Full glass, tighter margins: Wine sector has harvest windfall but faces pricing pressures

Full glass, tighter margins: Wine sector has harvest windfall but faces pricing pressures
The 2025 New Zealand wine harvest has offered both quality and quantity, but greater volume may put pressure on prices. (Image: Getty)
Rebecca Howard
This season’s grape harvest is outstripping last year’s, which is good news for New Zealand’s seventh-largest export, although the higher yield may bring some challenges. “Harvest has gone well. The weather around the country has been good, so we winemakers are generally very happy,” NZ Winegrowers chief executive Philip Gregan said.Delegat GroupIn late April, Delegat Group said the 2025 harvest was 47,461 tonnes, up 39% on the low-yielding 2024 harvest of 34,150 tonnes and up 5% from the 2023 harvest of...

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