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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.
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.
Cloudy Bay Vineyards is a winery based in the Marlborough wine region of New Zealand, with vineyards in both Marlborough and Central Otago.Established in 1985 as one of the earliest wineries founded in Marlborough, Cloudy Bay attracted international acclaim for its first Sauvignon Blanc wines in the 1980s and was instrumental in establishing New Zealand's international reputation for white ...
The winery was founded in 2008 by Peter Yealands on a large block of coastal land east of Seddon. [1] The winery expanded its vineyard holdings to over 1,000 hectares (2,500 acres) in the Awatere Valley and purchased The Crossings, a Marlborough winery, and the Hawke's Bay-based winery Crossroads in 2011.
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.
Located on State Highway 1, just south of Blenheim, the Brancott winery was opened in 1977 and produces all of its Marlborough wines (mostly Sauvignon Blanc), and wine from Waipara vineyards as well. Many of the grapes for Montana's sparkling wines are pressed here, but secondary fermentation is carried out at the Tamaki Winery.
Their vineyards are located throughout New Zealand, with production bases in Gisborne, Hawke's Bay, Marlborough and Auckland. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Sir George Fistonich KNZM founded the company in 1961, upon leasing a 5-hectare (12-acre) plot of land on Kirkbride Road in Mangere, Auckland from his parents.
The Marlborough, an apartment building in Kalamazoo, Michigan, U.S.; Marlborough (New Zealand electorate), centered on the Marlborough region Marlborough (wine), a wine region in New Zealand