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English: A map of of the Marlborough wine region and geographical indication, showing the main vineyard concentrations in three sub-regions. Date: 31 May 2022: Source:
New Zealand's plantings of Sauvignon Blanc experienced enormous growth in the 21st century, driven almost exclusively by investment in the Marlborough region. [5] Vineyard area of the grape expanded from 4,516 hectares (11,160 acres) in 2003 to 23,102 hectares (57,090 acres) in 2018, a five-fold increase in just 15 years.
The Classic New Zealand Wine Trail is a 380-kilometre (240 mi) tourist road route in New Zealand that covers both the Hawke's Bay and Wairarapa regions of the North Island, as well as the Marlborough District of the South Island, connected by the Cook Strait ferry crossing. [1]
Marlborough is a unitary authority, both a district and a region. Marlborough District Council is based at Blenheim, the largest town. The unitary region has a population of 52,300 (June 2024) [1]. Marlborough is known for its dry climate, the Marlborough Sounds, and Sauvignon blanc wine.
The vineyards closed shop, and it wasn't until 1976, when an Italian named Gianni Zonin took a chance on Virginia and a historic estate now known as Barboursville Vineyards, that Virginia wine put ...
Winemaking and viticulture date back to New Zealand's colonial era.New Zealand's first vineyard was planted in 1819 by missionary Samuel Marsden in Kerikeri. [6] James Busby, New Zealand's governing British Resident in the 1830s, planted vineyards on his land near Waitangi, having earlier established what is now the Hunter Valley wine region during his time in Australia.
Top wine-producing countries and their volume of wine production for the year 2021 in tonnes, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), which is an agency of the United Nations; this is the latest information available from the FAO.
Marlborough District: Picton: 0: 0.0: Wellington Ferry (Interislander) SH 1 and SH 1/Classic New Zealand Wine Trail concurrency begins: 1: 0.62: Kent Street – Wellington Ferry : Tuamarina: 20: 12: Wairau River: Spring Creek: 23: 14: SH 62 (Rapaura Road) – Nelson: Blenheim: 28: 17: SH 6 (Nelson Street) – Nelson, West Coast: 29: 18: Park ...