the extraordinary diversity of matakana wines

Posted by Robin Ransom on 1 February 2011 | 0 Comments

One of the interesting characteristics of the Matakana winegrowing community is the large range of grape cultivars we grow. A recent survey has disclosed 22 different varieties. To put this into perspective the NZ Wine Institute Annual Report shows separate acreage figures for only16 varieties for the whole of New Zealand, and 12 of the varieties grown in Matakana are not amongst these 16. This indicates that around half of the cultivars planted in the region are rare and unusual.

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