It will be the second time the vineyard has hosted the two-yearly exhibition, which moved from Bannockburn to Wanaka in 2009.
As many as 50 artists applied to be part of the three-month open-air sculpture trail.
The organiser, the Wanaka Arts Charitable Trust, selected 35 applicants.
Some will contribute more than one piece.
The artists include Gary Baynes, Russell Beck, Graham Bennett, Julie Butler, Bing Dawe, Paul Dibble, Jane Downes, Ben Foster, Aaron Frater, Mark Hill, Martin Hill, Philip Jarvis, Duncan Leask, Cheryl Lucas, Ernie Maluschnig, Doug Neil, Rose Petterson, Dan Rutherford, Anna Scott, Jenny Smith, Johnny Turner, Richard Wedekind, Mark Whyte, Shane Woolridge, James Wright and Bruce Young.
The exhibition opens with a ticketed preview and function on February 4 at the vineyard's new function centre, Rippon Hall, which is under construction.
The opening weekend of February 5-6 features live music and artists' talks on both days, as well as a smaller sculpture display indoors.
Icelandic singer-songwriter Hera, who lives in Christchurch, will be one of the weekend performers, with other acts performing in different zones to be set up in the vineyard. Wanaka artist Martin Hill will make a special installation along the waterfront.
From February 7 until May 1, the trail will be open to the public and school groups through the vineyard's tasting room.
It will be open during the Festival of Colour (April 12-17) and Easter (April 22-25).
Exhibition project manager Sonia Jones said one of the trust's goals was to make enough money to donate a sculpture to Wanaka.
The town already had the makings of its own sculpture trail, with several pieces now installed near the lake or Bullock Creek.
"It is a dream of mine to eventually create a trail from Wanaka to Rippon," she said.
She is excited about next year's line-up of artists.
"It is fabulous having a piece by Paul Dibble. But I am excited about a lot of them. This is the first year we have been through a selection process too, which helped get the standard a little higher," she said.
Trustee Peter Gregg of Christchurch, who co-owns Gallery 33 in Wanaka, said the trail would be set up about 10 days before the exhibition opened.
"I think Wanaka is becoming the arts centre of the South at the moment. When you think of all that art from February through to May, with the Festival of Colour in the middle of it, it should be great. We are quite jealous up here in Christchurch."
