More than Sauvignon Blanc: New Zealand's new wine culture

Sauvignon Blanc is a stroke of luck for New Zealand: Easy to understand, highly recognizable, globally marketable, it's a bestselling wine that delights the masses. Of the 361 million liters of wine that New Zealand produced in 2023, 78 percent was Sauvignon Blanc – mainly from Marlborough, where around 25,000 hectares are planted with the variety. That is a whopping 60 percent of the total vineyard area of the country.