Full Day – Gourmet Food and Wine Tour
What your day looks like
Experience an indulgent and diverse full-day wine touring adventure showcasing the very best sights and tastes from the Central Otago region. Your experienced wine guide will lead you on a tasting journey, traveling in style in a luxury Mercedes-Benz minivan, through the three main contrasting wine sub-regions of Gibbston, Cromwell, and the Bannockburn basin. Enjoy a guided tour through New Zealand’s largest underground wine cave at Gibbston Valley Winery, and savor a unique 5-dish gourmet lunch cooked in retired oak barrels and perfectly matched with 5 wines at The Stoaker Room restaurant. You will also have an opportunity to retrace history with a visit to the historical settlements of Arrowtown, and Old Cromwell (when time permits). Learn about the early pioneering history and how the wine region was formed through an array of fun facts and interesting stories from your knowledgeable wine guide. At the end of the tour, you will be returned to your accommodation.
Why travelers choose this experience
- Complimentary select hotel pickups
- Tastings at 4 premium locations (3 vineyards and a lunch venue)
- Visit Gibbston, Bannockburn and Cromwell
- Exquisite 5dish gourmet winebarrel cooked lunch with matching wines
- Tour through Gibbston Valley underground wine cave
- Cheeseboard to accompany a wine tasting
- Short visit to historic Arrowtown and/or Old Cromwell
- Full commentary on the sights, wine, and history of the region
Your day, step by step
Queenstown
Wine Tasting.
Queenstown
Local Flavor.
Before you go
Included
Luxury air-conditioned coach with specialized maps of our wine region Tour with expert wine guides Fascinating commentary on wine, local sights, and the early history of Central Otago
Not Included
Personal expenses/purchases
What to Bring
Cash for personal expenses
Restrictions
Children under 17 years old are not allowed inside the Gibbston Valley wine cave. This means that they can only join our Gourmet Food and Wine Tour or Classic Wine Tour if they can sit with the guide in the Gibbston Valley Winery cellar door unaccompanied by their parents/caregivers while they take part in the cave tour (approximately 30-45 minutes).
Meeting & Pickup
Complimentary select hotel pick-ups
Planning Notes
Minimum age: 6 Hotel pickup offered: Yes Confirmation: Automatic