NZ, mainly organic

New Zealand's green credentials examined, more than 50 current examples tasted, plus a vintage guide. (Infographic with corrected totals substituted four hours after publication.)

Thursday, 14 October 2021
Awatere Valley via New Zealand Winegrowers

The image of New Zealand has long been clean, green, and now, unusually COVID-free. When tech giants such as Peter Thiel sought a safe place to escape from the worlds more testing challenges, many of them chose New Zealand as the site of their bunker or hideaway.

New Zealands winegrowers have had a national sustainability accreditation in place since 1995 and this now applies to all but 4% of the country’...