Wairau Valley vineyards in Marlborough, New Zealand
Type
Geographical Indication
Year established
2018
Country
New Zealand
Sub-regions
Awatere Valley
Southern Valleys
Wairau Valley
Size of planted vineyards
27,808 hectares (68,720 acres)
Grapes produced
343,036 tonnes
Varietals produced
Sauvignon Blanc
Chardonnay
Pinot Noir
Pinot Gris
No. of wineries
158
Comments
GI established 2018, commercial vineyards first established in 1973; data from 2020[1]
New Zealand vineyard area by region, 2020. Marlborough accounts for about two thirds of the total vineyard area in New Zealand.
Marlborough (69.6%)
Hawke's Bay (12.6%)
Central Otago (4.8%)
North Canterbury (3.4%)
Gisborne (3.0%)
Nelson (2.8%)
Wairarapa (2.6%)
Other (1.1%)
Data from New Zealand Winegrowers annual report.[1]
The Marlborough wine region is by far New Zealand's largest, accounting for three quarters of the country's wine production, 70% of its vineyard area and 85% of its wine exports.[1] A Geographical Indication in the north-east of the South Island, it covers the entire Marlborough District and the Kaikōura District of the Canterbury Region,[2] but in practice the vineyards are concentrated around the Blenheim and Seddon townships. Internationally, Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc is recognised as world class; wine writers such as Oz Clarke and George Taber have described it as the best in the world.[3][4]
^ abc"Annual Report 2020". New Zealand Winegrowers. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
^"Marlborough Wine geographical indication". Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
^Rachman, Gideon (16 December 1999). "The globe in a glass". The Economist. according to Oz Clarke, a respected British critic, New Zealand sauvignon blanc is now "arguably the best in the world."
^Taber, George (2005). Judgment of Paris: California vs France and the Historic 1976 Paris Tasting that Revolutionized Wine. New York: Scribner. pp. 243. ISBN 978-0-74-324751-1. [Cloudy Bay is ...] what many people consider to be the world's best Sauvignon Blanc
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