History

Question 1

When were vineyards first planted in New Zealand?

Answer 1

1819

Question 2

Who founded Hawke’s Bay wine industry?

Answer 2

French missionary’s

Question 3

Who forged the West Aukland wine-growing community in the early 1900s?

Answer 3

Dalmatians of Croatia fleeing from Austro-Hungarian empire

Question 4

When did prohibition happen in New Zealand and what helped reversed it?

Answer 4

1919
Kiwis returning from Europe after WW1

Question 5

When did Sauvignon Blanc become the prominent grape of New Zealand?

Answer 5

1980s

Question 6

Where is the country’s oldest winery?

Answer 6

Mission Estate found in Hawke’s Bay founded in 1851

Question 7

Which vintage showed that Hawke’s Bay could make serious Cabernet Sauvignon?

Answer 7

1998
The vintage was very hot & dry thus allowing the grapes to ripen full.

Question 8

What event in Hawke’s Bay helped create the gravel-based soils?

Answer 8

1867 earthquake that changed the course of the river depositing gravel, soil, & loess