New Zealand Areas

  • The unlikely wine region has become the island`s most famous as Marlborough now dominates New Zealand`s and certainly the South Island`s profile. Originally orchard and sheep territory, but then where isn`t, it was only in 1973 that Montana first planted vines on the South Island, previously considered far too cold. In fact, Marlborough is plagued by spring and autumn frosts that threaten the...
  • The origins of the New Zealand wine industry were in the North Island with lots of input from German settlers, which meant Muller-Thurgau and Riesling aplenty. Most of this was packaged in bulk with bag in box the majority unit of sale for years. Now things have changed and in replanting to combat a wave of phylloxera, there is more Chardonnay, Cabernet and Merlot as well as Syrah and Viognier....