Given the global affection for New Zealand’s wines, and their notable presence on Michelin star restaurant wine lists, it’s striking that New Zealand makes only 1% of the world’s wine.
Divided between the subtropical North Island and the more continental South Island, the country’s vineyards are planted on a latitudinal range between 35 and 45 degrees south. Surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, no vineyard is more than 80 miles from the sea. Stretching 930
