#The Canterbury Region and Vineyards

The Canterbury Region and Vineyards

The Canterbury region is a region of New Zealand, located on the coast of South Island It is includes the Canterbury Plains, the great city of Christchurch and a part of the Southern Alps.

The area is known for its vineyards in the Waipara and around Christchurch and more recently in Kurow.

News crops are planted in the north of Canterbury, as crops of olives, nuts, lavender, asparagus, saffron flowers and more than 1,500 hectares of vines planted on 63 vineyards.

It benefits also many vineyards that numbers are 63, with nearly 260 references.

Among which were found the grapes: Chardonnay, Gewürztraminer, Merlot, Müller-Thurgau, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Pinot Noir Rosé, Pinotage, Riesling, Roussanne, Sauvignon Blanc, Syrah, Viognier.

As well us found some wines from traditional method and assemblies Red and white wines.

The Waipara Valley, is located in the Canterbury region has a well-established reputation as a wine-producing region in New Zealand.

The average vineyard area is about 10.5ha, allowing specialization in Waipara -Valley.

The first plantations of valley were: Riesling, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir has established a solid reputation. Pinot Noir grown in Waipara Valley produces wines custody

The region has a great reputation for other aromatic varieties such as Pinot Gris and Gewurztraminer, Viognier, Merlot, Syrah, Roussanne, Pinotage, Müller-Thurgau, and also produces red blended wines as well as wines from Traditional Method.

From all the wine regions of New Zealand, North Canterbury shows a wide variety of soils where the vineyards are located. It represents a unique laboratory and its wines are highly rated internationally,

Geology and processes that have shaped the landscape, has contributed to soil formation of Canterbury or focuses on a small space very different soils, such as limestone, deep soil, Soil of gravel, and soil chalk, and Winemakers just beginning to see the results of their vineyards with Pinot Noir.

Canterbury

It is the largest of the sixteen regions of New Zealand, covering 42,200 km ². It is bounded on the north by the Conway River and to the west by the Southern Alps. To the south Waitaki River forms a natural border, with to the east, the immense Pacific Ocean.

The Canterbury region has a large central part of the east coast of the South Island, around Christchurch city.

Silvery beaches of the east coast to the peaks of the Southern Alps, one experience a day in a balloon over the Canterbury Plains with the Southern Alps as a backdrop, the landscape of Canterbury will remain in your memory forever.

The highlight of the region is the highest point of New Zealand's. With the Aoraki - Mount Cook, located at 3754 meters, a contrast with the wrong submarine off the Kaikoura coast, which plunges thousands of feet deep, providing an ideal environment for the whales, dolphins and seals. . .