Queenstown Wines

Queenstown is a great New Zealand holiday destination with a reputation as one of the country's food and wine centres. You are sure to find something you like, with lots of wonderful restaurants and bars to choose from.

Queenstown is close to Central Otago, with good wine-growing weather, and is said to be the world's most southernmost wine producing region, with some of the best Pinot Noirs in the world. With the Central Otago region now boasting more than 30 wineries and vineyards, all offering cellar door tastings and meals, a visit to this region could be a holiday in itself.

Take your map and follow the wine trails from Queenstown NZ, staying at places along the way, such as Cromwell and Bannockburn.

Alternatively, make your Queenstown holiday a central base and take a half or one-day trip out to a winery or two. Choose one of the many organised food and wine tours that are fully escorted, with an experienced guide and travel on luxury air-conditioned coaches to various vineyards in the Central Otago and Southern Lakes regions.

The first commercial winery in the region, Gibbston Valley Wines, has a unique wine cave which was blasted out of the solid schist rock of the Central Otago mountains. The Gibbston Valley wine cave provides the perfect natural environment to mature Gibbston Valley's award-winning wines, which includes a Pinot Noir that New Zealand is so famous for. To have a tasting in the wine cave is a unique experience and gives you the opportunity to learn about the region's history.