New Zealand’s wine industry is distributed across 15 wine regions from the top of the North Island down to the Central Otago in the South Island.

The Wine Regions of The North Island are:

Northland | Matakana | Auckland | Waiheke | Waikato – Bay of Plenty | Central North Island | Gisborne | Hawke’s Bay | Wellington – Wairarapa

The Wine Regions of The South Island are:

Nelson | Marlborough | Waipara | Canterbury | Central Otago – Waitaki

Number of Wineries by Region

Northland 15
Auckland 118
Waikato/Bay of Plenty 16
Gisborne 24
Hawkes Bay 87
Wairarapa 62
Nelson 39
Marlborough 146
Canterbury/Waipara 70
Central Otago 115
Other Areas 10
Total 702

NZ Wineries by Category

Category 1 – grape wine sales not exceeding 200,000 litres, 621
Category 2 – grape wine sales between 200,000 to 4 million litres, 71
Category 3 – grape wine sales more than 4 million litres, 10

(Source: New Zealand Wine Growers, nzwine.com, 2011 )

In this short video from WSET, Jancis Robnson discusses the wine styles from the various regions of New Zealand.