Gibbston Valley

Queenstown & Wanaka


The area's oldest commercial winery (established in the early 1980s) offers tours of the winery ($35) and NZ's largest wine cave ($20). It also has a variety of tastings ($5 to $15), along with a restaurant, a cheesery and bike hire. It even operates its own bus ($35 return) from Queenstown; bookings essential.

In summer, large concerts (mainly starring past-their-prime rockers) are held on the grounds.


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Nearby Queenstown & Wanaka attractions

1. Chard Farm

1.66 MILES

The most picturesque of the Gibbston wineries, Chard Farm's rustic cellar door is reached by a precipitous 2km road overlooking the Kawarau Bridge Bungy…

2. Peregrine

1.88 MILES

Peregrine by name, peregrine by design…the award-winning construction of the cellar door, shaped a bit like a falcon's wing in flight, looks particularly…

3. Rockburn

2.15 MILES

Producers of one of the region's most acclaimed pinot noirs; its cellar door is in the front yard of the rustic Gibbston Tavern.

4. Pisa Conservation Area

2.89 MILES

Covering much of the Pisa Range, this conservation reserve has several walking trails through the tussock grass. To get the full show, the 19km tramp to…

5. Arrowtown Gaol

6.29 MILES

With gold rushes came lawlessness. Arrowtown's prisoners were originally manacled to logs, but in 1876 this schist jail, now surrounded by homes, was…

6. St Patrick's Catholic Church

6.38 MILES

Apart from its impressive Star of David–shaped rose window, this 1874 stone Gothic Revival church, built from local schist rock, wouldn't be worth noting…

7. Lakes District Museum & Gallery

6.47 MILES

Exhibits cover the gold-rush era and the early days of Chinese settlement around Arrowtown. Kids are kept engaged by the likes of an 'Odd One Out' game…

8. Arrowtown Chinese Settlement

6.66 MILES

Strung along the creek, near the site of Arrowtown's first gold find, is NZ’s best example of an early Chinese settlement. Interpretive signs explain the…

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