WineNZ Summer 2019-20

Right Royal Wines | Feature
Since 1712, the Liechtenstein royal
family has been able to look down
from their castle at Herawingert
vineyard.
SQUASHED between
Austria and Switzerland,
landlocked Liechtenstein
covers a mere 160 square
km, one-sixteenth of New
Zealand’s land mass.
With a total population roughly
equal to Blenheim’s, it is one of
the world’s smallest countries but
has a surprising industry, false
teeth. Indeed, something like 20%
of the world’s fake molars are
manufactured here.
Tourism draws some 1 million people
a year, but they don’t stay long (86%
are day trippers). Most are content
to wander around the immaculate
capital, Vaduz, pay €3 (about
$NZ5.20) to get their passports
stamped, maybe visit a museum
and drift through the vineyard above
the town.
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