In keeping with the spirit of renewal in the South African wine industry, 40% of the vineyards in recent years were replanted as the industry realigned its product to compete globally, moving from volume production to noble cultivars and quality wines.
The Australian wine industry is the world's fourth largest exporter of wine with approximately 750 million litres a year to the international export market with only about 40% of production consumed domestically.
New Zealand wine is largely produced in ten major wine growing regions spanning latitudes 36° to 45° South and extending 1,600 kilometres (990 mi). They are, from north to south