On Wine

New Zealand chardonnay stands above the others

By Michael Apstein

Globe Correspondent / October 21, 2004

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The New Zealand wine industry is best known for its unique style of sauvignon blanc, made from grapes grown in the Marlborough region on the South Island. Over the past 30 years, the Marlborough region has gone from pasture land to producing world-class sauvignon blanc. But New Zealand's most widely planted grape remains chardonnay, which most wineries there turn into ... (Full article: 335 words)