New Zealand wine is produced in several of its distinct winegrowing regions. As an island country in the South Pacific Ocean, New Zealand has a largely maritime climate, although its elongated geograp
A selection of New Zealand wines
Left to right: Cloudy Bay (Marlborough); Montana (Marlborough) was bought by Pernod Ricard and is now Brancott Estate; Saint Clair (Marlborough); Luna Estate (Martinborough); Clearview (Hawke's Bay).
Left to right: Cloudy Bay brought New Zealand's Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc to international attention in the 1980s; Chardonnays from Martinborough (Wairarapa) and Kumeu (Auckland) regions; a single vineyard Viognier from Gisborne; Riesling and Pinot Gris from Central Otago.
Several Pinot Noir wines from Central Otago
The Central Otago wine region is a geographical indication in New Zealand's South Island, and the world's southernmost commercial wine growing region. While Central Otago is best known for Pinot Noir,
New Zealand wine
…New Zealand is best known for its Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc, and more recently for premium cool-climate Pinot Noir from Marlborough, Martinborough, Central Otago and the limestone-rich Waitaki Valley. While New Zealand wine traces its history to the early 19th century, the modern wine industry in New Zealand…
Rippon vineyard by Lake Wānaka, Central Otago
Pinot noir from Central Otago
A vineyard in Gibbston valley