Welcome to Appellation Wine Tours

Appellation Wine Tours is Queenstown’s leading premium wine tour company with over 20 years of experience showcasing the finest wine, scenery and history throughout Central Otago.

Appellation Wine Tours is a locally owned and operated business. We appreciate your support and look forward to welcoming you on tour!

Our award-winning all-inclusive wine tours have been designed to educate, enlighten and indulge you with the very best of what Central Otago has to offer. We hope to leave you 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 Daily 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 sights and attractions on this morning of guided sightseeing. The Queenstown Highlights Tour visits Arrowtown, Gibbston, AJ Hackett Bungy, a winery and a farm (optional) and makes sure you leave no highlights unseen!