Best Wine Tasting in Alexandra

Local Recommendations from our My Guide Queenstown team

Queenstown wine tasting is one of the great activities to enjoy in the region. Today, visiting the many wineries that are located within an hour's drive of Queenstown has become an established and popular activity.

What better way to enjoy an area, by sampling a range of award-winning wines in delightful cellar doors set among the beautiful scenery of Central Otago. With a modest tasting fee, visitors can enjoy a range of wines and learn about their unique chararcteristics directly from the winemakers. Many of the cellar doors to visit for wine tasting are found within Gibbston, Bannockburn and Cromwell and further out to Alexandra.

Our Queenstown Wine Tasting guide showcases the best wine tasting options. You can also check our 'wine regions guide' to learn about the different wine producing areas in Central Otago.

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Drumsara

Drumsara is a family owned boutique vineyard that proudly uses traditional and innovative viticulture techniques to produce its Central Otago Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris. To produce wine of the highest quality hands are used when others use machines to ensure the health of the vines and that of the soil from which they grow, delivering them in perfect condition.

Immigrants Vineyard

Immigrant's Vineyard overlooks the Clutha River and Old Man Range and is one of the most southern vineyards in the world, between Alexandra and Clyde. Owned and operated by Roland and Lucienne van der Wal since 2013, Immigrant's Vineyard comprises of 19 hectares of land, with 16 hectares planted in mainly Pinot Noir grapes and 4 hectares of Pinot Gris, plus a small amount of Gewürztraminer and Chardonnay.