IT’S A (SMALL) WRAP
HE grapes are in and now the numbers are too – New Zealand’s 2021 harvest tipped the scales at 370,000 tonnes, a 19% decrease on vintage 2020. For context, the previous three harvests clocked in at 457,000, 419,000 and 413,000 tonnes, New Zealand’s 10 year average of grapes crushed is 383,000 tonnes, and net productive hectares increasing 5,500ha over this period, with the vast majority plantings in Marlborough. Marlborough experienced the smallest harvest since 2015, with crops down 21%, having Central Otago seemingly buck the trend, harvesting 21% more grapes than the previous year, though this can
