The Winery Sunset Valley of South Island

Winery Sunset Valley
The winery offers 8 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
It is ranked in the top 7548 of the estates of South Island.
It is located in South Island

The Winery Sunset Valley is one of the best wineries to follow in South Island.. It offers 8 wines for sale in of South Island to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Sunset Valley wines

Looking for the best Winery Sunset Valley wines in South Island among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Sunset Valley wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Sunset Valley wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Sunset Valley

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Sunset Valley

How Winery Sunset Valley wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of beef with panang curry (red curry), leg of lamb with herb stuffing or chicken and onion quiche.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Sunset Valley

  • 2016With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Sunset Valley.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon

Discovering the wine region of South Island

Central Otago, near the bottom of New Zealand's South Island, vies for the title of world's most southerly wine region. Vineyards cling to the sides of mountains and high above river gorges in this dramatic landscape. Pinot Noir has proven itself in this challenging Terroir, and takes up nearly three-quarters of the region's vineyard area. The typical Central Otago Pinot Noir is intense and deeply colored, with flavors of doris plum, Sweet spice and bramble.

Two Paddocks, owned by actor Sam Neill, had thought the Last Chance vineyard was the world's most southerly (at 45°15'). But several major Patagonian projects are underway at around 45 to 46°, and Argentina can currently claim the honor for Alejandro Bulgheroni's new vineyard at Sarmiento (45°60'). The viticultural zone covers the mountainous area around the tourist resort town of Queenstown on the eastern side of the Southern Alps. The exact boundaries and sub-regional divisions are not official, but a geographic indication is in the pipeline.

Wineries are scattered around several distinct sub-regions: Gibbston, Alexandra, Wanaka and the Cromwell Basin, itself home to Bendigo, Bannockburn and Lowburn. Lakes Dunstan, Wakatipu and Wanaka all contribute to the terroir as well, along with the Kawarau and Clutha Rivers. Gold brought the first settlers to the region in the 1860s, and most of the towns in this Part of Otago have a Rich gold-mining history. The first vines were planted during this time by a French migrant but, unlike in the Sierra Foothills region of California where the European settlers provided a steady demand for wines, the tough, transient Otago miners had no interest in drinking wine, preferring beer and spirits.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Sunset Valley

Planning a wine route in the of South Island? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Sunset Valley.

Discover the grape variety: Villard

Villard blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (Rhône-Alpes valley). It is a variety resulting from a cross of the same species (interspecific hybridization). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. It should be noted that this grape variety can also be used for the elaboration of eaux de vie. This variety of vine is characterized by large bunches and large grapes. The white Villard can be found in several vineyards: Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

News about Winery Sunset Valley and wines from the region

Nomad winemaker: Why I make wine in Spain

When I started my nomadic winemaking project, in 2018 at Niepoort Vinhos in Portugal’s Douro region, I had no idea how large a part Spain would go on to play – I certainly never intended to make it the locus of my project. So how did it happen? Yes, there was an element of chance and taking opportunities where they arose. But also, among the talented winemakers to whom I pitched collaborations, I sensed an openness and a readiness to collaborate which seemed particular to Spain. Held in June las ...

Decanter World Wine Awards 2022: Results announced

The world’s largest and most influential wine competition, Decanter World Wine Awards results offer a definitive guide to the dynamic world of wine. Each year’s results offer surprises and revelations, highlighting growth in quality and consistency – or lack thereof. An all-time record for wines tasted, discover the results from the 19th edition of the competition. Quick links to DWWA 2022 results Search all Best in Show medals Search all Platinum medals Search all Gold medals Search ...

Andrew Jefford: ‘Arresting and generous, but without vulgarity or excess’

Layers of colour in the sky before me: indigo, peach, salmon. In the rear-view mirror, the gold was catching fire. As I drove down through the lonely, Mistral-chilled vines of Babeau-Bouldoux towards nearby St-Chinian, I was thinking about what Christine Deleuze of Clos Bagatelle had just said. ‘When you came to visit 10 years ago,’ she reminded me, ‘you said we needed to wait another decade for a market breakthrough. Today you’ve said we need to wait another decade or two. So when, exactly, wil ...

The word of the wine: Bordeaux futures

Bordeaux wines are expected 2 to 3 years before bottling. In the spring following the harvest, the wines are offered by the châteaux to the Bordeaux wine merchants via the brokers.