Do you need to book to visit Mt Rosa Wines?

Mt Rosa takes table bookings through their own site. Worth doing if there are a few of you, or if you want a table at lunchtime.

How much is a wine tasting at Mt Rosa Wines?

$25 per person, across the wines grown on the vineyard around the cellar door.

Is there food at Mt Rosa Wines?

Bar snacks, small plates and platters, including bruschetta, a baked brie and boards from a cheese plate up to the Valley Platter. Food options are limited after 4.30pm.

How far is Mt Rosa Wines from the bike trail?

About 450 metres, or roughly two minutes' riding. You turn off onto Gibbston Back Road and follow it to the cellar door.

Can you buy wine to take home from Mt Rosa?

Yes. You can buy at the cellar door, or order the range from the Mt Rosa online shop and have it sent.

Mt Rosa Wines by Bike

A single-estate cellar door at the quiet end of Gibbston Valley — everything poured is grown in the vines around you.

Riders toasting with rosé beside their e-bikes on the lawn at Mt Rosa Wines

The Mt Rosa Wines cellar door in Gibbston Valley

The Details

Address: 47 Gibbston Back Road, RD1 Queenstown 9371
Phone: 03 441 2493
Email: cellardoor@mtrosa.co.nz
Website: mtrosa.co.nz
Social: Instagram · Facebook

Open

Monday	11am – 5pm
Tuesday	11am – 5pm
Wednesday	11am – 5pm
Thursday	11am – 5pm
Friday	11am – 5pm
Saturday	11am – 5pm
Sunday	11am – 5pm

Tastings: $25 per person
Bookings: Recommended Book a table

Food: Bar snacks, small plates and platters. Limited food after 4.30pm.
Menus: Food menu (PDF)
Drinks menu (PDF)

Getting There by Bike

The cellar door isn't on the trail itself. It sits about 450 metres off it, and the red dotted line on the map below is that stretch.

There are two turns. You leave the Winery Bike Trail onto Gibbston Back Road and head south-west, which runs straight for roughly 400 metres, then a left turn takes you the last 30 metres in to the cellar door and its car park. About two minutes' riding.

At 450 metres it's one of the longer runs off the trail — most Gibbston cellar doors sit within 150 to 300 metres of it — so it's worth knowing where the turn-off falls rather than coming across it. Zoom the map out and you can see it against the stops either side.

The address is 47 Gibbston Back Road, and tapping it in The Details opens the cellar door's exact coordinates in Maps if you'd rather follow your phone.

The red dotted line is the distance from the Winery Bike Trail to the winery's front door. Tap the map and zoom out to see where you turn off.

The Wines

Everything poured at the cellar door is grown on the vineyard around you. You can taste the range on the day and have bottles sent home, or order any of them from the Mt Rosa shop.

White & Rosé

Pinot Noir

These wines taste better in person

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What to Expect

Someone pours for you and talks you through what you're drinking. Every wine you taste is made from grapes grown on the vineyard you're sitting in — none of it is bought in from elsewhere.

The kitchen keeps it to bar snacks, small plates and platters: bruschetta, a baked brie, and boards that run from a cheese plate up to the Valley Platter. Enough to reset you for the rest of the trail without tipping into a full lunch. It's all on the food menu and drinks menu.

There's seating indoors and out. Outside you get one of the longest views in Gibbston, straight back down the valley you just rode.

Worth knowing

Save it for late in the day. Once you've done the big-name cellar doors and you're in no hurry, this place is at its best — and your shuttle back to Queenstown is close by.

The Mt Rosa Story

This was sheep country long before it was wine country. Mt Rosa was part of Kawarau Station, which ran over 40,000 sheep, and the vines now grow on land it once grazed. The first attempt at planting came in the 1970s and failed outright — the rabbits and sheep ate the lot.

Wool prices did the rest. By 2000 the family had decided a vineyard was the way forward, and the plantings that stand today went in. It still reads as farmland with vines on it rather than a manicured estate, which is much of the appeal.

The vineyard is SWNZ (Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand) accredited, and the approach in the rows is deliberately hands-off — the aim being wines that taste of this particular corner of Gibbston. Mt Rosa passed to new custodians, Sophie and her partner, in 2026.

Told from Mt Rosa's own history of the property.

Common Questions

Do you need to book?: Mt Rosa takes table bookings through their own site. Worth doing if there are a few of you, or if you want a table at lunchtime.
How much is a tasting?: $25 per person, across the wines grown on the vineyard around you.
What time is it open?: Daily, 11am to 5pm.
Is there food?: Bar snacks, small plates and platters — bruschetta, a baked brie, and boards from a cheese plate up to the Valley Platter. Food options are limited after 4.30pm, so arrive before then if you want lunch. The food menu and drinks menu are both here.
How far off the trail is it?: About 450 metres, or roughly two minutes' riding. You turn off onto Gibbston Back Road and follow it to the cellar door.
Can you take wine home?: Yes — buy at the cellar door, or order any of the range from the Mt Rosa shop and have it sent.

Nearest Stops on the Trail

The ChurchThe cellar door just before Mt Rosa
KinrossTwo stops back — five cellar doors under one roof
Monte ChristoNext along the trail, at the valley's far end