Gourmet Food and Wine Tour

Experience an indulgent and diverse full-day wine touring adventure showcasing the very best sights and tastes from the Central Otago region. Your experienced wine guide will lead you on a tasting journey, travelling in style in a luxury Mercedes-Benz minivan, through the three main contrasting wine sub-regions of Gibbston, Cromwell and the Bannockburn basin.

Enjoy a guided tour through New Zealand’s largest underground wine cave at Gibbston Valley Winery, and savour a unique 5-dish gourmet lunch cooked in retired oak barrels and perfectly matched with 5 wines at The Stoaker Room restaurant.

You will also have an opportunity to retrace history with a visit to the historical settlements of Arrowtown, and Old Cromwell (when time permits). Learn about the early pioneering history and how the wine region was formed through an array of fun facts and interesting stories from your knowledgeable wine guide. At the end of the tour you will be returned to your accommodation.

Inclusions

• Complimentary select hotel pick ups
• Tastings at 4 premium locations (3 vineyards and a lunch venue)
• Visit Gibbston, Bannockburn and Cromwell
• Exquisite 5-dish gourmet wine-barrel cooked lunch with matching wines
• Tour through Gibbston Valley underground wine cave
• Cheeseboard to accompany a wine tasting
• Short visit to historic Arrowtown and/or Old Cromwell
• Full commentary on the sights, wine and history of the region