Vinous

Country

New Zealand / Aotearoa

MarlboroughCentral Otago

Shaded: appellation boundaries, coloured by wine region (click to open; hover for the name). Dots: climate profiles. Country outlines: Natural Earth.

Pages to come

No wine regions or appellations have pages here yet. The climate profiles below already feed comparisons and grape pages.

Climates here

1991–2020 averages for each climate profile in New Zealand.

Central Otago 12.7 °C growing season (too cool) · Winkler Ia · 241 mm season rain
Marlborough 15.5 °C growing season (intermediate) · Winkler Ib · 335 mm season rain

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How the law ranks wine

Quality tiers in New Zealand

From the broadest category at the bottom to the strictest at the top. Each appellation page shows its tier.

PDO

Protected Designation of Origin · 0 appellations on Vinous

All grapes from the area, with a specification fixing grapes, yields and methods.

PGI

Protected Geographical Indication · 0 appellations on Vinous

At least 85% of grapes from the named area.

Wine

Wine · the whole country, no named area

Wine with no geographical indication.

Sources: Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, Article 93 (definitions of designation of origin and geographical indication) and Articles 92-123.

Where the numbers come from

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