Felton Road winemaker Blair Walter.
Once dismissed as too cold and remote, Central Otago now commands the global stage, with 81% of its plantings in Pinot Noir. Joelle Thompson explores how the region pulled off such swift success.
From rugged frontier to fully fledged wine region in three decades, Central Otago looks like a
But even when it began growing in the mid-1990s, there were voices in the north who dismissed the deep south as too cold, too remote, too “are you kidding?” for viticulture.
How have its winemakers achieved success so swiftly?
