Queenstown Heli Wine Sampler

Enjoy a scenic flight with mountaintop bubbles, before landing in the Gibbston wine region for tastings across four of the finest and off-the-beaten-track cellar doors.

• Take a scenic helicopter flight with a mountaintop landing
• Enjoy a glass of bubbles on the mountain while taking the views
• Visit four cellar doors in the Gibbston wine region
• Taste over 18 spectacular cool-climate wines, both reds and whites
• Enjoy a personal small group tour with other wine lovers
• Choose to indulge in a sumptuous winery lunch (ordered and paid on the day)
• Be hosted by a fun and friendly wine-certified guide

Your Heli Wine Sampler Day:

The Helicopter Line

Start your day being met by the helicopter company at your Queenstown accommodation and enjoy a scenic helicopter flight, landing on a mountaintop for a glass of bubbles. From here we land in the Gibbston wine region, home to award-winning winemakers, stunning scenery, and, of course, delicious Pinot Noir.

Gibbston Valley Winery

After your helicopter flight, meet your guide at our first tasting location, the iconic Gibbston Valley Winery. Gibbston Valley is one of the region's founding wineries and it's here that we will join a guided tour through New Zealand's largest underground wine cave and enjoy tastings of some of their world-famous wines.

Kinross

Kinross is our second stop and a fantastic location to try a range of different wines across multiple labels. Along with producing their own wines, their cellar door host will also showcase wines from smaller producers and share their incredible stories of how they came to be. 

After your wine tasting, we allow extra time to enjoy lunch. Kinross has a range of delicious dishes on its menu, including pizzas, platters, smaller bites, and mains. This is ordered and paid directly on the day, giving you the flexibility to order what you would like based on your taste and budget.

Mt Rosa Wines

Mt Rosa is a smaller owner-operated winery and their stunning location is situated just below the impressive Nevis Bluff. Sitting in the vines, their newly built cellar door building gives you a sophisticated backdrop to a delicious tasting menu. Their cellar door host will take you through different varieties of their single-label wines. Their mulled wine is a customer highlight!

The Church Cellar Door

We finish our tasting tour at The Church Tasting Room. This is a picturesque location, in a small refurbished church sitting on large sweeping grounds. This is the tasting room for Mt Edward Wines, who are a family-run producer in Gibbston growing small batches from single vineyard sites. Their wines include Pinot Noir, Gamay, Chardonnay, and Chenin.

Experience the Unforgettable

Let us take you on a top-rated wine-tasting journey and experience more with Altitude Tours. The Helicopter Wine Tour departs Queenstown at 9:15am and returns at 4pm.

Locations are subject to change, however in the case where we cannot visit one of the mentioned cellar doors, it will replaced with an equally great location with delicious wines to taste.