Welcome to Appellation Wine Tours
Appellation Wine Tours is Queenstown’s leading premium wine tour operator with over 20 years of experience showcasing the finest wine, scenery and history throughout Central Otago.
Our award-winning wine tours have been designed to educate, indulge, enlighten and fascinate and it is our wish that you leave us with a lasting impression of a perfect and memorable day out.
Our Expert Wine Guides have a true passion for the Central Otago Wine Region and they are eager to share with you their knowledge of local sights and history and of course everything wine! You can meet them in our Team section or better yet, book a tour!
Our Group Wine Tours depart daily from Queenstown and boast visits to three wine sub-regions. We have chosen the contrasting wine regions of Gibbston, Cromwell and Bannockburn specifically to ensure that you receive a true snapshot of the Central Otago region. You will view, taste and learn about the unique differences of each.
Whether you choose a group tour or wish to book a Private Wine Tour, you will experience regions famous for their outstanding cool-climate wines, boutique vineyards, dramatic scenery and fascinating pioneering history.
We change our tour itineraries daily and we aim to be as flexible as we can. See a list of our favourite Vineyards and if you wish to visit somewhere in particular, just mention this in the booking comments section and we will do our best to adhere. Some vineyards offer craft beer tastings, and if this is also of interest, we can endeavour to include these as well.
So start planning your Central Otago wine touring experience today! We look foward to welcoming you on tour.
Daily Wine Tours
Immerse yourself among the boutique vineyards and spectacular alpine scenery of Central Otago. Taste premium, cool-climate wines from varying sub-regions. Vineyard preferences on request and craft beer tastings too! Half day and full day tour options available.
Sightseeing Tours
Sit back, relax and soak up the scenic sights and attractions on this guided morning sightseeing tour. Visit spectacular viewpoints, Arrowtown, Gibbston, AJ Hackett Bungy and more! Option to combine with Classic Wine Tour for a full day of amazing sights and exquisite wines.
Small-Group Tours
Join a daily group wine or sightseeing tour and discover the best ights, wine and food the region has to offer. Half day and full day tours available.
Private Wine Tours
The ultimate Central Otago Experience. Travel in style with our luxury vehicles and enjoy an exlcusive wine tour tailored to suit your interests.
Combo Wine Tours
Save AND money by booking on of our combination packages where we book and you save!
Customised Wine Tours
Specialising in customised tours for any group event or memorable occasion. Arrangements can be made for any group size, age range and level of wine interest.
Custom Wine Tours
Join an expert wine guide on a tasting journey to some of New Zealand’s most renowned vineyards. Choose one of our set itineraries or let us create a custom wine tour for you with full flexibility.
Heli & Wine Tour
Enjoy a private, chauffeured wine tour around three wine sub-regions with a spectacular heli-flight over scenic wine country. This is a truly memorable and unique wine touring experience.
Whiskey & Wine Tour
Discover the best of both worlds! Learn the process behind the production of both local wine and spirits on this exclusive and explorative tour to Cardrona Valley and the Gibbston wine region.
Jetboat & Wine Tour
Enjoy an adrenaline-filled hour of jet boating followed by a relaxing afternoon among the boutique vineyards of Central Otago. Tour runs from 10am – 4:30pm every day.
Zip & Sip Wine Tour
Spend a morning among the trees followed by a afternoon among the vines! Three different ziplining tour options available with varying start and finish times.
More Combo Wine Tours...
Golf & Wine Tour
8:15am to 4:30pm (8.25 hours)
Combine two spectacular activities for a great day out in Queenstown – Golf and Wine.
Earnslaw & Wine Tour
10am to 5pm (7 hours)
A leisurely 90 minute scenic cruise on the 106 year old, coal fired steamship TSS Earnslaw from the Queenstown lakefront to Walter Peak high country farm and return.
