Marlborough harvest beats last year by 100,000 tonnesDEREK FLYNN/Fairfax NZ Grape harvesters make their way up the Wairau Valley. Harvest was actually the quietest time of year for Wine Marlborough, but the region's wine industry was busy all year round, he said. Wine Marlborough general manager Marcus Pickens said the harvest met demand for wine overseas, and the wine industry would be working flat-out to market their product. This year 323,290 tonnes of grapes were harvested in the region, an increase of more than 100,000 tonnes on last year. Marlborough has reaped nature's bounty with a bumper harvest, but the hard work has only just begun for some.

Source: Stuff June 23, 2016 03:19 UTC