Good weather during the growing season 2021–2022 has resulted in a sizeable harvest in 2022 for New Zealand’s wine producers. (They have, of course, already harvested the 2022 grapes.) Many are relieved.
The 2021 harvest was small. Producers are starting to run out of wine, and sales of New Zealand wine around the world are declining.
All wine regions in the country significantly increased their volume compared to 2021. In 2022, 532,000 tonnes of grapes were harvested compared to 370,000 tonnes in 2021, an increase with impressive 44%.
In 2021, 2.7 million hectolitres were produced. 2020 was a record year with 3.3 million hl, but the 2022 figure will probably break that record.
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