Small-group and private wine tours from Queenstown through Gibbston, Bannockburn and Cromwell, with a platter lunch and expert local guides.
Appellation Wine Tours has been running visitors around Central Otago's cellar doors for decades, and the format has stayed the same: small groups, unhurried, with time to talk to the people doing the pouring rather than tick off a list.
Days out take in boutique vineyards across Gibbston, Bannockburn and Cromwell, with a gourmet platter lunch and a stop in historic Old Cromwell Town. Private and tailor-made tours run alongside the daily departures — for a couple, a group, or a particular occasion.
The guides are wine people first, so you come away understanding why Central Otago pinot noir tastes the way it does, not just which bottles you liked.
