New Zealand’s Marlborough Wine Region

The Marlborough Region is home to some of New Zealand’s most well-known wineries and is the biggest wine-producing area, famous for its’ white wines.

The valley’s location ensures a perfect climate for growing grapes.

Being an agricultural center also makes it a prime location for grazing sheep. But in New Zealand, what area isn’t prime sheep country? There are approximately 40 million sheep in New Zealand compared to a human population of 4 million.

The region felt very European, not only for the multitudes of vineyards, but because many of the smaller wineries are owned and operated by European families. Johhanneshof Cellars, pictured here, is German owned and has won international awards for their wines.

At the last winery we went to you could taste each variety of grape straight off the vine. My favorite grape was the Pinot Noir.