We are confident that our International Wine Club members will truly enjoy and appreciate this quarter's selection, Clearview Estate Winery from New Zealand.Įach and every wine selected for our six different Wine Clubs meets our strict guidelines for quality and rating criteria.
Many wine retailers also stock ever growing sections dedicated to New Zealand wineries that have proved to be instant hits with many consumers. This offers the frequent visitors unique insights as to the wine/food comparison experience that has proven so successful in the United States. Taking the lead from successful California wineries, a number of New Zealand wineries come complete with hotel accommodations and restaurants.
While nearby Australia tends to dominate its close neighbor in terms of quantity of wines produced, many wine industry observers contend that New Zealand produces many wines of higher caliber than its better known southern hemisphere next door wine ally. It is almost amazing that the diminutive country has come so far in the relatively short span of less than three decades. International recognition has continued unabated for the small country, and today’s New Zealand wine industry ranks on a par with many of the world’s top wine producing countries. As the vineyard plantings expanded, so did the types of varietals being planted and the wide assortment of wines that were made. The regions encompassed almost every type of growing environment as well as numerous soils as widespread and varied as any growing regions in the world. These plantings were part of ten dedicated wine growing regions, running more than a thousand miles from the Northland Region in the upper northwest corner of North Island to Central Otago much further south near the bottom of South Island. In a matter of months, wineries and vineyards began popping up along the fertile growing regions on both the North and South Islands of New Zealand. A number of New Zealand Sauvignon Blancs began winning international medals and the varietal was next declared by several British writers to be the best sauvignon blanc in the world, an axiom that would further propel the growth of the small country’s fledgling wine industry.
During the 1980’s, young New Zealand vintners who had trained in Europe and elsewhere began making daring wines that caught the attention of the British wine trade and well respected British critics. It is an accepted fact that New Zealand’s wine industry owes its very existence to Great Britain, the country for which practically all of New Zealand’s wine efforts of the late 20th Century were directed. And, were it not for the British wine trade and its influence on world wine opinion, it is entirely conceivable that New Zealand might not exist as more than a token producer. Despite these early beginnings, the New Zealand wine industry waited until very recently to emerge as one of the world’s better wine producers. The country’s first vineyards were planted in the Hawkes Bay region by the Roman Catholic Church, and smatterings of early vineyards and historic wineries have always dotted New Zealand’s historical wine records. While the New Zealand wine industry can document nearly two hundred years of existence (dating back to 1836), it is also correct to state that the country’s wine business can be said to be relatively new in subsistence. Co.nz International recognition has continued unabated for the small country, and today’s New Zealand wine industry ranks on a par with many of the world’s top wine producing countries.
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