
March 2022

We could not come to Queenstown without spending a day with Altitude. As return customers I have to say we had another fantastic tour. Thanks Andy for driving us around the Gibbston Valley. You were very knowledgeable and patient! The weather was perfect, the wine flowed and we returned at the en...

GMac79
March 2022

Fantastic wine tour! Our guide Beau certainly knew his wine, as well the region being born in the Gibbston valley. All the wineries we went to welcomed us with open arms and I'd happily recommend this experience to anyone visiting the region. The transport was of high quality and very comfortable...

TheRealAskapa
March 2022

Fantastic tour that give you a basic idea about what the Gibbston Valley area has to offer for a wine enthusiast. My experience was a visit to Gibbston Valley winery (mainstream ), Kinross ( boutique), Mt Rosa ( casual) and Brennan ( kiwi- relaxed style ). All quite different in their approach ...

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