The Whiskies of New Zealand – The Whisky Exchange News
June 9th, 2025
THE WHISKIES OF NEW ZEALAND
From modest beginnings making whiskies in the Scottish tradition, New Zealand has developed one of the most intriguing distilling scenes in the world. Its origins is in the early 19th century, when Scottish and Irish settlers brought their knowledge of distilling to the islands of Aotearoa. Today, although production remains small-scale, the focus is firmly on quality and a strong sense of place. Producers are smoking barley with manuka wood or homegrown peat, using local grain and maturing spirit in New Zealand wine casks.
