The Gisborne wine region is the first wine region in the world to see the new day's sun and was the first place Captain Co… ok hopped ashore as the first European to arrive in New Zealand. Located on the most easterly point of the north island, at the northern end of Poverty Bay, Gisborne gets a lot of sunlight hours when compared to other New Zealand wine growing regions.
The regions receives good shelter from the mountains in the west, though is still exposed to cyclones that can have a signifi