Amisfield Restaurant & Cellar Door
Schist-and-copper winery hall with lake and mountain views, tastings and acclaimed wild-food dining.
Location
About this audio guide
This guide to Amisfield Restaurant & Cellar Door at Lake Hayes, near Queenstown, starts with a set of dates that do not seem to fit together. It follows founder John Darby, a high-country merino station, and a vineyard planted over the hills beside Lake Dunstan. Stand by the tall window facing the lake and look up at the old timber trusses while you listen.
This audio guide was created using AI.
Similar places
Gibbston Valley Winery & Restaurant
Pioneering Central Otago vineyard with a cellar door, restaurant and a barrel cave cut into schist.
Rippon
Biodynamic lakeside vineyard on schist slopes, pioneering cool-climate Pinot Noir since the seventies.
Chard Farm
Clifftop vineyard and cellar door above the Kawarau gorge, reached by a dramatic narrow track.
RealNZ | Walter Peak High Country Farm
Lakeside high country sheep farm with a red-roofed homestead, heritage gardens and farm-to-table dining.
Glenorchy
Lakeside hamlet at the head of a glacial lake, ringed by high peaks and old sheep stations.
Cardrona Hotel
Gold-rush pub behind a Baltic pine false front, with a mineshaft visible through its floor.