Top 14 Food Tours in Queenstown

1.Award Winning Premium Wine Tour Queenstown Tasting at 4 Wineries

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 632 reviews · from $164Our pick

A premium Queenstown wine tour with hotel pickup, a luxury van, and tastings at 4 Gibbston Valley wineries in about 6 hours.

“This wine tour is honestly the best wine tour myself and my family have ever done. We had the phenomenal Lee as our tour guide, and she went above and beyond to create an incredible experience for everyone involved. Her care to detail and incredible vibes made the day a breeze and so much fun! (The wineries were also amazing!) If you are looking for a wine tour to do with friends or family, I cannot recommend this enough - especially if you’re lucky enough to get Lee as your guide! We will 100% be booking again!”

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2.Afternoon Wine & Beer Tour with Platters

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 363 reviews · from $158

Queenstown afternoon wine and beer tour in Gibbston with transport, 3 tasting stops, and an antipasto platter to finish the day.

“We had an incredible evening being able to get a taste of some NZ beer and wine. Danny was our guide and he was fantastic - very friendly, professional and took good care of us. We enjoyed all of the stops and found it a good value!!!”

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3.Gourmet Food and Wine Tour Queenstown All-Inclusive Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 332 reviews · from $204

Central Otago wine cave tastings, 5-dish barrel lunch, and gold-rush history on a small-group Queenstown tour.

“This was a fantastic experience. The winemakers and vineyards we visited were amazing, wine delicious and food excellent. Our tour guide was so knowledgeable and created a fun environment. Highly recommended.”

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4.Queenstown Wine & Food Tour: Scenery, Tastings & Delicious Lunch!

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 257 reviews · from $154

Half-day Queenstown wine tour with hotel pickup, three hosted tastings, and a wine-paired a la carte lunch in Central Otago.

“The quality of the wines was outstanding, Andrew our host was so friendly and knowledgeable! My partner and I loved the whole experience, the food was also a 10/10! I would highly recommend this tour!”

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5.Best of Queenstown Guided Tour with Wine Tasting & Boat Cruise

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 98 reviews · from $127

A half-day Queenstown tour with Arrowtown history, Kawarau bungy sights, Mt Edwards wine and cheese, plus a Lake Wakatipu boat cruise.

“Great sights. Nice cheese and wine tasting. Quick boat ride. Quite informative. Our guide John was very helpful.”

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6.Gourmet Food and Wine Tour with Lunch and Wine Tastings

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 83 reviews · 6h 30m · from $196

Small-group Central Otago wine tour from Queenstown with a wine cave pairing, wine-barrel lunch, and tastings across Gibbston, Cromwell, and Arrowtown.

“Not only did we taste amazing wines and food, we also got the bonus of driving through breathtaking Central Otago and learning about the history and culture. I can’t recommend this tour enough. Outstanding.”

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7.Cromwell Wine Tasting Tour using Classic Car

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 22 reviews · from $217

Private Cromwell wine tasting by Classic Mercedes 300SE in Central Otago. Pickup, small group, 4-5 hours, Pinot and views.

“We thoroughly enjoyed our day with Bob. The wineries and scenery were stunning. Such an enjoyable experience and we’ll definitely be back! Pay the additional money and do Bob’s personalised experience, you won’t regret it! Thanks again Bob!”

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8.Craft Beer Brewery Tour with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 21 reviews · 5 hours · from $110

Queenstown craft beer tour with lunch, hotel pickup, 3 boutique breweries, 13 tastings, and a beer-paired meal in 5 hours.

“alot of drinks for the price of the tour including lunch. lunch was including a beer per each course which was 4course and very filling. would highly recommend”

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9.Classic Central Otago Wine Tasting Experience

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 8 reviews · 40 min · from $14Best value

Kinross in Queenstown, a guided 40-minute tasting of white, rosé and red from 5 Central Otago wineries, with rare pours and stories.

“Interesting experience with knowledgeable guy and good tasting wines”

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10.Helicopter & Wine Tasting Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 6 reviews · 7 hours · from $523

Queenstown helicopter to Gibbston Valley for 18+ wine tastings, mountaintop bubbles, and four cellar doors, in a small group.

“The wine tour was great. Tour guide was very informative and friendly. They cancelled the helicopter part due to not enough people booking the tour on the day which was a shame. They offered a private helicopter tour for another $700 per person in addition to the already paid tour price.”

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11.Highlights Tour with Wine Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 5 reviews · 3 hours · from $101

A 3-hour Queenstown highlights tour with bungy-bridge sights, Kawarau Gorge views, Arrowtown history, and a Gibbston Valley wine tasting.

“Our guide, John, was very knowledgeable and entertaining! He drove us to very photographic sites. The winery was great too!”

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12.Private Central Otago Wine tasting Tour with Gourmet Lunch.

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 5 reviews · from $462

Private Central Otago luxury wine tasting from Queenstown to Arrowtown, with gourmet lunch, cheese board, and boutique vineyards.

“Luwis was such a great host. We stopped for a coffee run at another winery before heading to Central Otago. We hit snow and were able to get out in it!! Te Kano wines, a food & wine flight for lunch was feastly cozy and last stop was Scotts Base. Couldnt have asked for a better private tour of the region. Thanks Lewis!”

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13.Queenstown Hop-on Hop-off Evening Beer Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 5 reviews · from $80

Queenstown’s evening hop-on hop-off beer tour, 5pm to 10pm, with maps and drink discounts across breweries, wine spots, and Arrowtown.

“We had an awesome time on our hop on hop off tour! Juliana and Robbie were amazing! Full of knowledge and good banter! 10/10 recommend and we will be back!”

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14.Premium Full-Day Central Otago Wine Tasting Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · 7 hours · from $118

Premium small-group Central Otago wine tour from Queenstown with four boutique tastings, expert guide, scenic stops, and lunch time.

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