Queenstown's Gin & Spirits Tasting Tour

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6 hours
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1 - 14 guests
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Discover Queenstown's finest spirits on a guided tour through scenic distilleries. Enjoy unique tastings, explore Cardrona's famed distillery, and savor shared platters. Education and fun included.

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

We've finely curated a gin-tasting experience that includes a mix of tastings, scenery, fun, and education.


Start your day by meeting your friendly guide at or near your Queenstown accommodation. From here, we will explore Cardrona, Arrowtown, and Queenstown, showcasing a talented range of distillers who use our unique environment to produce some of the smoothest and top award-winning spirits in New Zealand and around the world


Throughout the afternoon, you'll enjoy three separate gin and spirit tasting experiences, with each location offering something special, including a distillery tour at the famous Cardrona Distillery. Enjoy a gin and tonic upon arrival, shared platters at two of the locations, and be hosted by an Altitude Tours guide and the tasting room staff, all of whom will educate and entertain you with distilling facts and stories.

What You Get

Alternative options for non-gin drinkers
On-board WiFi
WiFi on board
3 x Unique spirit tasting experiences
Lunch
This is an afternoon tour, please ensure you have had lunch before you join us.
Dinner

Good To Know

  • Minimum numbers of 4 apply. There is a possibility of cancellation after confirmation if there are not enough passengers to meet requirements. In the event of this occurring, you will be offered an alternative or full refund.
  • There is an option to upgrade to the Helicopter Gin Tour, starting with a scenic heli flight and special gin tasting, joining the rest of the group at the Cardrona Distillery.
  • Minimum drinking age is 18 years. We recommend you bring your passport or NZ drivers license.
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers

What You’ll Experience

Crown Range Road (Pass By)

We start the tour travelling up through the Crown Range to Cardrona, where you will experience sweeping views across Queenstown and the Gibbston Region.
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Cardrona Distillery

Our first stop is at The Cardrona Distillery. This is our educational stop for the day, upon arrival you will be greeted with a Gin & Tonic, and then the Cardrona Distillery staff will take you on a tour through the distillery to learn about the history of their label and educate you on how Gin is made. Finishing in the private tasting room to not only taste the Gin they produce but their other award-winning spirits and liqueurs.
1 hour 30 minutesAdmission Ticket Included
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The Winery - Arrowtown

The second stop for the tour is in the historic gold mining village of Arrowtown. At The Winery sample three NZ gins accompanied by a tonic or soda while enjoying shared cheese platters packed with Whitestone cheeses, breads, olive oil & dukkah. If you would like to pause on the gins you can exchange your gin tasting for wines as The Winery has over 80 bottles of wines available to sample in their top-of-the-line tasting machines.
1 hourAdmission Ticket Included
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Gin Garden

Lastly we head to Arthurs Point to the Gin Garden by Broken Heart Spirits, we return to a hosted tasting experience where you get to learn the history behind the brand and the flavours of the multiple gins they produce. Their award winning gins are sure to be a delight as you indulge in some more light food, a German style tarte flambee. Returning to Queenstown around 7pm.
1 hourAdmission Ticket Included

Meeting & Pickup

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The central Queenstown pickup location is the Marmolada Cafe on Camp Street. We pick up from a range of different accommodations and bus stops. If we do not pick up directly at your hotel, we will advise the closest pick-up location. After you book you will receive a message from our team to reconfirm your pick-up location and time. Please be at your pick-up location 10 minutes prior to the departure time provided. Your guides will wait up to 5 minutes after the time, and those that are late and miss their departure will not be entitled to a refund.

Cancellation Policy

Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund minus a 3.2% transaction fee.

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