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Private Otago Wine Tour and Gourmet Lunch from Queenstown
Gibbston
Important Information
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Specialized infant seats are available
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Service animals allowed
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
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Wheelchair accessible
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Stair and hill climbing are optional
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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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.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Become our Lokal Curator
Are you ready to turn your hobbies into a business?
The great wine regions of the world have two kinds of producers — those who sell to tourists and those who sell to collectors. We take you to the second kind. Every vineyard on this tour has been personally handpicked by Aaron. They produce between 800 and 50,000 bottles per year. They do not advertise. Buses cannot reach them. And they do not open their cellar doors to just anyone.
Because you are with us, they will open them for you. Choose your own journey through 4 extraordinary venues between Cromwell and the Gibbston Valley.
At each one, you will be welcomed not as a tourist but as a serious buyer — by the winemaker, the owner, or a trained som...
Highlights
7 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
7 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Bottled water
4 Wine tastings
Air-conditioned vehicle
Shared plates designed by Chef
Cheese tasting
Wine other than tasting
Itinerary
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Gibbston
Gibbston Valley first choice vinyard CD
Private wine tasting in the cellar led by a sommelier
1. Rose Provance style mixed berries (Chef’s rated 8/10)
2. Chardonnay JJ profound bouquet Argentine (Chef’s rated 9/10)
3. Chardonnay MS great nose Acasia wood (Chef’s rated 9.5/10)
4. RR Pinot noir 2024 variation (Chef’s rated 8/10)
5. FM 2023 Pinot clones 5 and UCD berry $45 (Chef’s rated 8.5/10)
6. MA Pinot blend 2023 clone 777 Abel Over ripe cherry musky nose $50 (Chef’s rated 9/10)
7. HB 2023 Pinot $88 clone 667 colour clone 777 velvet clone 6 spice and UCD 5 savoury earthy 5000 bottles early summer fruit ( Chef’s rated 10/10)
1 hour
2
Kawarau River
Stop at the roaring Meg power station looking over the majestic Kawarau river.
The Roaring Meg hydro scheme refers to two small hydro electricity power stations fed by the Roaring Meg Dam. The scheme is located next to the Roaring Meg Stream in the Kawarau Gorge, near Cromwell, New Zealand. Roaring Meg is owned and operated by Pioneer Energy.
15 minutes
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Cromwell
First Wine tasting MD after departing Gibbston at a Micro-producer in Cromwell
1. Reisling 2024 low smell high acid 6 grams guava juice (Chef's rated 8/10)
2. Chardonnay 2024 vanilla overtones
3. Pinot Noir Rose Pomard clone 2025 high acid rounded raspberry (Chefs rated 9/10)
4. Pinot Noir 2023 800 bottles 17 months new oak 50% clone 777 50% clone 115 smooth and complex
5. Late harvest reisling 2024 132 grams sugar (Chef’s rated 10/10)
Private Otago Wine Tour and Gourmet Lunch from Queenstown
Gibbston
About
The Vineyards Nobody Else Can Show You
The great wine regions of the world have two kinds of producers — those who sell to tourists and those who sell to collectors. We take you to the second kind. Every vineyard on this tour has been personally handpicked by Aaron. They produce between 800 and 50,000 bottles per year. They do not advertise. Buses cannot reach them. And they do not open their cellar doors to just anyone.
Because you are with us, they will open them for you. Choose your own journey through 4 extraordinary venues between Cromwell and the Gibbston Valley.
At each one, you will be welcomed not as a tourist but as a serious buyer — by the winemaker, the owner, or a trained som...
