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Even though New Zealand wine can't be compared to the other household names, its popularity has grown exponentially in the last few decades. This page focuses on New Zealand wine, its history, the different types of wines produced, and more... Winemaking and vine growing in New Zealand can be traced back to the colonial era, sometime in 1836. But then, vine growing and winemaking was not on an industrial scale. In the 1960s, for example, New Zealand had less than 400 hectares of vineyard, but by 2019, the country had a whopping 38,680 hectares... In this New Zealand wine guide, find out the history of wine in the Pacific island, the wine varieties and styles, wine growing regions and more.